Sabic

Texas chosen for cracker-PE complex / Substantial investment aid / Start-up after 2020

New PE foam grade for MEA and Asia / Material and energy savings

Agreement to acquire Shell's 50% stake in Saudi Arabian Sadaf joint venture

First gas tanker for ethane deliveries from Texas to UK completed / Second vessel to follow next year

New US polymer distributor / Focus on small- and medium-sized plastics processors

Foamable polymers portfolio expanded / “Fast converting” foam materials introduced to improve production efficiency

Building next-generation PP pilot plant at European HQ in Geleen / Facility will also experiment on advanced catalysts

Significant delivery delays for PC, ABS and other polymers

WPC general assembly meeting at “K 2016” / Focus on Asia / Recognition by UN hits a snag / Reliance and Daelim decide to join

First ethane deliveries for Teeside expected in November / PP line in Gelsenkirchen still running / PC joint venture in China to start up by 2020 / Press conference at “K” fair

PIE speaks to Sabic CEO Yousef Abdullah al-Benyan and executive vice president Polymers Abdulrahman al-Fageeh ahead of "K 2016" / Company committed to "diversifying its feedstock sources" / Confident in European and American PC markets

PC capacity in Shanghai doubled / EUR 3 bn investment programme for global PC headquarters wrapped up

Caprolactam market consolidates as a result of excess capacities in China / European PA 6 notations crumbling / Feedstock market shifts start to impact Europe / PA 6.6 prices sliding / Adipic acid availability continues to lengthen

Saudi Arabia and China explore investment opportunities / MOUs signed at "G20 Summit"

Polymershapes business goes to US company Blackfriars / Joint semi-finished products holding with Laird and Amari Plastics

Personnel reshuffle continues following change at the helm / Gary Miller appointed COO

“Lexan” PC resin and plasma technology used by Toyota for rear quarter window / First use of “Exatec” in a commercial vehicle / Meeting driver visibility regulations

Dutch research partnership collaborates with Sabic on development of starch-based films / Combination of waterproofing and oxygen barrier in low-cost production of food packaging

Petrochemical giants examine the building of a joint complex in the US

PP grade introduced for production of injection moulded rigid packaging / Improved balance in stiffness and impact strength

Agreement with Saudi Aramco to study oil-to-chemicals project in Saudi Arabia

Customised packing lines developed with Coperion / Process improvement at Italian compounding plant

PIE talks to World Plastics Council chairman Abdulrahman al-Fageeh and PlasticsEurope executive director Karl H. Foerster / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Localising global solutions / Focus on marine debris / Increasingly global scope

Distribution group continues to expand / Acquisition of Aectra Plastics

Nippon Paper secures licence to produce “Pure-Pak” drinks cartons in Japan / Coatings based on renewable PE