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HMC Polymers was established in 1983 with ownership comprising leading International and Thai companies and investors. The company has a joint venture heritage with firm roots in Thailand and back to the invention of polypropylene.
Foundation
Our international founding joint venture partner is the Netherlands-based company LyondellBasell (then predecessor company Himont) the world’s third largest chemical company and the largest manufacturer of polyolefins.
After obtaining Thailand Board of Investment promotional privileges, HMC Polymers commissioned its first production line in October 1989 in the newly formed Map Ta Phut Industrial Complex.
PTT became a shareholder of HMC Polymers in 2006.
Since the commencement of polypropylene production in 1989, the company has continued to expand and modernize its facilities. Today it has the most modern technology in Thailand and with an operating capacity of 750kt, is one of largest and most advanced facilities in Asia.HMC Polymers is certified for both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
Our Milestones
| 1983 | Himont, Metro (Srikrung), Hua Kee, and Bangkok Bank joined together and established "HMC Polymers Company". The company foundation was on 8 December. |
| 1987 | Construction of HMC Polymers’ first plant was commenced – the first manufacturing facility for polypropylene in Thailand. |
| 1989 | HMC Polymers' manufacturing site was completed in September and started its first production run in November. The first commercial name “Pro-fax” was used. Capacity was 100,000 tons/year. |
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| 1997 | Production Line 2 was started up with the capacity of 200,000 tons/year with capacity to produce Impact Copolymers. |
| 1999 | ISO 9001 certification (1994 version) and ISO 14001 were achieved. |
| 2001 | Production Line 2 was debottlenecked to 250,000 tons/year. |
| 2002 | Production Line 1 was debottlenecked to 200,000 tons/year. |
| 2006 | PTT became a shareholder in HMC Polymers with the decision to invest in PDH and PP (Spherizone) projects with a capacity of (each) 300,000 tons/year. |
| 2007 | Construction of PDH Production line and PP Production Line 3 was started. |
| 2008 | New Corporate Identity was launched. |
| 2009 | Construction of PP Production Line 3 was completed. |
| 2010 | Construction of PDH Production line was completed. |
| 2010 | CSR-DIW program by Department of Industrial Works was achieved. |
