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Sabic Europe to cut 1,050 jobs


April 22, 2013 10:58 am ET

BERGEN OP ZOOM, NETHERLANDS – Raw materials producer Saudi Basic Industries Corp. plans to cut 1,050 jobs in Europe, including 110 positions in the United Kingdom, as part of a restructuring program.

Sabic, MIT to develop feedstock processes


April 12, 2013 2:16 pm ET

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Saudi Basic Industries Corp. will work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on processes that use unconventional feedstocks to meet “important global needs.”

Polystyrene ban in Pittsfield, Mass.?


April 2, 2013 11:06 am ET

It comes as a bit of a surprise that Pittsfield, Mass. -- a city that has a long association with the plastics industry -- is considering banning polystyrene food service containers.The Berkshire Eagle newspaper reported the news today, "Pittsfield hears opening arguments on proposed plastic foam ban." According to news reports, Rinaldo Del Gallo, ...

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Sabic touts antimicrobial materials


February 14, 2013 4:56 pm ET

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Sabic Innovative Plastics introduced nine antimicrobial compounds featuring silver technology at the Medical Design & Manufacturing West trade show, held Feb. 12-14 in Anaheim.

SPI hires sustainability expert as director of recycling


February 14, 2013 11:39 am ET

WASHINGTON -- Kim Holmes, principal consultant at Portland, Ore.-based 4R Sustainability, has been named director of recycling -- a new position -- at the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.

Sabic and the Royal College of Art liaise on automotive lighting technology


February 12, 2013 1:43 pm ET

LONDON -- Materials supplier Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) has announced its latest educational collaboration with London's Royal College of Art.

Al-Mady: US is awash in natural gas, and Sabic needs to participate


February 11, 2013 2:22 pm ET

For anyone who wonders why shale gas is such a big story for the global plastics industry, consider this math. In 2008, US natural gas cost about $13 per million Btu, today it's about $3.75.What a difference five years makes.Mohammed Al-Mady, vice chairman and CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corp., is among the global petrochemical company...

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