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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
1 September 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Basel Orlen Polyolefins (BOP) - a joint venture company between Basell Europe Holdings and PKN ORLEN - is in the process of building one of the world's largest twin polyethylene and polypropylene manufacturing plants in Płock. Its start-up is planned for the third quarter of 2005. The total cost of the investment amounts to €500 million. For the joint venture, PKN ORLEN provides feedstock, site services and manufacturing and production support.
Sources
22 June 2005: Puls Biznesu
1 September 2004: PAIiIZ
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Basel Orlen Polyolefins, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 62066, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/62066.
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