Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Asian Paints Ltd. (APL) to provide engineering services for a greenfield paints plant near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India. This is Jacobs’ second consecutive order from APL in India, following a similar contract awarded in late 2015.
Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is expected to provide detailed engineering and construction supervision services for the project. The contract duration is approximately three years.
The new facility is expected to have an initial production capacity of 300,000 kiloliters per annum (KLPA) of decorative paints.