WCA January 2014

Industry news

SABIC has unveiled a SABIC Polypropylene (PP) app for iOS (phone and tablet) and Android (phone), titled SABIC There’s an app for that

Polypropylene Product Finder. The app combines powerful analysis tools and product information, helping users match the right SABIC ® PP solutions to their needs. In this digital age, the company wants to offer its existing and potential customers a more flexible tool to have an overview of the PP portfolio in Europe. This app marks the company’s pioneering step into mobile technology, an increasingly important platform which provides added value to its existing and potential customers. The free-of-charge download- able app is available in all regions, and conveniently packages SABIC PP expertise

❍ The display on the iPhone as the app starts

in Europe into one application, allowing convertors, OEMs, designers and engineers to access comprehensive PP information quickly and easily. At first hand it contains the European offered polypropylene product portfolio. The app has built-in technology that will allow users to search for in-depth information about PP grades within the building and construction, consumer products, flexible and rigid packaging, healthcare, mobility and transport industries and film and fibres. The app also allows users to forward information to their email account and gives them easy access to the key features of the SABIC website on their mobile or tablet device. The app is available to download free from the Apple and Google Play Store for both iOS and Android devices. SABIC – Saudi Arabia Website : www.sabic.com Sumitomo in Belgian offshore Sumitomo is entering the offshore wind sector with significant investments in two Belgian developments – the 216MW Northwind and 165MW Belwind projects. The Japanese conglomerate has agreed to buy 33.3 per cent of Northwind, currently under construction in the North Sea and expected to open in mid-2014, and a 39 per cent stake in Belwind 1, which began operations in 2010. Sumitomo will also invest in the 165MW Belwind second phase. The agreement is with offshore wind developer Parkwind, which is backed by Belgian supermarket group Colruyt and Korys, the holding company of the Colruyt family. Sumitomo – Japan Website : www.sumitomocorp.co.jp

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