# Engro Polymer announces Rs10.3 billion expansion of PVC and chemical plants

Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited approved a capital expenditure of Rs10.3 billion to add a new PVC plant with 100,000 tons capacity, debottleneck VCM production by 50,000 tons, and upgrade its captive power plant, with completion by Q3 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-12-28
- Where: Karachi, Pakistan
- Value: $95.0M (10.3B PKR)
- Starts operating: Q3 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 tons per annum PVC; 50,000 tons per annum VCM
- Products: PVC, VCM, caustic soda
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Engro Polymer & Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/20990.md)

## Sources

- [tribune.com.pk](https://tribune.com.pk/story/1595466/2-engro-polymer-announces-rs10b-expansion-plan), 2017-12-28: "Board of directors of EPCL has approved CAPEX (capital expenditure) of approximately Rs10.3 billion (a mix of equity and debt)."

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