Sabic has announced projects in Asia and the Netherlands designed to increase global capacity for two of its high-performance engineering thermoplastic materials, Ultem and Noryl resins.
To increase capacity for Ultem resins, a polyetherimide material, Sabic plans to expand its existing footprint in Singapore where it currently has compounding operations, pending final government clearance.
The planned new production facility in Singapore is expected to go online in the first half of 2021. The company also plans to recommission operations at its Bergen op Zoom PPE resin plant in the Netherlands by the end of 2019 to produce polyphenylene ether (PPE), the base resin for its line of Noryl resins and oligomers.
Ultem resins are currently produced in two locations, Mount Vernon, Indiana, and Cartagena, Spain. The planned operations in Singapore will localize supply for customers in Asia, reducing lead times, especially for shorter qualification cycle applications. When fully operational, the Singapore facility is expected to increase capacity by 50 percent over a 2018 baseline.
The decision to recommission the Bergen op Zoom Noryl resins facility provides customers with a second source of PPE resins globally and affirms Sabic’s commitment to the European market and global customers who specify their material solution needs from Europe. When operational, the Bergen op Zoom facility is expected to add more than 40 percent global capacity over a 2017 baseline.
Sabic has announced projects in Asia and the Netherlands designed to increase global capacity for two of its high-performance engineering thermoplastic materials, Ultem and Noryl resins.
To increase capacity for Ultem resins, a polyetherimide material, Sabic plans to expand its existing footprint in Singapore where it currently has compounding operations, pending final government clearance.
The planned new production facility in Singapore is expected to go online in the first half of 2021. The company also plans to recommission operations at its Bergen op Zoom PPE resin plant in the Netherlands by the end of 2019 to produce polyphenylene ether (PPE), the base resin for its line of Noryl resins and oligomers.
Ultem resins are currently produced in two locations, Mount Vernon, Indiana, and Cartagena, Spain. The planned operations in Singapore will localize supply for customers in Asia, reducing lead times, especially for shorter qualification cycle applications. When fully operational, the Singapore facility is expected to increase capacity by 50 percent over a 2018 baseline.
The decision to recommission the Bergen op Zoom Noryl resins facility provides customers with a second source of PPE resins globally and affirms Sabic’s commitment to the European market and global customers who specify their material solution needs from Europe. When operational, the Bergen op Zoom facility is expected to add more than 40 percent global capacity over a 2017 baseline.
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