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Saudi Arabia’s SABIC to Build Engineering Thermoplastics Compounding Plant in China

Saudi Arabia’s SABIC signs a potential investment agreement with the Fujian government (SABIC website)
Saudi Arabia’s SABIC signs a potential investment agreement with the Fujian government (SABIC website)
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Saudi Arabia’s SABIC to Build Engineering Thermoplastics Compounding Plant in China

Saudi Arabia’s SABIC signs a potential investment agreement with the Fujian government (SABIC website)
Saudi Arabia’s SABIC signs a potential investment agreement with the Fujian government (SABIC website)

Saudi Arabia’s SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, signed a potential investment agreement with the Fujian government to build an engineering thermoplastics compounding plant in China’s Fujian Province.

“The new investment further underscores SABIC’s efforts to meet the unique requirements for differentiated innovative solutions from its local customers in China while strengthening its roots in the Chinese market and its contributions to the high-quality and sustainable development of the chemical industry,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

“This investment agreement marks another significant milestone for SABIC’s growth in China and reflects our continued confidence in investing in the country,” SABIC CEO Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh said.

“By creating synergy with upstream and downstream partners, the project aims to strengthen our supply capability in compounding products and serve this important strategic market with innovative and consistently high-quality material solutions,” he added.

The planned compounding plant will be located in the Gulei Port Economic Development Zone, Zhangzhou, Fujian.

It will primarily produce pelletized LEXAN™ Polycarbonate (PC) and CYCOLOY™ PC/ABS blends for use in advanced materials tailored to the needs of industries including electrical and consumer electronics, automotive, and emerging sectors such as solar energy, electrification, and 5G.

In addition to the planned engineering thermoplastics compounding plant, SABIC operates a SABIC Technology Center in Shanghai and three compounding plants in Guangzhou, Shanghai and Chongqing, alongside operations in 17 cities across Greater China.

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