W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.; www.grace.com) has licensed its UNIPOL PP Process Technology to Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Co. (SIDPEC). Located in Alexandria, Egypt, the new, world-scale capacity SIDPEC facility will produce 450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polypropylene (PP).
Mohamed A. Abady, SIDPEC Chairmen and CEO said, “Investing in the UNIPOL PP process technology gives us the ability to make a broad range of products for our customers using state-of-the-art technology while continuing to remain highly competitive in the region.”
Al Beninati, President of Grace’s Specialty Catalysts business, said, “Grace is excited to be the technology choice for SIDPEC’s plant in Alexandria, Egypt. The UNIPOL PP Process Technology will provide SIDPEC customers with some of the best and most varied homopolymer and random copolymer resins in the industry. We are confident that the wide array of resins and applications our technology and non-phthalate CONSISTA catalysts enable, will give SIDPEC the leading edge in polypropylene resin production in the region.”