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70% of the North American PE market is within 700 miles,” he said.
Marr said the com-
SABIC’s Lexan Margard FHC10 has a pre-cured hard coating yet can be processed like normal polycarbonate sheet
market in the early 2020s. Shell Polymers business
integration lead Michael Marr explained that building the site in Pennsylvania – rather than on the Gulf Coast – puts it close to the huge Marcellus and Utica shale fields, to maximise the benefits of the new resource. “Our thought was to put the plant closer to the shale fields and to the market – as
pany’s purpose at NPE was to identify new potential customers for the new facility, which will initially be focused on supplying the North
American market. A decision to export further afield is yet to be made.
SABIC targets US growth
Underlining the importance of the US market for its long-term growth, SABIC executive vice president for petrochemicals Abdulrah- man Al-Fageeh said the company planned to double its manufacturing footprint in the country over
the next five years and expand sales from 2.7m to 5.4m tonnes by 2022. A key element in this
growth is the planned 1.8m tonnes/year ethane cracking joint venture with Exxon Mobil, which will include two new PE polymerisation units. However, Al-Fageeh said the company’s move to more differentiated prod- ucts and a sectorial ap- proach to the market will also play a major part: he cited the formation earlier this year of three new business segments target- ing caps and closures, industrial hygiene and thin wall packaging as examples of this more application- focused approach. Al-Fageeh said the
combination of SABIC’s own
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