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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Engro Polymer and
Chemicals has awarded a contract to Tianchen Corp. China for a new 100,000 t/y
integrated polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant in Pakistan, reported GV.
The company announced last
December is was planning to invest over PKR 10 billion in an expansion project
that would increase production capacities of PVC, vinyl chloride monomer (VCM)
and other related products. Besides the new PVC facility, which will increase
PVC capacity to 295,000 t/y, Engro will also debottleneck its existing VCM unit
to expand VCM capacity by 50,000 t/y by the third quarter of 2020.
In
addition, Engro plans to build a new 20,000 t/y caustic flaker production line,
which is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018, as well as
expand its sodium hypochlorite and hydrochloric acid plants by the third quarter
of this year. Earlier reports also said that Engro would upgrade its caustic
soda facility to membrane technology, in order to enhance efficiency and
production.
As MRC informed earlier,
in 2013, Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited (EPCL) invested up to USD15
million to enhance the production capacity of PVC resin.
Engro Polymer
& Chemicals Limited (EPCL) is the only fully integrated chemical complex in
Pakistan. EPCL is a subsidiary of Engro Corporation, involved in the
manufacturing, marketing and distribution of quality Chlor-Vinyl allied products
and PVC under brand name "SABZ". |
