SABIC to launch innovative PP and PE materials

(Sabic) -- At Plastics Caps & Closures 2010, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) highlighted its innovative polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) materials and application development capabilities that can help customers achieve key goals, including enhanced sustainability, competitive advantage and a reliable source of supply.

Presented ⌠Culture of Innovation in Caps & Closures highlights SABIC solutions that address key industry trends: creation of more environmentally responsible products; the growing division between commodity and value-added closures, and volatility in raw material markets.

To provide customers a single source for materials and expertise, the company continues to develop new PP and PE materials that improve performance, enhance sustainability and reduce system costs in applications ranging from healthcare to specialty and high-volume packaging. For example, SABIC HDPE organo grades for still water caps utilize high-efficiency slurry technology to help reduce off-flavors while offering a reduced carbon footprint of up to 17 percent vs. gas phase technology.


SABIC PP QRYSTAL clarified PP random copolymers for crystal-clear overcaps and airless closures enable lower processing temperatures that reduce energy by up to 15 percent, cutting costs and emissions.

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(Quadrant Plastics) -- Quadrant extends its portfolio of food compliant materials by polyethylene PE, polyoxymethylene (POM) and polyamide (PA6) based metal detectable plastics for food processing equipment enabling manufacturers to more efficiently address the issue of breakage and wear in equipment parts.

The food processing industry requires plastics equipment parts that will provide the high level resistance to wear and tear, and the cleanliness necessary for today's fast line speeds. At the same time parts must provide the reassurance of easy detection should fragments or particles break off and fall into the foodstuff during processing.

Quadrant is a leading global manufacturer of high-performance thermoplastic materials in the form of semi-finished products and finished parts with locations in 20 countries and more than 2 000 employees. Its specialty engineering thermoplastics and composites are superior in performance to metals and other materials and are used in a growing number of applications, primarily in the capital goods industry.

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(ABC) -- Azerikimya, a sub-company of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) keeps on consultations with leading companies around the world. The SOCAR informs that the representatives of Samsung Engineering, one of the world's leading producers of ethylene, polyethylene, butadiene, held talks with the Azerikimya's management and claimed of an interest in participation in the upcoming modernization of the SOCAR sub-company's chemical enterprises. The sides agreed to continue consultations on the issue.

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(Plastemart) -- China is expected to form an annual coal-to-olefin production capacity of 10 mln tons by 2020, at a required investment outlay of 250 billion yuan (US$37 billion).

China has included coal chemicals in the Twelfth Five-Year Program development plan, promising to steadily promote coal chemical projects in the 2011-2015 period.

Newly built capacities in this year include 8.6 mln tons of methanol; 1.48 mln tons of coal-to-liquid and 1.55 mln tons of coal-to-olefin.

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(PRW) -- PolyBlend UK, a plastics manufacturing business formed following a management buyout just over a year ago, has bought its trading premises after securing funding from The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The company has purchased the 27,000sq/ft property on Everite Way in Widnes from US-based Polyone, the previous owners of the business. The site houses PolyBlend's manufacturing, warehouse and office facilities.

The business, which manufactures PVC plastisols, also distributes polymer additives, including resins and inks. Its products are used in a wide range of market sectors, including automotive, flooring, coated fabrics and dip moulding.

PolyBlend currently employs 21 staff and has a turnover of 9.5m pounds - a figure which has increased significantly since the MBO team took over.

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