Jacobs bags contract for Huntsman's polyetheramine facility in Singapore.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for an expansion program at Huntsman Corporation's world scale polyetheramine facility in Singapore.

The Jurong Island facility expansion is expected to enable backward integration to produce polyethers from locally sourced feedstocks.

Huntsman expects demand for polyetheramines to grow significantly over the next decade, particularly in the Asia Pacific market. Polyetheramines are used as ingredients to improve the properties of many products, including paint, adhesives and composites.

Jacobs is responsible for the detailed engineering and design, procurement of major equipment and management of construction services. Construction is expected to begin by mid-2015 and be completed in the second half of 2016.

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