Engro Polymer

Engro Polymer & Chemical Limited (EPCL) (اینگرو پولیمر) is a Pakistani polymer manufacturing company based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is a subsidiary of conglomerate the Engro Corporation. The company has more than 70 percent local market share.

History
Engro Polymer & Chemicals was founded in 1997 as part of Engro Chemical Pakistan.

In November 1997, the company entered into a joint venture agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation and Asahi Glass Company to build a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) manufacturing plant. The $80 million project was financed with $37 million in equity and $39 million in long-term debt. Engro contributed 50 percent of the equity ($18.5 million), Asahi 30 percent ($11.1 million), and Mitsubishi 20 percent ($7.4 million). Foreign currency debt of $28.5 million came from the International Finance Corporation and CDC, while local currency debt of $10.5 million and working capital of $4 million were provided by various Pakistani and international banks. The facility was constructed at Port Qasim, in close proximity to the city of Karachi. The plant was engineered to produce 100,000 tonnes of suspension grade PVC resin per year. The production of PVC at the facility began in 1999.

In 2006, Engro Polymer commissioned a chlor vinyl complex, allowing for in-house production of intermediaries such as vinyl chloride monomer with a capacity of 204,000 tpa and chlorine with a capacity of 94,200 tpa. The expansion project cost approximately $250 million, which included $30 million loan and $20 million equity investment from the International Finance Corporation. It increased its PVC production capacity to 150,000 tons. In the same year, the company was renamed to Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited after Engro Corporation acquired Asahi Glass stake.

In 2008, Engro Polymer was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange, following an initial public offering at a strike price of PKR 18.

In August 2018, Engro Polymer announced that the company would set up a new plant to expand the production of PVC and caustic soda. Along with an efficiency project such as de-super heating quenches at EDC/VCM plant.