NatPet to start PP production in January

01 October 2007 04:38  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Saudi Arabia’s National Petrochemical Industrial Co (NatPet) will start up its new 400,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) plant at Yanbu early next year, parent firm Alujain Group said over the weekend.

NatPet president Ahmed Bukhari informed Alujain that the PP compex at Yanbu Industrial City will start production in January 2008, Alujain said in a statement to the Saudi stock exchange.

“He also informed about the availability of trained, qualified manpower to operate the complex” and “the project has successfully completed 12m man-hours without any lost time incident”, Alujain said.

The main investors in the NatPet project are Saudi Arabia’s Alujain and the Xenel Group. Noble Resources is also an investor.

By: Abdul Hadhi
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