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Sabic on schedule with European PP pilot plant


Sabic said it is on course to start up its pilot plant for development of its next generation of PP resins at its facility at Sittard-Geleen in the Netherlands in March. “When it starts up next


year, we will have considerably more capacity to develop new PP materials for commerciali- sation in our current European assets in Geleen and in Gelsenkirchen, Germany,” said Lina Prada, Sabic’s Global PP Technology Director.


The plant, which will use gas-phase polymerisation


packaging industries. Sabic said it is looking in particular to develop grades with improved stiffness/ impact, flow properties and other specific secondary properties. It will concentrate on development of impact grades, as well as random copolymers and homopoly- mers.


The facility will also carry


technology, is the latest in a series of investments being made by Sabic at the Bright- lands Chemelot R&D and


manufacturing campus at Sittard-Geleen. It will focus on products for the pipe, automo- tive, appliance and advanced


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