Brand information
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.
Sabic PP products
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