(plastemart) -- SABIC Innovative Plastics inaugurated its new Ultem polyetherimide (PEI) resin production facility in Cartagena. This much-anticipated event marks a 35% increase in Ultem resin capacity for European and global customers. The state-of-the-art ?300 mln facility, which is SABIC Innovative Plastics’ second Ultem resin plant, will provide customers with higher supply dependability. The plant also encompasses scalable capacity for producing ultra-high-performance Extem resin grades and specialty intermediates (anhydrides). Proprietary process chemistry and cutting-edge manufacturing technologies will improve operating reliability and flexibility while minimizing the environmental impact of by-products. This major investment demonstrates the company’s unyielding commitment to reliable, scalable supplies of its Ultem and Extem resin grades, whose outstanding performance is driving ever-greater demand from global customers.
Geert Drummen, Sabic"s CEO in Eastern Europe, is going to participate in Russian Polymers Summit on October 14, 2010, organized by ICIS and MRC. For more information please refer to http://www.icisconference.com/russianpolymers/ Summit official web page.
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