EPCL Expansion (IFC-42974)

Regions
  • South Asia
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Countries
  • Pakistan
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Specific Location
Port Qasim, Karachi
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Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Project Status
Active
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Feb 27, 2020
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
ENGRO POLYMER & CHEMICALS LIMITED
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Sectors
  • Industry and Trade
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 15.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 40.00 million
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Jun 17, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Jan 27, 2020

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Project Description
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According to bank documents, "As a follow-on to expansion under Phase-III (Project IFC-41160), ENGRO Polymer & Chemicals Limited (EPCL) is now pursuing an optimization plan, (the “project”), to including:

(i) implementing Oxy Vent Recycling (OVR) system to reduce manufacturing costs; which will reduce the raw material requirement by 2%, lowering the atmospheric release of ethylene di-chloride (EDC) by 6 kg/ton of VCM.

(ii) introduce Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) to its product suite by becoming the first producer in the south of the Country; and

(iii) Working capital.

With this increased local availability of Hydrogen Peroxide (H202) in the Country, customers will benefit from shorter delivery time and lower inventory costs.
The Project is also expected to maintain the Company's competitiveness through value addition, and will create jobs and enable transfer of technical and managerial know-how.
IFC anticipates that the Project will lead to increased competitiveness of the PVC and base chemicals sector, which will support the growth of the main users of these products such as the textile, building and construction sector.

EPCL’s manufacturing facility spans over 68 acres and is located in the Eastern Zone of the 4500 hectares industry park, managed by Port Qasim Authority (PQA), approximately 30 km east of Karachi, Pakistan. The project will be set up inside the EPCL’s existing fence line and on additional land adjacent to its existing site owned by Engro Chemicals Pakistan Ltd. 

Investment Description
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 The total project cost is estimated at around US$40 million. The proposed IFC investment includes an A loan for up to US$15 million for IFC’s own account.

                                                  

Private Actor Relationship
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 Largest shareholders of EPCL are Engro Corporation (56.2%) and Mitsubishi Corporation (11.0%). Engro Corporation (“ECorp” or the “Sponsor”) is one of Pakistan’s largest and professionally managed conglomerates with business interests in fertilizers, foods, chemical storage & handling, trading, energy and petrochemicals.  ECorp’s main shareholder is Dawood Hercules Corporation, which is owned by Dawood family and associated companies. ECorp is listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange. The remaining shareholding is distributed among various institutions and general public.

                                                  

Private Actors Description
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Engro Polymers and Chemicals Limited (“EPCL” or the “company”), is the only fully integrated chlor-vinyl chemical complex in Pakistan. The company is involved in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of poly-vinyl chloride (PVC) and selling of chlor-vinyl allied products including Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM), Caustic Soda (NaOH), Hydrochloric Acid (HCl), Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl) and Hydrogen (H2).

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
Engro Corporation Parent Company - owns Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited Client -
Mitsubishi Corporation Parent Company - owns Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited Client -

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Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited
Syed Abbas Raza
Chief Financial Officer
+92-21-35166863-64
saraza@engro.com
12th Floor, Ocean Tower, G-3, Block 9,Clifton Khayaban-e-Iqbal, Karachi-75600Pakistan
www.engropolymer.com

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