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SABIC Demonstrates Leadership in Innovative, Lightweight Composites for Automotive Industry
Seat Belt Tensioner Housing Made with LNP* Verton* RF Composites
“High-performance composites, such as our LNP specialty compounds and SABIC® STAMAX resins, are increasingly in demand by automotive designers and OEMs for replacement of steel to reduce costs and weight, increase design freedom, simplify recycling and enhance safety,” said Greg Adams, vice president, SABIC Innovative Plastics, Automotive. “But the diversity of automotive components calls for an equally broad and deep choice of composites – and that is where SABIC Innovative Plastics can help. We have developed a solid portfolio of composites offering many different base resins and loadings to meet the specific requirements of applications from large, horizontal body panels to instrument panels.”
One addition to SABIC Innovative Plastics’ LNP composites offering is a new bio-based material. The company is developing the use of natural, sustainable fibers from the curauá plant and wood shavings for reinforcement. These strong but lightweight fibers can reduce overall composite weight compared with glass fibers, while improving recyclability.
“Today, SABIC’s broad offering of thermoplastic composites is represented for the first time on a global basis,” said Mark Neville, business unit director of SABIC PP Automotive. “The automotive industry is an extremely important market for SABIC as evidenced by our longstanding collaboration with many OEMs. The introduction of SABIC® STAMAX long-glass fiber materials to our global customers will help them by providing lightweight solutions for improved fuel economy. Together with the existing portfolio of products from
SABIC Innovative Plastics and IXIS technologies from Azdel, SABIC is helping manufacturers comply with environmental and safety legislation and meet demand for better fuel performance.”
For additional information on glass and carbon fiber-reinforced composites from
SABIC Innovative Plastics (www.sabic-ip.com), SABIC PP Automotive (www.sabic.com), and Azdel, Inc. (www.azdel.com) please visit their company websites.
About SABIC Innovative Plastics
SABIC Innovative Plastics is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with a 75-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers’ most pressing challenges. Today, SABIC Innovative Plastics is a multi-billion-dollar company with operations in more than 25 countries and over 10,500 employees worldwide. The company continues to lead the plastics industry with customer collaboration and continued investments in new polymer technologies, global application development, process technologies, and environmentally responsible solutions that serve diverse markets such as automotive, electronics, building & construction, transportation, and healthcare. The company’s extensive product portfolio includes thermoplastic resins, coatings, specialty compounds, film, and sheet. SABIC Innovative Plastics (www.sabic-ip.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), one of the world’s top five petrochemicals manufacturers.
About SABIC Europe
SABIC Europe (Sittard, The Netherlands) is a SABIC subsidiary which includes all SABIC’s polymers and base chemicals activities in Europe and employs around 3,300 people. SABIC has a European sales offices network, logistic hubs and three petrochemical sites in Europe: at Geleen (The Netherlands), Teesside (United Kingdom) and at Gelsenkirchen (Germany). SABIC Europe produces 3 million metric tons per annum of polyolefins* and 5.7 million metric tons of basic chemicals, mainly for the European market.
* including the projected numbers for the SABIC UK Petrochemicals 2008 LDPE plant.
About Azdel, Inc.
Azdel manufactures high performance thermoplastic composites designed for both interior and exterior applications across many different industries. Major segments served include automotive, heavy truck, recreational vehicles, industrial, and other transportation applications. Azdel (www.azdel.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanwha L&C Corporation, part of the Hanwha Group, a diversified conglomerate with over 20,000 employees and 30 affiliated companies. Hanwha has four key business areas: Chemical, Finance & Securities, Distribution and Leisure & Services.
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* Trademarks of SABIC Innovative Plastics IP BV.
® SABIC is a trademark of SABIC.
® IXIS is a trademark of Azdel, Inc.
SABIC Innovative Plastics Media Contact
Global
Anne Clement
SABIC Innovative Plastics,
Automotive
Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 164 29 3148
E-Mail: anne.clement@sabic-ip.com
Agency Media Contacts
The Americas
Jim Allison
AH&M Marketing Communications,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Tel: +1 413 448 2260, Ext. 25
E-Mail: jallison@ahminc.com
Brazil
Gabriela Bruschi
Edelman Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tel: 55 11 3017-5300, x221
E-Mail: gabriela.bruschi@edelman.com
Europe
Tessa Vroegop
Marketing Solutions, Bergen op Zoom,
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 164 317 038
E-Mail: tvroegop@marketingsolutions.be
China
Shona Liu
Edelman, Shanghai, China
Tel: +86 21 6289 2929 x470
E-Mail: shona.liu@edelman.com
Japan
Mitsu Sugino
Tokyo PR Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81 332 732 731
E-Mail: sugino@tokyopr.co.jp
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