MOSCOW (MRC) -- Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Company (Muntajat) has taken over the marketing and distribution responsibilities for Qatar’s globally recognised Lotrene brand of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), as per the company's press release.
Muntajat has the mandate to export Qatar’s 10 million tonnes/year of chemicals and petrochemicals to markets worldwide. In Qatar, LDPE and LLDPE are produced by Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) and Qatofin respectively, and these high-quality products are being sold to more than 4,500 customers worldwide under the brand name Lotrene.
Muntajat has assumed the commercial and export responsibilities for Qapco’s LDPE and Qatofin’s LLDPE products, making it the representative of the Lotrene brand.
This marks the company’s entry to the polymers sector, Muntajat’s third area of operations after the "successful transition" earlier this year of the marketing and distribution activities of the chemicals and fertilisers produced in Qatar.
We remind that, as MRC informed previously, in June 2013, Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Petrochemical Company signed technology licence contracts for the multibillion dollar Al Sejeel petrochemical complex with Univation Technologies for the polyethylene technology and Dow Chemical Company for polypropylene technology. The Al Sejeel project is part of Qatar’s large-scale expansion of the petrochemicals sector to support diversification and growth of the Qatari economy as the country has announced that it will raise its petrochemical output to 23mn tpy by 2020. The petrochemical complex will produce ethylene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), polypropylene, butadiene and py-gasoline.
Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO) is a Qatar-based company established in 1974 and is a joint venture between Industries Qatar (80%) and Total Petrochemicals (20%). The company is currently one of the largest producers of low density polyethylene (LDPE) in the region. In addition to LDPE, QAPCO also produces linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), ethylene, and sulfur, which it sells to over 4500 industry customers in 145 countries through its extensive global marketing network.
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