STENUNGSUND, SWEDEN—Jacobs Engineering,Pasadena, CA, has received a contract fromAustria's Borealis to provide engineering,procurement, project management and construction managementservices for a project designed to increase cross-linkedpolyethylene (XLPE) production capacity at its manufacturing sitein Stenungsund.

Company officials did not disclose the contract value.

Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is working tode-bottleneck an existing XLPE compounding and soakingtrain and increase the intermediate storage capacity ofthe XLPE base resin in the upstream polymerizationplant. The scope of work involves installation of new silos andconversion of film silos, as well as installation of conveyingsystems.

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David Phillips

David Phillips is a Chicago-based freelance writer and consultant with more than 20 years experience in business and community news. He also has extensive reporting experience in the food manufacturing industry for national trade publications.