Sabic Innovative Plastics announced on October 14 that it is adding specialty PP compounding to its Bay St. Louis site (Missouri) in the first quarter of 2011. The site will use its existing infrastructure and adopt new processes to produce also Stamax long glass fiber-reinforced PP composites. Adding specialty PP to the site's compounding capabilities enables the company to provide a broader range of high-performance materials to the North American market, which is recovering fast from the recent downturn.
This investment aims at improving the company supply to automotive, fluid handling and appliance sectors.