Borouge at PlastiCon 2016

Borouge reinforced its contribution to the development of the region's plastics manufacturing and conversion industry at the 7th edition of the annual GPCA Plastic Conversion Conference (PlastiCon 2016) held from 10-12 January. Organized by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), the conference was held with the theme Evolving GCC Plastic Conversion | Technology Meets Business.

 

PlastiCon is an ideal platform for the GPCA members to network and discuss recent trends in the development of plastics conversion industry across the GCC and the whole Middle East region as one of the significant industrial sectors that contribute to the diversification of economy, said Rashed Saud Al Shamsi, Petrochemicals Director at ADNOC, Chairman of Borouge Pte Ltd, and Chairman of GPCA. "The region is moving into the next stage of development, focusing on growth, innovation, sustainability and value chain integration. This transformation will provide further opportunities to the downstream plastics conversion industries in the region," he added.

 

Abdulaziz Alhajri, CEO of Abu Dhabi Polymers Company (Borouge), highlighted Borouge's continuous support to the GPCA conferences and activities for the past 10 years. Both Borouge and the GPCA are continuously and significantly contributing to the development of the plastics conversion industry by promoting it through leadership, advocacy and networking, he said.

 

Borouge's contribution to the capacity growth in plastic resins production was marked with starting-up the Borouge 3 plant in 2014. With this mega project, the company added 2.5 million tons of annual polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) capacity, bringing the company's total capacity to 4.5 million tons a year. In addition, the newly-inaugurated Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi has become a cornerstone responding to the fast-growing demand for advanced, value-added plastics.

 

GPCA PlastiCon 2016 Conference also featured the newest edition of the GPCA Plastics Excellence Awards ceremony which aims to recognize outstanding initiatives in the plastics conversion, plastics engineering and product development by companies and individuals from the Arabian Gulf region.