PCC SE plans to set up a production facility for oxyalkylates (non-ionic surfactants and polyether polyols) in Malaysia in a 50/50 joint venture with one of the leading integrated chemical players in Southeast Asia, PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG). We thus expand some of our core businesses into the growth markets of Asia. The production facility for oxyalkylates is planned to be built at the strategically very well-located petrochemical complex that PCG, as part of the global oil and gas company PETRONAS, operates in Kerteh in the Malaysian province of Terengganu. The image above shows an aerial view of the chemical complex of PCG.

Joint venture: PCC Oxyalkylates Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (PCC-OM), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Joint venture partners:

PCC SE: extensive expertise in surfactants (PCC Exol SA) and polyols (PCC Rokita SA)

PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG): one of the leading integrated chemical players in Southeast Asia; part of the oil and gas company PETRONAS
Location: Kerteh (Kertih), Terengganu (Malaysia)
Site advantages:

PCG’s Kerteh Integrated Petrochemical Complex, Terengganu:

  • Secure raw materials availability (esp. ehthylene oxide)
  • Excellent infrastructure
  • Direct seaport access (competitive international logistics costs)
Planned facility:

Construction of an oxyalkylate plant to produce:

  • Ethoxylates (non-ionic surfactants) and
  • Polyether polyols

Establishing a joint research and development center
Objective of PCC: Expansion of core businesses into the growth market of Asia

Project course:

 

2017: Foundation of PCC-OM as a PCC project company

2020: Sale of 50% of the shares in PCC-OM to PCG

2021: Planned start of plant construction

2023: Planned commissioning