# Maire Tecnimont opens polypropylene plant for SOCAR Polymer in Sumgayit

Maire Tecnimont, through its subsidiaries, officially opened a new polypropylene plant for SOCAR Polymer in Sumgayit, Azerbaijan, with a capacity of 180,000 tons per year. The overall value of this and a related HDPE plant is approximately USD 500 million.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-18
- Where: Sumgayit, 30 km north of Baku, Azerbaijan
- Value: $500.0M
- Starts operating: 18 Jul 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 180,000 tons per year of polypropylene
- Products: polypropylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Maire Tecnimont](https://endata.com/companies/8164.md)
- [SOCAR-Polymer](https://endata.com/companies/19564.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [groupmaire.com](https://www.groupmaire.com/en/newsroom/news/socar-new-polypropylene-plant-azerbaijan/), 2018-07-18: "Coming here together with President Aliyev is a sound evidence of the collaboration between Italy and Azerbaijan."

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