Nuberg bags $20 million Calcium Chloride plant from TCI

Sanmar in Egypt.

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NOIDA,India and PORT SAID,Egypt,September,27,2016 PRNewswire/ --- Calcium Chloride Plant Will Have Production Capacity of 135000 TPA - Project is Part of Existing Chemical Complex Incorporating Caustic Soda, EDC, VCM, and PVC Plants - Sanmar Group Plans to Invest USD1.5 Billion in the Chemical Complex for Future Business Growth Nuberg, a leading global EPC and LSTK company for speciality chemicals has announced their win of a calcium chloride plant project on EPC and LSTK basis in Port Said, Egypt from TCI Sanmar Chemicals S.A.E. TCI Sanmar is a part of the multinational conglomerate; The Sanmar Group headquartered in Chennai, India and is amongst the largest caustic soda manufacturers in Egypt's chemical industry.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160927/412203 ) The calcium chloride turnkey project's annual production capacity is 135000 TPA and is valued at 20 million USD.

Nuberg's scope of work includes plant design, detailed engineering and procurement of complex chemical equipment for TCI Sanmar for the anhydrous calcium chloride pellets/granules production at its site in Port Said (Egypt).

The technology supplier for the chemical plant is Zirax from Russia, a reputed global calcium chloride technology provider. Zirax's responsibility is to transfer the technology of production of liquid and anhydrous products and to provide basic engineering and technical regulation documents. The plant commissioning is planned to be by the end of 2017.

The calcium chloride plant is a part of Sanmar's already existing chemical complex, incorporating caustic soda plant, EDC (Ethylene Dichloride), VCM (Vinyle Chloride Monomer) and PVC plants. This chemical complex produces hydrochloric acid (HCL) which will be used to manufacture calcium chloride (CACL2).

The calcium chloride from the chemical plant will be supplied mostly to the markets of North and South America, Western Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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