(US-SABC) -- Emaar, the Economic
City (Emaar), has announced the commencement of construction of a new polypropylene manufacturing facility in the industrial
area of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). U.S. industrial packaging
manufacturer Greif, Inc., through a joint venture with the National Scientific
Company of Saudi Arabia, is building the facility, which will produce
polypropylene woven fabric for use in flexible intermediate bulk containers for
the packaging industry. The facility will be more than 2.02 mln square feet
(188.000 square meters) and is scheduled to begin production in 2012 and be
operating at full capacity by 2016. Emaar is managing the planning and
development of KAEC, the 65 square-mile (168 square-kilometer) city which is
scheduled for completion in 2029.
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