# Wood awarded $40M EPCM contract for Kuraray EVOH plant in Singapore

Wood has been awarded a $40 million EPCM contract by Kuraray for a new EVOH plant on Jurong Island, Singapore. The plant will have an initial capacity of 18,000 tonnes per year, expandable to 36,000 t/a, and is expected to start up by end of 2026.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-07-19
- Where: Jurong Island, Singapore, Singapore
- Value: $40.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 18,000 tonnes per year (expandable to 36,000 t/a)
- Products: EVOH resin (Eval)
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Wood Group](https://endata.com/companies/386.md) (partner)
- [Kuraray](https://endata.com/companies/2973.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [polimerica.it](https://www.polimerica.it/articolo.asp?id=32243), 2024-07-19: "Wood ha ottenuto anche la commessa EPCM del valore di 40 milioni di dollari da Kuraray per un nuovo impianto destinato alla produzione di copolimero etilene vinil alcol (EVOH)."

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