Borouge inaugurated its first manufacturing plant in China
New manufacturing plant in Shanghai confirms Borouge commitment to grow in China
Borealis’ joint venture Borouge inaugurated its first manufacturing plant in China at a ceremony held at the plant in Shanghai on April 20, 2010.
The new plant in Shanghai is designed to provide plastics solutions to the rapidly growing local automotive and household appliances industries in the region. The plant has the capacity to supply up to 50,000 tonnes of compounded resins annually and the potential to expand by 30,000 tonnes per year in the future. The base resins for the plant are to be supplied from the new polypropylene plants of Borouge in Abu Dhabi.
“The commissioning of a manufacturing plant in Shanghai is an important strategic milestone in our global strategy and supports our goals to service our customers optimally,” says Rashed Saud Al Shamsi, Chairman of Borouge’s Marketing Company. “This is Borouge’s first investment in production facilities outside of the United Arab Emirates, and together with the significant investments we are making in Abu Dhabi, reinforces our commitment to grow in the Chinese and other Asian markets.”
Adjacent to the manufacturing plant, Borouge is putting into operation its logistics hub, which will be capable of handling up to 600,000 tonnes of value-added polyolefins per year, thereby improving its local supply chain to the infrastructure and advanced packaging markets in addition to the automotive markets. This hub complements the company’s new logistic hubs in Guangzhou and Singapore.
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