PASADENA, Calif., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering
Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it has been awarded an
engineering and procurement supply contract by China Sun Paper for
an integrated chlorine dioxide plant in Laos.
Officials did not disclose the contract value.
Jacobs is providing basic design engineering of the plant,
limited detailed engineering, procurement of key equipment
(including supply of its proprietary electrolyzers) and materials,
in addition to technical services for commissioning.
The plant is a part of a scheme to be built and developed by
China Sun Paper that includes a 300,000 tonne/year bleached
hardwood kraft pulp mill and 100,000 hectares of eucalyptus and
acacia plantations in the southern province of Savanakhet in
Laos.
Jacobs' Executive Vice President Gary
Mandel commented, "We are delighted to build on our
relationship with China Sun Paper and look forward to assisting
this project using our low chlorine technology for the production
of chlorine dioxide."
Jacobs is one of the world's largest and most diverse providers
of technical, professional, and construction services.
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fact are forward-looking statements. We base these forward-looking
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well as currently available competitive, financial and economic
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results to differ materially from our forward-looking
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in particular the discussions contained under Items 1 - Business,
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Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
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statements made herein.
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