More than 150 organizations globally endorsed a new statement that proposes to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging worldwide. The organisations supporting the initiative include M&S, PepsiCo, Unilever, Veolia, British Plastics Federation ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Packaging
Speakers at the 9th Annual Forum of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) stressed on the fact that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) petrochemicals sector has to leverage opportunities in order to overcome challenges ...
“Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) chemical and petrochemical producers have reduced energy consumption per ton by 8% over the last two years through technical renovations,” says a sustainability report. According to the Gulf ...
Strong regional multi-stakeholder partnerships will be the key for a dynamic, flexible and growth-driven petrochemicals industry, said industry experts at the sixth Supply Chain conference, organized by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals ...
Tags: Petrochem, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The exports of petrochemicals from GCC countries of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE is expected to increase, once the Bali Package is ratified by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council later this year, ...
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The petrochemical industry of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has taken positive steps towards achieving environmental sustainability over the last two years, said Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, secretary general, of the Gulf ...
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After a sharp downturn following the 2008 financial crisis, growth in coatings demand in the Gulf region of the Middle East is now surging forward again. This recovery was symbolized in late November by the announcement that Dubai, which ...
Tags: Middle East, construction, coatings market
Innovation and integration resulting in greater feedstock flexibility have provided a significant competitive advantage for ExxonMobil’s chemical business, Steve Pryor, President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, told attendees at the ...
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EQUATE Petrochemical Company President & CEO Mohammad Husain said that the Gulf’s total production capacity of petrochemicals and chemicals will exceed 150 million metric tons. On the occasion of EQUATE’s sponsorship of the ...
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The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) is all set to host its 8th Annual GPCA Forum, scheduled to be held from November 19 to 21, 2013, in the city of Dubai in United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to GPCA, the 8th ...
The annual revenue of downstream polypropylene converters in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council will reach a combined total of $1.34 billion in 2016, US based consultancy Frost & Sullivan said Monday. The GCC comprises of the UAE, ...
Tags: Polypropylene Converters, Electronics, Industrial Equipment, Instruments
The petrochemical production by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) comprising of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman has risen by 5.5 percent in 2012, according to the Annual Report released ...
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The petrochemicals and chemicals production capacity of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is expected to rise to 191.2 million tons by 2020, which would be a whopping 50 percent rise over last year’s capacity of 127.8 million ...
Tags: GPCA Optimistic, GCC Petrochem, Apparel
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a huge petrochemical industry, but it has not translated into growth of downstream textile industry in the country. By 2015, the overall output of Saudi petrochemical industry is likely to cross 80 ...
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Middle Eastern petrochemical producers will continue to enjoy considerable cost advantage compared with their counterparts in Southeast Asia even as a scarcity of gas forces them to shift to other feedstocks, Jaap Kalkman, a partner at ...
Tags: ME petchem, petrochemical, gas prices