Sabic Innovative Plastics

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — May 14, 2012 — SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business will spotlight its culture of ingenuity at MD&M Brazil – in São Paulo, Brazil, June 26-27, in booth #709 – with an exhibit of customer applications that highlight the versatility of the company’s broad and deep portfolio of engineering thermoplastics. SABIC will also showcase many of its world-renowned healthcare resin grades specifically developed to meet biocompatibility and sterilization requirements. As a global leader in engineering thermoplastic, SABIC’s presence at MD&M Brazil demonstrates the company’s long-term commitment to medical and dental device customers in Brazil. View more and related images

Riyadh May 11, 2012- The University of Colorado – Boulder has conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on Mohamed Al-Mady, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Vice Chairman and CEO. View more and related images

MILAN, Italy — May 8, 2012 — SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is showcasing here at PLAST 2012 its broad and deep portfolio of industry-leading sustainable materials that help customers design, develop and differentiate environmentally responsible products in three key ways. These include: cutting weight to lower energy usage; reducing waste and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through up-cycling of post-consumer plastic; and providing exceptional flame-smoke-toxicity performance without the use of halogenated additives. Teaming up with Guzman Global, SABIC’s distribution partner in Italy, the company is exhibiting these resin solutions at the Guzman Global stand, Hall 9, Stand B61, with a theme of Sustainability + Performance. Working with Guzman to supply its high-performance engineered materials – combined with unmatched technological expertise and value-added services – SABIC is committed to helping customers advance their sustainability objectives and power their competitive advantage with solutions for more sustainable design. View more and related images

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — May 2, 2012 — On April 30, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business was recognized by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) for its extensive world-class programs designed to improve energy efficiency, taking seven Responsible Care® Energy Efficiency Awards, including three for its Mt. Vernon, Ind., manufacturing facility. This accomplishment marks the second consecutive year in which SABIC’s sustainability initiatives have been honored by the ACC. These multiple awards for a diverse range of projects demonstrate SABIC’s strong leadership, world-class technology and culture of innovation that enables the company to minimize environmental impact while strengthening operational excellence, all of which significantly benefit its customers worldwide. View more and related images

SHANGHAI — April 26, 2012 — At Chinaplas 2012 (booth #N2H41) SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business announced another major step forward to support its customers’ commercial ambitions and growth: the expansion of its Flexible Noryl* polyphenylene ether (PPE) resin portfolio for wire and cable coating applications. With the addition of two new grades – Flexible Noryl WCD883 and WCD933 resins – this high performance PPE resin family is now the first and only end-to-end solution for wire and cable customers that comply with U.S., European and Japanese standards for both DC and AC cables. Further, the Flexible Noryl materials deliver non-halogenated flame retardance for sustainability, plus light weight and an exceptional balance of properties. This milestone underscores SABIC’s proactive efforts to help customers design more-sustainable solutions and standardize their products across major global markets with a single material portfolio to achieve cost and efficiency benefits. View more and related images

ATLANTA — April 24, 2012 — SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business is showcasing here at Techtextil North America (booth #1950) its broad, deep and growing portfolio of high-performance materials for the technical textiles and nonwovens industries. These high-tech solutions, based on SABIC’s world-renowned Ultem*, Valox*, Lexan*, and Noryl* resins, greatly expand performance, processing and aesthetic options for customer textile applications with properties ranging from outstanding heat and chemical resistance and colorfastness to exceptional loft and light weight. The SABIC materials also help customers comply with regulatory mandates, provide greater end-product differentiation and give textile manufacturers, fiber converters and OEMs the ability to enhance existing product lines and/or expand into new performance fiber and fabric markets. These thermoplastic-based technologies further underscore SABIC’s proactive approach to meeting the changing needs of its customers and spotlight the company’s role as a leading supplier to the textile and fiber industries of some of the most advanced cutting-edge products on the market today. View more and related images

SHANGHAI, China — April 19, 2012 — SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business announced today at the Chinaplas 2012 (booth #N2H41) a major expansion of its industry leading Lexan* polycarbonate (PC) portfolio: three new engineered Lexan PC film grades to help customers in the consumer electronics and automotive sectors meet growing demand for cost reduction, greater design flexibility, higher performance and compliance with global environmental regulations. The new grades – Lexan HP92TTY, Lexan 6060 and Lexan OQ8DA films – provide outstanding optical quality and specialized functionality for in-mold decoration (IMD) overlays in consumer electronics and automotive applications. These new additions to its flagship Lexan product portfolio also demonstrate SABIC’s ongoing investment in world-class technologies and underscore the company’s unyielding commitment to the technical requirements, application development needs and business goals of global customers and converters. View more and related images

Mohamed Al-Mady, SABIC Vice-Chairman and CEO, today unveiled the new SABIC Brand at the company’s General Assembly Meeting in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. View more and related images

ORLANDO, Fla. — April 12, 2012 — At NPE 2012 (booth #29000), SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business announced that Canon Electronics Inc. – a global leader in imaging and optical products – has selected high-performance Xenoy iQ* ENH resin with up-cycled post-consumer recycled (PCR) content for the housing of its new imageFORMULA DR-M160 high-speed document scanner. Canon Electronics previously used a polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) material without any PCR content for its scanner housings. By upgrading to Xenoy iQ ENH resin, the company has advanced its sustainability strategy of developing environmentally conscious products that emphasize resource conservation and chemical substance control, among other goals. The development of the Xenoy iQ resin family, demonstrates SABIC’s history of successful innovation and its commitment to sustainable long-term relationships by providing customers like Canon Electronics with a broad, industry-leading portfolio of materials to design and manufacture high-performance eco-responsible solutions. It also illustrates SABIC’s commitment of continuous improvement through the on-going development of new industry standards. View more and related images

ORLANDO, Fla. — April 10, 2012 — At NPE 2012, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business announced the use of their Lexan* and Cycoloy* resins in Equipment Technologies’ (ET) tough, optimally designed Apache agricultural sprayer hood. The new product was developed to help overcome performance issues associated with fiberglass and metal, such as cracking or fading from exposure to high temperatures and ultraviolet (UV) light. This collaboration between Equipment Technologies, Allen Extruders, LLC, AMD Plastics, and SABIC, uses Allen Extruders’ Alextra®-MV sheet – a material made with SABIC’s Lexan SLX resin coextruded over Cycoloy resin and is vacuum formed by AMD – to slash the weight by up to 140 lbs vs. previous fiberglass hoods. The development of the new sprayer hood demonstrates how SABIC supports customer success through a deep understanding of industry, product and value chain requirements. View more and related images