Sabic PP

SABIC® PP

Sabic is the largest polyolefin producer in the Middle East and one of the largest players worldwide. Next to production sited in Saudi Arabia it gained a foothold in Europe when it took over the STAMYLAN® P business of DSM in the late nineties.

A very extensive portfolio of materials enables customers to choose the right product for every conversion technique:

• Blown film
• Cast film
• Extrusion Blow Moulding (EBM)
• Injection Stretch Blow Moulding (ISBM)
• Thermoforming
• Injection moulding
• Fibre spinning
• Extrusion

Polypropylene is typically divided into three main groups. Each of these groups displays different outstanding property and therefore Sabic® PP are used in many different applications:

• PP homopolymer has the highest stiffness
• PP copolymer has the highest impact resistance
• PP random copolymer has the highest transparency

SABIC® PP offers:

• Good to High stiffness = possible down gauging
• High temperature resistance = allows filling at high temperature, microwave, sterilisation
• Chemical inertness = stress cracking resistance
• Steam barrier properties = food protection
• Nucleated or clarified grades = higher stiffness and transparency
• Outstanding impact / rigidity balance = possible substitution of more expensive polymers
• Easy to stretch = excellent for film and fibre applications
• Good hinge properties = allows advance part design and cost saving

Typical Sabic® PP applications

Food packaging, pails, crates and boxes, caps and closures, fibres and staple fibres , films, tubes and pipes, sheets and profiles, house wares and consumer goods.