Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has it received a contract from Nippon Shokubai Europe N.V. for detailed engineering, procurement and construction management services for the expansion of the superabsorbent polymer plant and a new acrylic acid plant at the Nippon Shokubai Europe site in Zwijndrecht (Antwerp), Belgium.
The total investment cost of the installation is approximately $390 million (350 million euros). The project is scheduled to be mechanically complete in October 2017.