Borouge opens first plant in China

Borouge inaugurated its first manufacturing plant in China at a ceremony held at the plant in Shanghai on April 20, 2010. The historic event was attended by senior official representatives from the United Arab Emirates including the Minister of Foreign Trade, H.E. Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, H.E. Yousef Omair bin Yousef, the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Secretary General of the Supreme Petroleum Council and Chairman of the Board of Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Limited (Borouge), and the UAE Ambassador to China, H.E. Omer Al Betar. The Chinese delegation at the event included Fengxian Party Committee Secretary, Zhang Li ping and Fengxian Deputy Party Committee Secretary and Mayor of Fengxian, Shi Guanghui. Rashed Saud Al Shamsi, Chairman of the Board of Borouge's Marketing Company, Abdulaziz Alhajri, CEO of Borouge's Production Company, William Yau, CEO of Borouge's Marketing Company. The Members of the Boards of Borouge and its business partners and customers also attended the ceremony. The new plant in Shanghai is designed to provide innovative plastics solutions to the rapidly growing local automotive and household appliances industries in the region. The plant has the capacity to supply up to 50,000 tonnes of compounded resins annually and the potential to expand by 30,000 tonnes per year in the future. The base resins for the plant are to be supplied from the new polypropylene plants of Borouge in Abu Dhabi. www.borouge.comsneakers