Oct 10, 2007

Rowad to construct £26m BOPP plant in Saudi Arabia

Rowad National Plastics Co, a Middle East plastics processor, is to build a biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) plant at a cost of more than £26m (SAR200m).

The Dammam, Saudi Arabia-based Rowad International Packaging plant, which will produce materials for snack food, bakery products and confectionery packaging for local consumption, will have a production capacity of 30,000 tonnes a year.

Austrian firm DMT Technology Holding will build the 8.7m-wide BOPP film production line.

Rowad general manager Mohammed Al-Laabon said the firm also planned to set up marketing offices and warehouses in Europe and the US.

Tasnee, a leading Saudi Arabian industrial company, will supply the raw materials for the new plant.

"With high-quality PP resins, we will offer BOPP films with unique combinations of toughness, flexibility and transparency with consistency at a competitive cost," said Al-Laabon.
Source: packagingnews

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