MOSCOW (MRC) -- Baalbaki Chemical Industries (BCI), a producer of polyurethane systems, polyester polyol, and speciality adhesives, has launched a new polyesters and pre-polymers manufacturing facility in the Hamriyah Free Zone in the UAE, as per GV.
Through this new plant, the company aims to increase the production capacity of polyester polyols as well as speciality polyurethane systems and food packaging adhesives. This will enable BCI to serve the GCC region; the Indian sub-continent and the South East Asian markets efficiently, said Hassane Baalbaki, Chairman of BCI Holding.
"We hope to continue to expand our reach in the EMEA region with further investments in system houses as well as distribution and technical service centres," he explained.
In April 2015, BCI had announced that its new polyesters and pre-polymers manufacturing facility in the UAE was fully operational. This new facility adds 40,000 t/y of aromatic/aliphatic polyester polyols and isocayanate pre-polymer capacity to BCI’s already installed capacities in Egypt. The new manufacturing facility is located on a 30,000 m2 industrial property in Hamriyah Free Zone with more than 15,000 square meters of covered area.
BCI said this development marks a significant step in the group’s ability to serve its growing clientele in the GCC, Pakistan, Iran, India and south east Asia with rigid, cold cure, footwear PU systems, aromatic and aliphatic polyester polyols as well as speciality adhesives for the flexible packaging industry.
As MRC informed before, petrochemical hubs of Jubail and Yanbu in the United Arab Emirates are seeking investment of more than 300 billion riyal (approx USD80 billion) from national and international investors. The upcoming projects are open for foreign investments worth USD50 billion in Jubail Industrial City and USD25 billion in Yanbu Industrial City.
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