Prime Minister launches the most advanced PX/PTA complex

07 Jun '11

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The construction of PKN ORLEN's new complex was also a project unique on the Polish market in that it involved cooperation and know-how sharing between experts from Poland, Japan, the US and Italy. It was implemented in cooperation with the world's leading technology and equipment vendors: Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fluor SA and Universal Oil Product. At the crucial moment, the number of engineering and blue-collar staff working on the project exceeded 2,000.

While the project was still under way, many of them participated in training provided by international suppliers and study tours of similar facilities operating abroad. The general contractor for the construction and assembly work was Polimex-Mostostal SA.

ORLEN purchased the license to manufacture paraxylene from US-based Universal Oil Product. The detailed engineering design, as well as equipment deliveries, were made by engineering firm Technip Italy (IT TP). The license to manufacture PTA was purchased from Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering, which also developed and provided the engineering design for the PTA units. The PTA production technology offered by Mitsubishi Chemical Engineering Corporation is among the most advanced in the world.

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