Aker Kvaerner's contract value for its services is in the range of USD10-15 million. Aker Kvaerner is performing the (extended) basic engineering, the project management and construction management services. The revamp project will upgrade the plant to the state-of-the-art DSM Stamicarbon HPOplus technology and will increase production from 60,000 to 140,000 tonnes per annum, including improvement of safety and environmental aspects. The revamp includes modification work to be executed during the running of the plant and will therefore encompass several shutdowns.
The project will be executed with an integrated team of contractors, including the Sinopec Nanjing Design Institute (NCIDI), and the operational organisation. The joint Aker Kvaerner / NCIDI project team will work from NCIDI offices adjacent to the plant site in Nanjing.
Wim van der Zande, President of AK Process, said: "We are very pleased with the award of this key project for our organisation. The initial development of this project began in 1996, and this award continues the long working relationship we have had with DSM on a variety of projects. We are currently executing several projects, together with our local operations and the Design Institutes, in China, and this latest award will enable us to further utilise our unique global resources and office network to deliver an integrated project solution."
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For further information:
Vanessa Mourant, Aker Kvaerner, London, Tel : +44 (0)20 7339 1064 Mobile: +44 (0)7771 806566, Email: vanessa.mourant@akerkvaerner.com
Samantha Voorvelt, Aker Kvaerner, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0)79 3688563 Mobile: +31 (0)6 53545950, Email: samantha.voorvelt@akerkvaerner.com
NOTES TO EDITORS
Aker Kvaerner
is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products and integrated solutions. Group activities span a number of industries, including Oil and Gas upstream and downstream, Process, Pharmaceuticals, Metals, Power, Chemical Pulping, Environmental and Shipbuilding. Aker Kvaerner is a multi-local group of businesses with nearly USD 6 billion of annual revenues and around 34,000 employees in more than 30 countries.
DSM
is active around the world in life science products, performance materials and polymers and industrial chemicals. In many of the markets in which it works, DSM ranks among the world leaders. Our corporate strategy aims to bring us to a turnover of EURO10 billion by 2005. At least 80% of that will come from specialties - high-quality biotech and chemical products and materials - destined for the medicines, food and feed, and automobile and transport sectors and manufacturers of electrical equipment and electronics. DSM has offices and production facilities in 40 countries around the world. Its headquarters are in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Caprolactam
(6-Amino Hexanoic Acid, Lactam) is mainly used as the feedstock for producing Nylon-6 (Polyamide 6), a highly versatile material that is used to make textile-, carpet- and technical fibres as well as engineering plastics and packaging films. Nylon-6 is found in numerous applications ranging from conveyor belts, parachutes and lingerie to automotive air-inlets and packaging for fresh food products.