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tion of Procurement Dept. and Engineering Dept. sponsored by Maire Tecnimont’s top management.
during the first phase of the project was a milestone In order to underline the interest of Maire Tecnimont
in the project, allowing an optimization of the whole Group in the local market, in 2016 Maire Tecnimont
schedule to reach Client’s expectations in terms of participated to a local workshop sponsored by So-
time schedule and operation implementation. car and Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan to share
the main criteria to choose local supplier / subcon-
tractor and to identify the main objects of the pro-
KT-Kinetics Technology SpA (KT SpA) and KT- curement strategy in Azerbaijan.
Kinetics Technology SpA Azerbaijan Branch KTAZE qualified almost #200 local companies in
Office (KTAZE) all necessary fields to be used in the development
of the project at any possible steps. The qualifica-
In order to ensure the Client with total focus and tion is for the entire Supply Chain since the Group
local involvement, KT-Kinetics Technology SpA, as – being a global licensor and EPC contractor – is
Onshore EPC Contractor, set up the KT-Kinetics always interested in having reliable and available
Technology SpA Azerbaijan Branch Office. The suppliers for its investments worldwide.
Branch has its registered offices in Baku.
All the local construction subcontract(s) were Maire Tecnimont Group adopted a
handled and managed by this location. In addition multicenter strategy to execute the
to that also all activities related to Administration, activities related to both the PP and HDPE
Finance and Control, Human Resources, Procure-
ment, Local Engineering and interface with Local plants, under the coordination of the
Design Institute and Logistics were fully coordina- Project Director: an approach aimed at
ted and implemented. optimizing all the operations and providing
services which exceeded Client’s
Maire Tecnimont Group’s expectations”
commitment

Through its hub KTAZE, the Group applied a strong Complexity of the project
effort to scout Azerbaijani market to find reliable The project aims at producing PP and HDPE to
and sustainable local suppliers / subcontractors be then packed in one ton big bag and then sold
which can become part of the Group’s global sup- in-the-country and exported in the area. The most
ply chain. significant key parameters of the projects are sum-
The localization of activities, the synergies with the marized in table 1.
local market and the implementation of long-lasting Socar Polymer carried out all the site preparation
relationship with local suppliers and subcontractors in 2015 and the site was handed over to the EPC
was part of an effective local procurement strategy Contractors in the same year.

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