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Sabic takes sustainability message
across its multiple product lines
By Frank Esposito
Plastics News Staff
Sabic is moving ahead with sustainability
efforts across multiple
product lines.
Executives Sami Al-Osaimi and
Bob Maughon reviewed Sabic's
work with sustainable and circular
solutions at an Oct. 19 press event
at K 2022. Al-Osaimi is acting vice
president of petrochemicals for
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based Sabic.
Maughon is the fi rm's executive
vice president of sustainability,
technology and innovation.
" We are working hard to make
these changes real, " Al-Osaimi said.
" We're focused on circularity and
also on electrifi cation for vehicles. "
Sustainable applications being
touted by Sabic include light fi xtures
made from Lexan-brand polycarbonate
and hygiene products
made from recycled content, as
well as the Microsoft mouse made
with 20 percent ocean plastic.
In EVs, Sabic materials are being
used in battery packs, which
Al-Osaimi described as " the heart
of the vehicle. " Sabic's Bluehero
ecosystem program is supporting
a shift to more sustainable electric
power. The program already has
materials in use in a battery pack
weighing 40 percent less than steel
SABIC
Hall 6,
Booth D42
met by Sabic, Al-Osaimi said, and
resin demand in 2022 was good in
the fi rst half before slowing down
in the second half because of infl ation
and other factors. He added
that he's optimistic about demand
for 2023.
" There could be challenges early
in the year, but the market will
balance itself as it goes along, " AlOsaimi
said. " Supply chain issues
should be eased by the middle of
next year. "
Other sustainable applications
Sami Al-Osaimi, acting vice president of petrochemicals for Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia-based Sabic, said the company is working hard on
circularity. Plastics News photo by Caroline Seidel
in a Honda vehicle.
" Today is the right time for sustainability
because of the number
of challenges that are facing us, "
Maughon said. " We want to meet
needs without sacrifi cing quality
of life for future generations. "
Sabic is addressing end-of-life
challenges for plastic products,
as well as fi nding ways to address
climate change. " It's important to
tackle climate change in a holistic
way, " Maughon said.
He added that circular chemistry
" has to deliver with nothing left in
the environment. ... Everything has
to be brought into a circular loop. "
Sabic's advanced recycling plant
in Geleen, Netherlands, will be mechanically
complete in the fi rst
quarter of 2023, with commercial
amounts available to customers in
the second quarter. The fi rm also is
working on making its plant in Cartagena,
Spain, fully renewable.
Supply chain issues have been
from Sabic at K 2022 include:
* Flexible packaging with Mars
for Kind healthy snack bar wrappers.
The wrappers are made from
fl exible biaxially oriented polypropylene
fi lm with Sabic PP for food
contact. The sustainable monomaterial
packaging solution allows
end-of-life recycling in existing collection
and conversion operations
without compromising high-speed
processing or product quality.
* In collaboration with Covestro,
Sabic has developed a fully recyclable
standup pouch made with Sabic
biaxially oriented polyethylene material
and using Covestro's heat-resistant
coating resin technology.
This transparent coating, currently
in trial phase, offers a broader sealing
temperature window when processing
on form fi ll and seal lines
for fl exible packaging. It prevents
fi lm shrinkage and fi lm sticking to
heat seal bars during FFS.
* A high-voltage electro-voltaic
connector that leverages the electrical
properties of Sabic's Valoxbrand
polybutylene terephthalate
resin and the polymer's customized
colorability, including signal
orange, an essential requirement
in that market segment.
* Opaque Lexan Cliniwall sheet
from Sabic's Functional Forms
business for hygienic wall claddings
in health care facilities. The
durable sheet materials offers
high fi re safety, impact strength
and scratch resistance as well as
excellent resistance to hospital
cleaners and disinfectants.
* Mattel's new Mega and Matchbox
toys using certifi ed renewable
PP. Mega Bloks Green Town is the
fi rst toy line available at mass retail
to be certifi ed carbon-neutral.
* Mysoda's sparkling water machine
made with UPM Formi EcoAce
biocomposite contains certifi
ed wood and certifi ed renewable
PP polymer from Sabic's Trucircle
portfolio.
Sabic is a global supplier of commodity
and engineering resins that
employs 31,000 with U.S. headquarters
in Houston. In 2021, Sabic
posted sales of almost $47 billion.
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