# NextChem secures FEED contract from Total Corbion for PLA plant in Grandpuits

NextChem, a subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont, has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Total Corbion PLA for a 100,000 tons per annum Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits, France. The plant is scheduled to open in 2024.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-05-10
- Where: Grandpuits, France, France
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 tons per annum
- Products: Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) resins
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [NextChem](https://endata.com/companies/54665.md)
- [Maire Tecnimont](https://endata.com/companies/8164.md) (investor)
- [TotalEnergies](https://endata.com/companies/9252.md) (customer)
- [Total Corbion PLA](https://endata.com/companies/35866.md) (customer)
- [NextChem](https://endata.com/companies/54665.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [industrylinqs.com](https://www.industrylinqs.com/biobased/2021/05/new-contract-for-biopolymer-plant-in-france/), 2021-05-10: "NextChem has secured a contract by Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design for 100,000 tons per annum Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits, France."
- [groupmaire.com](https://www.groupmaire.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/detail/totalenergies-engineering-contract-biojet-plant-france/), 2021-06-02: "The BioJet plant, due to be operational in 2024, will strengthen NextChem’s role in TotalEnergies’s net-zero strategy."

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