NEWS IN BRIEF...
Gabriel-Chemie has opened a new sales and logistics location in Nairobi, Kenya, which will serve as a central hub for regional sales, technical consulting, and logistics, allowing the company to support customers locally in a faster and more personal way.
www.gabriel-chemie.com
Kraton has announced that CEO Marcello Boldrini has left the company. To ensure continuity, the Polymer and Pine Chemi- cal businesses will be led by Kraton’s Business Presidents, Prakash Kolluri and Minco van Breevoort.
https://kraton.com
PlasticsEurope has appointed Rob Ingram, CEO of Ineos Olefins & Polymers Europe, as its President, effective 1 January 2026. He succeeds Benny Mermans, Vice President Sustainability at Chevron Phillips Chemical.
https://plasticseurope.org
Sabic sheds ETP and petchem businesses
Sabic is selling its European petrochemical business to German investment group Aequita and its Engineering Thermoplastics business in Europe and the Americas to private equity investment firm Mutares for a combined $950m. The ETPs business includes PC, PBT and ABS operations in Europe and the Americas.
Sabic says the divest- ments form a strong foundation for future profitable growth and reinforce its long-term strategic positioning to add maximum value. Polymers are continuing as a core business, focusing mainly on PE, PP and PC in the Middle East and Asia. “These transactions are a
clear demonstration of our disciplined approach and decisive execution regard- ing capital allocation and active portfolio manage- ment,” said Salah Al-Hareky,
Sabic’s Bergen op Zoom facility in the Netherlands
Chief Financial Officer of Sabic. “By unlocking value to fund higher-return opportunities, we are improving the quality and efficiency of our capital employed and enhancing the group’s ROCE [return on capital employed].” The company says the
efforts are a continuation of plans to improve returns, focus on high margin markets and products where it has a clear competitive advantage, recycle capital to higher-return opportunities,
and improve free cash flow. Importantly, the transac- tions will allow Sabic to maintain strategic access for its products through exports to both Europe and the Americas, which remain priority markets. Further- more, its activities in global research, advanced technol- ogy, and innovation, will be preserved, supporting effective customer service and sustainable growth. �
www.sabic.com �
https://aequita.com �
https://mutares.com
Broadway reaches formulation milestone
UK masterbatch and compound specialist Broadway announced that, 29 years after its inception, it has complet- ed its 60,000th custom formulation, a blue colour com- pound in a customer’s specified grade of PP matched to Pantone 287C. “In the early days, the focus was purely on the aesthetic,” said Senior Colourist Mark Turner. “Whilst that’s still hugely important, today much of our work involves helping customers adopt greener solutions and navigate complex regulations.” These regulations include food contact safety, material
traceability, and increasingly, considerations for packaging recyclability in line with EPR and the EU’s PPWR. Evolving standards mean the company has also updated certain legacy formulations using newer, compliant chemistries. �
https://broadwaycolours.com
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IMAGE: BROADWAY
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