Han Mertens wins Dutch National Chemistry Olympiad 2013

Award ceremony at the Government building, the House of the Provincial Authority in Limburg

18-Jun-2013 - 16 year-old Han Mertens from Malden in the Netherlands, a student at the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Nijmegen, has won the 34th National Chemistry Olympiad (NCO), ahead of around 4000 other participants. Three other competitors also shared in the prizes: Ronen Brilleslijper (JSG. Maimonides, ...

SABIC and Chongqing Government Sign Memorandum of Understanding To Build Engineering Thermoplastics Compounding Plant

SABIC’s Third Chinese Manufacturing Investment Announcement in 2011

07-Nov-2011 - SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business, Chongqing Xiyong Micro-electronics Industrial Park, and the Chongqing Economic and Informatization Commission announced a memorandum of understanding where SABIC would establish an engineering thermoplastics compounding plant in Chongqing, China. The move ...

SABIC wins VNCI Responsible Care Award for 2011

Chemicals Company commended as a trendsetter in transport safety

20-Jun-2011 - SABIC has won the Responsible Care award for 2011. The announcement was made during the annual meeting of the Dutch Chemical Industry Federation (Vereniging van de Nederlandse Chemische Industrie (VNCI)) in The Hague. The company was chosen to receive the award because of its efforts to render ...

State-of-the-art polyolefin logistics centre reinforces SABIC’s long-term commitment to serving its UK customers

25-Nov-2010 - Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC officially opened its state-of-the-art polyolefin logistics centre in north-east England, which is replacing SABIC’s current logistics centre in the UK. Located in Middlesbrough, Cleveland, the new facility underlines SABIC’s long-term commitment to ...

Environmental award upcycling plastic bottles

VNCI rewards SABIC Innovative Plastics with Responsible Care Award 2009

09-Jun-2009 - Plastic drink bottles are used by just about everyone. They are usually made from PolyEthylene Tereftalate, better known as PET. They often end up in the rubbish bin and then in rubbish dumps after having been used only once. SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed a system to upcycle PET waste ...

SABIC Invests in Eastern Europe with expanded Moscow Sales Office and Dedicated Team to Support Regional Customers

29-Jan-2009 - The SABIC family of plastics businesses, including SABIC Innovative Plastics and SABIC Europe, is demonstrating its strong commitment to serving the Eastern European market by introducing its expanded and dedicated sales team, all based in a new SABIC sales office in Moscow. SABIC Innovative ...

SABIC Innovative Plastics Announces VDE Certification of 10 Flame-retardant Materials for Household Appliance Applications

06-Aug-2008 - To help household appliance manufacturers accelerate time to market by streamlining regulatory approvals, SABIC Innovative Plastics announced a full portfolio of flame-retardant materials that have achieved certification from VDE (Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V), a ...

SABIC Innovative Plastics Wins 2007 National Energy Globe Award for Brine Recovery Project at Bergen op Zoom Facility

29-May-2008 - SABIC Innovative Plastics was named the national Energy Globe Award overall winner for The Netherlands in recognition of its Brine Recovery project in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands. At the EU Parliament in Brussels, the company was honored for its efforts in achieving significant environmental ...

SABIC Innovative Plastics Names Charlie Crew President and CEO

22-May-2008 - SABIC Innovative Plastics announced that Charlie Crew has been promoted to president and CEO of the company, effective immediately. Crew will lead the multi-billion-dollar engineering thermoplastics business with operations in more than 25 countries and over 10,500 employees worldwide. Crew ...

SABIC Europe to increase prices for PP Automotive grades

07-Nov-2006 - SABIC Europe announced that it will increase the prices of all automotive PP grades in Europe, SABIC®PP, SABIC®PPC and SABIC®PP STAMAX, by 50 EUR/metric ton as per December 1st 2006. "The economic situation and PP market conditions make this move inevitable. The use of PP based products in the ...