Sadaf Petrochemical Assaluyeh Company has awarded Welding Engineers of Switzerland a contract for construction, installation and operations at its complex in southern Iran, Irna newsagency has reported.
Irna said it was the first contract signed in the petchems sector with a foreign company since the lifting of sanctions in January.
Managing Director of Sadaf Petrochemical Assaluyeh Company Ahmad Jazayeri said the Swiss company will help his company to build a plant for production of the synthetic polymer ESBR, a strategic product used in the petrochemical industry and rubber manufacturing.He said that the ESBR will be produced for both domestic use and export to global market including Europe.
Italy’s Versalis and Maire Tecnimont are working as project managers on the complex.
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