DUBAI (ICIS news)--Saudi Basic Industries Corporation's (SABIC) expansion plan for its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) unit in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, is on track to for completion in 2013, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.
The expected new addition at Ibn Rushd aromatics complex, which has a total capacity of around 420,000 tonne/year, would be brought on-stream by 2013, as planned.
The proposed unit would lift SABIC's PET output to around 750,000 tonnes/year.
MRCMRC Reference
Sabic. The share in the Russian market in 2008:
PE - 0.2%;
PP - 0.4%;
PS - 0.2%.
Annual sales growth in Russia over the last 5 years:
PE - 33%;
PP - 62%