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Toyo awarded EPC contract for naphtha cracking expansion in Chiba

| By Mary Bailey

Toyo Engineering Corp. (Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) was awarded a lump-sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd.  for the expansion of naphtha cracking furnaces to increase ethylene production at its Chiba Plant. Toyo has participated in this project from its basic design stage.

Toyo has worked with this particular client since 1967. Based on these experiences, Toyo will carry out this project towards completion, which is scheduled in 2020.

Toyo’s domestic subsidiary, TEC Project Services Corporation (TPS), will mainly take part in the construction work. TOYO and TPS will cooperate to promote sales development in domestic market and expand their business in Japan.