# ABB wins automation contract for NatureWorks PLA plant in Thailand

ABB has won a contract from NatureWorks to automate its proposed greenfield polylactic acid (PLA) plant in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. The plant will cost over $600 million and produce 75,000 t/y of PLA, with operations starting in the second half of 2024.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-03-22
- Where: Nakhon Sawan province, Thailand
- Value: $600.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 75,000 t/y
- Products: polylactic acid (PLA), Ingeo PLA
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md) (supplier)
- [NatureWorks](https://endata.com/companies/14287.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [chemanager-online.com](https://chemanager-online.com/en/news/abb-wins-natureworks-pla-automation-contract), 2022-03-22: "ABB has won a contract from NatureWorks to automate the bioplastics producer’s proposed greenfield polylactic acid (PLA) plant in Thailand."

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