The construction of a polypropylene plant in Azerbaijan’s Sumgait city will be completed in the second quarter of 2018, head of SOCAR Polymer company’s planning department Vugar Aslanov said.
"The work has been completed by 97.2%. The detailed engineering work has been completed by 99.9%, production and delivery - by 99.6%, while construction work - by 93.4%," he said at the conference on expansion of production of import-substituting products in industry by using local raw materials in Baku.
According to Aslanov, this year 70,000-71,000 tons of polyethylene are planned to be produced at the plant. The plant will reach the full production capacity of 180,000 tons next year
"We intend to launch test work in April, while production will begin in June 2018," abc.az cited him as saying.
