# JG Summit awards $180M EPC contract for HDPE plant and PP expansion

JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation has awarded a $180 million EPC contract to Maire Tecnimont and JGC Philippines for a new 250,000 mt/yr HDPE plant and expansion of an existing PP plant to 300,000 mt/yr in Batangas City, Philippines.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-03-13
- Where: Batangas City, Philippines
- Value: $180.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 250,000 mt/yr HDPE; 300,000 mt/yr PP
- Products: high-density polyethylene, polypropylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/30739.md)
- [Maire Tecnimont](https://endata.com/companies/8164.md) (partner)
- [JGC Philippines](https://endata.com/companies/28515.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [polyestertime.com](https://www.polyestertime.com/philippines-jg-hdpe-plant-pp-capacity/), 2018-03-13: "JG Summit has awarded a $180 million engineering, procurement and construction contract to the Italian contractor to boost its polymer production capacities."

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