SABIC

Advanced polycarbonate copolymer resins for chemical resistance

Iranpolymer/Baspar SABIC introduced its new LNP™ ELCRES™ CXL polycarbonate (PC) copolymer resins featuring exceptional chemical resistance. These specialty materials are well suited to help customers in the mobility, electronics, industrial and infrastructure markets address increased exposure to harsh chemicals that can cause…

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Resin manufacturing facility in Singapore for growing demand in Asia-Pacific

Iranpolymer/Baspar SABIC announced the official launch of its new US$170 (S$220) million ULTEM™ resin manufacturing facility in Singapore, marking the company’s first advanced specialty chemical manufacturing facility in the region producing the high-performance thermoplastic, ULTEM resin. The new facility is a…

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High-tech durable greenhouse roofing solution for Saudi food production

Iranpolymer/Baspar  SABIC has joined forces with iyris (formerly RedSea), a sustainable AgriClimate Tech business and Napco National, a vertically integrated Saudi manufacturer of flexible film and packaging products, to create a high-tech durable greenhouse roofing solution using certified circular polyethylene…

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Sustainable packaging made with bio-renewable polyethylene

Iranpolymer/Baspar  SABIC has joined forces with Lamb Weston, a major global brand owner and producer of frozen potato products, in a closed-loop process designed to create low-weight sustainable packaging bags made with a thin coextrusion film structure.  At least 60%…

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Food vacuum containers from recycled ocean bound plastic

Iranpolymer/Baspar SABIC reports that B!POD, a business unit of SAES Getters, has selected SABIC’s OBP-based polypropylene resin as the material for their containers. In close collaboration, the partners selected SABIC® PP 576P, a high-gloss grade from the company’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio of circular resins.…

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Sustainable soft-rigid compatible material solutions

Iranpolymer/Baspar SABIC and The Lubrizol Corporation have developed compatible material solutions well suited for various applications in the consumer electronics and mobility industries, among others. These solutions, which combine soft and rigid materials, can help customers advance their sustainability goals, enhance…

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Two transportation applications demonstrate exceptional features of foam resin

Iranpolymer/Baspar SABIC spotlighted two diverse transportation applications that demonstrate the potential benefits of SABIC® PP-UMS (Polypropylene – Ultra Melt Strength) foam resin at NPE2024 (Booth #S19005). This distinctive material features high melt strength for outstanding foamability and enables the extrusion of PP foams…

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Sabic closes OIefins-3 cracker Geleen after maintenance shutdown

Iranpolymer/Baspar Sabic will start a turnaround at its Chemelot site at the end of this week. The Olefins 3 naphtha cracker and five other installations of the cracker complex will be taken out of operation during this. Sabic announces that…

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New resin addition to copolymer portfolio for automotive industry

Iranpolymer/Baspar  SABIC introduced LNP™ ELCRES™ SLX1271SR resin, a new addition to its weatherable LNP SLX copolymer portfolio. This specialty material features enhanced scratch and mar resistance and a high-gloss surface finish to provide the automotive industry with a new molded-in color solution for…

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FOOTPRINT IN COLLABORATION WITH CHARGE AMPS THROUGH CERTIFIED RENEWABLE LEXAN™ POLYCARBONATE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER HOUSINGS

Iranpolymer/Baspar  SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, is enabling Charge Amps to manufacture electric vehicle (EV) chargers with a housing made from certified renewable polycarbonate (PC)1, a first for the industry. SABIC is supplying Charge Amps with its…

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SABIC’S INNOVATIVE SOLUTION WINS 2023 R&D 100 AWARD

Iranpolymer/Baspar  SABIC has been named a winner of the 2023 R&D 100 Award, a global science and innovation competition, for its innovative solution, demonstrating how the company is continuing to invest in technology and innovation across multiple industries to help…

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SABIC develops bio-based versions of popular resins

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Chemicals producer SABIC,  is now offering bio-based versions of all NORYL, Flexible NORYL, NORYL GTX and NORYL PPX resin grades to help customers meet increasingly rigorous sustainability goals. It is claimed that, The bio-based versions, formulated with polyphenylene ether (PPE)…

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Teknor Apex joins Cyclyx as consortium’s newest member

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Teknor Apex has become the newest company to join consortium-based plastic feedstock management company Cyclyx. The U.S.-based company produces products like vinyl, thermoplastic elastomers, nylon, and colorants. As a member of Cyclyx, it will be able to take part in…

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SABIC produces thermoplastics for record breaking car

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  SABIC, a producer of diversified chemicals, formally highlighted the use of its materials in applications on the GENBETA car, the new holder of the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the fastest speed achieved by a vehicle indoors. The GENBETA…

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PBT-based Compounds with Radar Absorption Properties

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  SABIC announced two new composite materials with applications in the automotive sector. LNP STAT-KON WDF40RID and WDF40RI are polybutylene teraphalate based with 20% glass fiber and proprietary filler. The compounds address a key challenge of millimeter wave radar technology…

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SABIC launches two new materials- suitable for compression and injection moulding

Iranpolymer/ Baspar   SABIC, a global chemicals producer, has introduced SABIC PP compound H1090 resin and STAMAX 30YH611 resin, two materials  that the company says are well-suited for sheet extrusion and thermoforming that offer a unique alternative to traditional sheet metal forming,…

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SABIC Gets 2023 ACC Sustainability Leadership Award

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  SABIC received a 2023 Sustainability Leadership Award for Exemplary Achievements in Circularity by the American Chemistry Council (ACC), recognizing the company’s pioneering collaborations to bring ocean bound plastic (OBP) back into a circular material. Next to Product Safety, Innovation…

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Global Chemical Companies Announce Hub for Plastic Waste Processing Research

Iranpolymer/ Baspar Seven members of the Low Carbon Emissions Technology initiative (LCET), BASF, Covestro, Dow, Mitsubishi Chemical, ABIC, Solvay and Lyondell Basell, signed an agreement with the independent research organization TNO, establishing a research hub in the Netherlands. Activities at…

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Polyethylene: Sabic declares force majeure on PE-LD

Baspar / Iranpolymer Once again, it is “technical difficulties beyond our own control” that are causing a force majeure in polyethylene – this time declared by petrochemical company Sabic (Riyadh / Saudi Arabia) on July 7, 2021. According to a…

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Sabic to showcase innovations that reduce food waste at K 2016

At the K 2016 plastics trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, Sabic (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) will exhibit a wide array of packaging solutions that address the challenges the packaging industry is currently facing.

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