TPT January 2024

INDUSTRY

Sabic opens European pipe innovation centre in the Netherlands

the most complex customer challenges within fast turnaround times. In addition, it will support advanced pipe concepts in collaboration with value chain partners across the European pipe industry. Its close location to major pipe markets as well as to the Brightlands Chemelot industrial park with its focus on chemistry and new materials and to industry relevant universities at Eindhoven and Aachen provides the perfect eco-system for pipe innovations. Khalid Al-Bani, global leader segment pipe and utilities at Sabic, added: “With customised pipe material development, testing, sampling and validation capacities, the pipe innovation centre will enable Sabic to collaborate with European pipe manufacturers closer and more effectively than ever before.”

competences and capabilities. Our new pipe innovation centre in Geleen and its dedicated team are a good demonstration of our commitment to keep developing those sustainable solutions.” Sabic’s European pipe innovation centre is fully equipped for extensive pipe testing according to relevant international standards. Material testing facilities include full notch creep, strain hardening, tensile, rheological and impact testing. Pipe testing capacities span from internal pressure to notched pipe to small-scale steady-state (S4) rapid crack propagation testing. Another focus of the centre’s activities will be to accelerate the adoption of certified circular polymers from Sabic’s portfolio in new and more sustainable pipe developments. At Geleen, the pipe innovation centre team will be able to link its activities more effectively with the pipe polymer development on site and solve even

SABIC has opened its new European pipe innovation centre. The new centre is located near Sabic’s manufacturing site at Geleen, the Netherlands, and compliments the company’s existing pipe innovation centres in Saudi Arabia and China. With customised pipe material development, testing, sampling and validation capacities, it will enable Sabic to collaborate with European pipe manufacturers more effectively. Lina Prada, director polymer application development and industry solutions at Sabic, said: “Global urbanisation and population growth are driving the demand for plastic pipes and innovative new pipe solutions in a wide range of infrastructural, domestic, industrial, agri- and aquacultural market segments. We at Sabic have been bringing advanced solutions to the pipe industry for many years. Keeping the edge on innovation requires continuous development of our

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