Alpek

Alpek S.A.B. de C.V., known as Alpek, is a Mexican chemical manufacturing company headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, in Greater Monterrey, Mexico. It is one of the largest PET and PTA producers in the Americas and the sole producer of polypropylene and caprolactam in Mexico.[1] It is the largest business unit of the industrial conglomerate Alfa, representing 37% of its revenues for 2014. It is also the largest chemical company in Mexico according to Expansion magazine.[2]

Alpek S.A.B de C.V.

Type	Sociedad Anónima Bursátil de Capital Variable
Traded as	BMV: ALPEK A
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	1975 (1975)
Headquarters	Monterrey , Mexico
Area served	Americas
Key people	Armando Garza (Chairman) José de Jesús Valdez (CEO)
Products	PET, PTA, EPS, PP, CPL
Revenue	US$ 6.5 billion (2014)
Net income	US$ 65 million (2014)
Total assets	US$ 4.4 billion (2014)
Number of employees	4,500
Parent	Alfa
Subsidiaries	Grupo Petrotemex Indelpro Polioles Styropek Unimor
Website	www.alpek.com

Alpek reported revenues of $6.5 billion for 2014. It operates facilities in 21 sites in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile and employs 5,000 people.[3]

Alpek was listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange on April 26, 2012 and is a constituent of the IPC, the main benchmark index of the Mexican Stock Exchange.