HMC Polymers

GS Engineering & Construction secured a 275.5 billion-won ($231 million) order from HMC Polymers Co. to build a polypropylene plant at Map Ta Phut in Rayong Province, Thailand. The plant will have an annual capacity of 250,000 tons and is expected to take about 35 months to complete.

GS E&C signed a turnkey contract with HMC Polymers for the HMC PP4 project, valued at KRW 275.5 billion (approx. USD 230 million), to build a 250,000 tonnes/year polypropylene plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, with construction expected to take 35 months.

LyondellBasell, through its HMC Polymers joint venture in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, plans to add approximately 550 million pounds of annual polypropylene resin capacity with a new production line. The line will use LyondellBasell's Spherizone technology.

HMC Polymers announced plans to construct its fourth polypropylene (PP) plant at the Map Ta Phut site in Rayong Province, Thailand. The new unit will have an annual capacity of 220,000 tons and is scheduled to come online by 2022. HMC has licensed LyondellBasell's Spherizone technology for the plant.

HMC Polymers, a joint venture of LyondellBasell, announced it will build a fourth polypropylene production line at its site in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, with a capacity of 250 kilotons per year using Spherizone technology.