Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Co. (Sidpec) has let a contract to W.R. Grace & Co. to provide process technology licensing for a polypropylene (PP) plant at its petrochemicals manufacturing site in Alexandria, Egypt.
W.R. Grace will extend licensing of its proprietary all gas-phase Unipol PP process technology and supply nonphthalate CONSISTA catalyst for the proposed PP plant that, once completed, will produce 450,000 tonnes/year of PP, the service provider said.
The transaction means that Sidpec, already a leader in the production of polyethylene in Egypt, will soon produce value-added PP products for its customers using the most up-to-date technology available.
Investment in the PP plant and selection of W.R. Grace technology come as part of Sidpec’s plan to expand its range of products as well as enhance competitiveness of its operations in the region, said Mohamed A. Abady, Sidpec’s chairman and chief executive officer.
Details regarding a value of the contract or a timeline for the project’s completion were not disclosed.
Sidpec’s Alexandria manufacturing complex currently houses a 300,000-tpy ethylene plant, 225,000-tpy polyethylene plant, 50,000-tpy LPG unit, and 10,000-tpy butene-1 unit, according to the operator’s web site.
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