VOL. XLI

No. 51

21-December-1998

IRAN

Samsung To Build Petrochemical Plant At Tabriz

Samsung Engineering of South Korea announced on 14 December that it hadreceived a $50mn order together with Cheil Industries Inc. to construct a petrochemicalplant for the Tabriz Petrochemical Co. The plant, scheduled for completion in November2001, is to produce acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and have a capacity of 35,000tons/year.

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