# SOCAR Polymer to build polypropylene and polyethylene plants in Sumgait

SOCAR Polymer is constructing polypropylene and high density polyethylene plants in Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, Azerbaijan, with a total cost of $750 million. The plants are expected to be fully operational in 2018, with initial capacities of 120,000 tons of polyethylene and 180,000 tons of polypropylene.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-01-13
- Where: Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan
- Value: $750.0M
- Jobs: 60
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 120,000 tons of polyethylene and 180,000 tons of polypropylene initially; total capacity planned to reach 570,000 tons by 2021
- Products: polypropylene, high density polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [SOCAR-Polymer](https://endata.com/companies/19564.md)

## Sources

- [today.az](https://www.today.az/news/business/157695.html), 2017-01-13: "SOCAR Polymer, the first public-private partnership in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas sector, is expected to be fully operational in 2018."

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