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SABIC showcasing progress in sustainable plastic innovation at

NPE

SABIC is highlighting at NPE 2024 a range of solutions that demonstrate the value of plastics for a more sus-
tainable future.

nder the theme “Collaborat- play in our booth and it would not have The topic of sustainability is woven
ing to Create the Future,” been possible without the ingenuity of throughout SABIC’s booth, empha-
the company is presenting our people and teams and the focus we sises SABIC’s commitment to becom-
solutions that are available have had on collaborating with value ing carbon neutral by 2050, including
today and others that are on their way chain partners who share our passion its goal of a 20% reduction in absolute
to broader adoption. This includes ex- for creating a brighter future. We are so greenhouse emissions (Scope 1 and 2)
amples of the company’s work with thrilled to be with everyone in Orlando by 2030. Outside of its booth, SABIC
manufacturers and others across the and use this time to invite more pur- is participating in NPE’s new Sustain-
value chain on circular plastic solu- pose-driven, like-minded innovators to ability Hub. Open to all registered at-
tions available under its TRUCIRCLE join forces with us to drive meaningful tendees, this exhibit area shows the
programme and new approaches with change and transformation.” many steps the plastics industry is tak-
plastics under its BLUEHERO initiative Examples of SABIC’s developments ing toward enhancing its sustainable
that can help in the shift to electrifica- in plastics and its collaborations are footprint. SABIC will be part of the Ma-
tion. terials section, providing an additional
evident across spaces in the booth
“Since the last NPE in 2018, SABIC has covering the spectrum of the follow- touch point for visitors to learn more
taken giant strides forward in creating ing industries. Within each of those about its offering of circular products
pathways for plastics to make valued areas, visitors can see end-use appli- and services.
contributions toward resolving critical cations produced with polymers from SABIC’s primary booth space with its
global challenges and driving circular- the company’s TRUCIRCLE and port- diversity of exhibited solutions speaks
ity,” Sami Al-Osaimi, executive vice folio of solutions – certified circular, to the company’s broad plastics port-
president, Polymers, SABIC, said. “The renewable and mechanically recycled folio, from its highly engineered ther-
progress that we have made is on dis- content and closed-loop solutions. moplastics to its polyolefin-based ma-

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