Sabic Innovative Plastics

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — June 26, 2012 — At the MD&M Brazil show (booth #709) here, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is showcasing its broad and deep healthcare resin portfolio with new next-generation applications from two leading Brazilian dental equipment customers, Gnatus and Indusbello. To differentiate Gnatus’ new Syncrus G8 dental station and Indusbello’s new dental sterilization tray from their respective competitors, each customer chose SABIC’s high-tech materials for their combination of high performance, superior toughness and visual appeal vs. traditional metal. These successful OEM products illustrate how Brazilian customers can capitalize on SABIC’s local production, technical services and application development expertise to create high-end products, gain a first-to-market advantage and accelerate their business growth and success. View more and related images

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — June 26, 2012 — At the first-ever MD&M Brazil Show (booth #709) here, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is spotlighting the company’s broad and deep healthcare materials portfolio with high-end applications from two leading Brazilian medical device manufacturers, Sartori Instruments, Implants and Fixers and Braile Biomédica. By replacing traditional metal with SABIC’s high-performance thermoplastic resins, Sartori was able to develop new see-through, laser-markable sterilization boxes for its surgical implant kits, and Braile Biomédica’s new membrane oxygenator enclosures achieved greatly improved impact strength by using SABIC’s resins to replace acrylic. Both customers upped their competitive advantages significantly through SABIC’s extensive industry knowledge and comprehensive resources, including design, development, technical services and local material production. These application successes illustrate SABIC’s commitment to the South American healthcare market and the company’s dedicated support for its customers’ changing needs. View more and related images

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — June 26, 2012 — Major healthcare industry trends, such as improving patient safety and creating smaller, more accessible devices, are receiving strong support from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business, which is spotlighting an array of advanced thermoplastic resins from its broad product portfolio here at the debut of MD&M Brazil 2012 (booth #709). Among the featured applications promoting patient safety is GE Healthcare’s X-ray collimator, which uses SABIC’s LNP* Thermocomp* HSG compound for shielding instead of lead, a heavy metal that continues to present health and disposal challenges to manufacturers of radiation-shielding products. The Breastlight examination device from PWB Health Ltd., also on display, uses SABIC’s Cycoloy* polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) HC resin to enhance usability in the home, enabling the healthcare industry’s move toward device portability. SABIC’s ongoing drive to improve its materials technologies and application development support – combined with local supply – is helping South American customers differentiate their products and meet the fast-changing requirements of the region’s healthcare sector. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — June 21, 2012 — SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business was honored with Plastics Technology’s (China) Green Material Innovative Application Award in recognition of the company’s pioneering Valox iQ* resin, an industry-leading material that incorporates up-cycled post-consumer content from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottles. The award highlights the success of SABIC’s unique iQ resin technology platform in raising industry standards for green materials, as well as eliminating waste through closed-loop reuse systems. Valox iQ resin, one of many high-end materials in SABIC’s broad portfolio of innovative solutions, demonstrates the company’s constant dedication to powering the competitive advantage of its customers by helping them meet accelerating global demand for high-performance and sustainable products. View more and related images

Sittard, the Netherlands – June 18, 2012 – Customers in the future will benefit from lighter weight, more efficient and lower cost solar thermal panels as a result of an exclusive, worldwide agreement between SABIC and VU University Amsterdam (VU). The objective of the collaboration is to develop and commercialize the university’s technology invention to keep the temperature in solar energy collectors under control. View more and related images

MUNICH, Germany — June 13, 2012 — With approximately 70 gigawatts (GW) of cumulative global installations, PV systems represent the third most important renewable energy source – after hydroelectric and wind power – in terms of capacity. 1 As demand for solar power rises, SABIC is helping to drive the feasibility and integration of this increasingly preferred energy source by launching today the first polycarbonate (PC) building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panels for roofing, cladding and glazing applications. This new innovative solution from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business, called Lexan* BIPV panel, provides architects and builders with enhanced design freedom, thermal insulation, easy installation and energy production in a single, integrated solution. Created through a close collaboration between SABIC and Solbian Energie Alternative, an innovative flexible photovoltaic (PV) production company, Lexan BIPV panels combine tough, lightweight, transparent Lexan Thermoclear* PC sheet with flexible PV laminated crystalline cells from Solbian and are available in a broad range of structures, configurations and colors. Lexan BIPV panels demonstrate SABIC’s deep commitment to its customers by supporting the evolving trends and environmental needs for more sustainable designs while driving improved material technologies in the building and construction industry. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — June 1, 2012 — At PLASTPOL 2012, Poland’s largest international plastics and rubber processing exhibition, SABIC became the first company in the event’s 16-year history to win two awards, highlighting the company’s culture of ingenuity and history of successful innovation. Specifically, SABIC received the coveted Best Material Ingenuity award for its globally renowned Valox iQ* resin, which promotes sustainability by incorporating up-cycled post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottles. In addition, the company’s impressive, two-story, 130-square-meter exhibit (stand E-7) was honored with Best Stand Design. These prestigious awards underscore SABIC’s focus on continuously challenging the status quo with better ways to serve its customers around the world. View more and related images

CHENNAI, India — May 25, 2012 — Today at Roof India 2012 (booth #B31) SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is once again demonstrating how it is powering the long-term commercial success of its customers with the announcement of a capacity investment in India. Specifically, the company will open a state-of-the-art Lexan* multiwall sheet production line at its Vadodara, India manufacturing facility to provide customers in the country and the greater Asia with a fast, reliable source of these high-performance materials. This new line will help meet rising customer demand in the region for SABIC’s high performance Lexan Thermoclear* multiwall polycarbonate (PC) sheet products used for roofing and glazing in the building & construction and greenhouse sectors. View more and related images

Riyadh, May 17, 2012- Mohamed Al-Mady, SABIC Vice-Chairman and CEO, has called for more productive engagement between US companies and the Saudi private sector to further strengthen business relations in hopes of helping accelerate their respective global growth agendas. View more and related images

Riyadh, May 16, 2012- Taking the opportunity to discuss business challenges and share insights with peers from around the globe, Mohamed Al-Mady, vice chairman and CEO of the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), joined 100 of the world’s most influential business leaders at the 16th annual Microsoft CEO Summit in Seattle, on May 16. View more and related images