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capacity of the plant is 90.000 thousand tons per
On March 2013 APS has been
awarded for an important EPCM
(Engineering, Procurement and
Construction Management) project,
following a public tender organized of local providers has been used in order to reduce the
by one of the largest manufacturers
of emulsion rubber, Synthos Group SA.
APS has managed to gain due to its competitive price,
a proposed short time schedule and professional
know-how. Based in Rome and operating since 1997,
APS enjoys a high reputation in the engineering
business world for its capabilities in the oil & gas
processing and treatment facilities (including power
generation and petrochemical & chemical plants).
Today the challenge to execute the new production line
for SSBR rubber in Poland affirms APS opening to
rubber complexes field. Experiences with Versalis in Far
East Regions and in North Africa had fully grown the
company portfolio and have contributed to this last
successful result.
The analyzed project aimed to increase the
competitiveness of the plant owner by developing a
new innovative SSBR (Solution Styrene-Butadiene
Rubber) rubber product, based on a license agreement
with the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Production
annum. It will have capability to produce non-oil & oil
extended products. APS was in full charge not only of
the construction management of the plant, but also of
the detail design work, the purchase of all equipment,
the supervision and the coordination of civil and
electromechanical erection, pre-commissioning,
commissioning and start-up activities. In collaboration
with the local partner KTI Poland, who has played a
substantial role in bringing this initiative to fruition, APS
has come close to finishing his mission.
The plant, situated in industrial area in Oswiecim
(Poland), needed to be finished in just 24 months
because the start of production line is planned in the
second half of 2015. The cost of the project was PLN
568 M, of which PLN 147 M co-financed by the EU
funds [Source: Press Release of
Synthos S.A. on web]. Project The plant, situated
investments was part of a sectorial in industrial area in
scheme that aimed at implementing Oswiecim (Poland),
the volume and value of exported needed to be finished
goods of Synthos Capital Group in in just 24 months
the worldwide markets and because the start
developing the special economic of production line is
zone of Oswiecim. planned in the second
These are of huge importance for the
Polish national economy thereby half of 2015
creating numerous jobs and giving a
new fillip to growth. A local content
rule has been sufficiently implemented and a regional
network of suppliers has benefited directly. The services
product/equipment cost and minimize the delivery time
to site. In this context, the involvement and support of
KTIP, with its headquarter in Poland, has been essential.
The knowledge of the country and the language
together with a win-win approach has brought to
overall projects benefits by facilitating the exchange of
information between the all parties involved. Just as it
was expected, the strategic economy has been
extremely successful providing the acquisition of KTIP
Company that is part of APS Group since 2013.
APS primary objectives of the project were to provide
the customer with a plant, which:
• minimizes capital investment;
• ensures a design which is “fit-for-purpose”;
• is “environmentally friendly”
• incorporates the latest technologies in the basic
design;
• ensures the resulting facility providing high
standards of safety, reliability, operability and
maintainability.
The plant is made by a classical process area and by a
finishing area and includes four drying lines where
polymers are compressed and the exceeding content
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