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10 Wire & Cable ASIA – January/February 2014
Industrynews
SABIC has unveiled a SABIC Polypropylene (PP) app for iOS
(phone and tablet) and Android (phone), titled SABIC
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
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:
There’s an app for that
❍ The display on the iPhone as the
app starts
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: