Badger Licensing declared that it has received a contract from Egyptian Polystyrene Production Company (EStyrenics) to provide its advanced technology and basic engineering for EStyrenics’ ethylbenzene/styrene monomer (EBSM) plant, located within the El Dekila port site in Egypt.
The plant produces 300,000 metric tons of EBSM per year. The agreement includes front end engineering design package, technology licensing as well as commissioning and operations training support.
The EStyrenics plant will use the EBMax (SM), a proprietary ethylbenzene process, with Badger’s styrene technology and will become the first EBSM facility in Egypt.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EStyrenics, Mohamed Hafez stated that technology and basic engineering support from Badger will offer the foundation for the plant. The second stage of the expanded styrenics complex will augment economic development and create new jobs in Egypt via the development of the nation’s petrochemical master plan. He added that first-phase construction of the styrenics complex and a polystyrene unit with an annual capacity of 200,000 metric tons is expected to be completed soon.
Badger Licensing’s President, Mark Healey mentioned that the company will work with EStyrenics to assure the successful development and functioning of this important project. For more than three decades, Badger and its forerunner firms have provided the required technology and engineering for manufacturing ethylbenzene from chemical-grade ethylene or polymer. The EBMax technology will be used by the plant to reduce operating cost and capital expenditure and improve product quality and operating competency. Since EBMax’s launch in 1995, the company has licensed over 16 million metric tons of ethylbenzene capacity.
For over four decades, Badger and its forerunner firms have promoted the styrene technology, which was developed with the help of Total Petrochemicals and Shaw. The technology was chosen for utilization in over 50 styrene units. The annual capacities of many of these units are more than 500,000 metric tons. The styrene plants designed by Badger have increased operational competency, excellent performance and scalability.
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