Closing remarksDr. Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA
• GCC plastics industry
• Key conference highlights
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9.312.0 12.6
17.519.1 19.8
22.2 22.625.0 25.5
28.1 28.8
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
GCC polymers production capacity
CAGR (2007 - 2017)
9%
Saudi Arabia70%
UAE17%
Qatar7%
Kuwait3%
Oman3%
Current industry landscape: Production capacity growth in GCC
(2007-2017)
Source: GPCA, 2018
Saudi Arabia accounted for 70% of
GCC polymer resins production in
2017, while the UAE enjoyed the
highest growth rate, expanding by
17% p.a. during the past decade.
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20.5
24.5
30.3
26.7
32.2
28.727.8
29.2
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 E
GCC polymers sales (2010 - 2017)USD million
CAGR (2010-2017)
5%
GCC polymers sales
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Direct and indirect employment
42.8
128.3 171.1
Direct Employment Indirect Employment Total Chemicals RelatedEmployment
Total polymer industry employment in 2017(thousands)
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In 2017, GCC produced 29 unique differentiated products/grades most of
which are first of their kind in the Middle East
9.312.0 12.6
17.5 19.1 19.822.2 22.6
25.0 25.528.1 28.8
8 8 8 9 9 10 1113
15 1619
29
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Mill
ion
s
GCC polymers production capacity and number of products
GCC Polymers Production Capacity (Million Tons) Number of productsSource: GPCA, 2018
The diversification drive
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GCC polymer industry has significantly diversified over the past
decade with engineering and performance polymers entering the
production market
12.0
26.6
2.2
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2007 2017
Mill
ions
GCC polymers production capacity (million tons)
Major Polymers Capacity Capacity Additions (2007-2017)
ABS, Butyl Rubber,
Carbon black/ Fiber,
Elastomers, EPDM,
EVA, EPS,
Polyacetal,
Polyamide, PBR,
PBT, Polycarbonate,
Polyether polyols,
XLPE, PMMA, SBR,
Source: GPCA, 2018
ABS27%
Butyl rubber13%
EPDM13%
SBR14%
TPE14%
Carbon Black & Fiber7%
Polyacetal7%
PMMA5%
New products introduced in 2017
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Share of domestic market sales out of total production or export
20.5% 20.9% 20.5% 22.5% 20.9% 21.0% 19.9% 19.9%
79.5% 79.1% 79.5% 77.5% 79.1% 79.0% 80.1% 80.1%
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Composition of GCC polymers production – Domestic vs. export
Domestic Consumption Export
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GCC global position
China31%
Asia (Excluding China)21%
North America16%
Europe14%
GCC9%
South America4%
Africa1%
The rest of World4%
Global thermoplastics production capacity
GCC accounts for 9% of global thermoplastics capacity,
however, the growth is one of the fastest globally
0.3%
1%
2%
5%
9%
10%
10%
16%
17%
EPS
PVC
PS
PET
Thermoplastics
LDPE
PP
HDPE
LLDPE
GCC share globally in 2016
Top 9 products
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CAGR (2017 - 2027)
4.2%
28.8 29.3 30.134.8 36.2 36.2
43.5
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Future outlook – GCC polymers production capacity(2017-2023), million tons
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9th GPCA PlastiCon by the numbers
80
5
17
42
16
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Attendance trends – Number of participants
277
222 227
2016 2017 2018
201
414
2 0 1
205
214
3 3 0
GCC N.America
Europe Asia N. Africa SouthAmerica
2017 2018
Participants by region.
Representation from across the value chain
14 12
1
11
22
10 70 1
122
40
4
2314
06
29
17 16
1 1
107
5 5 3
2017 2018*As of 15th March 2018
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Congratulations to the winners of the 8th
GPCA Plastics Excellence Awards
Sponsored by:
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Speakers
Ahmed Omar Abdulla Abdulrahman
Al-Fageeh
Javier Constante Paula Sanabria Luque Talke Schaffrannek
Andreas Thuermer Eng. Othaiba Al Qaydi Abhay Bhargava David Lines Klaus Wohnig
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Speakers
Adrian Griffiths Roger Lee Wouter Boomsma Rakesh Singh
M’hamed Younes
Lahlou Kris Barber
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Moderators
Mohammed
Azougagh
David Lines
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The awards jury
Dr. Raed Al Zubi
President,
Society of Plastics
Engineers (SPE)
Dr. Khaled Al-Ghefaili
Dean,
Higher Institute for
Plastics Fabrication
Dr. Hoshiar Y. Molod
VP, Technology
and Innovation
Petrochemicals
Division,
TASNEE
Dr. Thorsten
Loehl
VP, Innovation,
Borouge Pte Ltd
Abdullah Al-Otaibi
Sr. Manager, Pipe IS
Global Segments,
SABIC
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GPCA Plastics Committee
Ahmed Omar
Abdullah
Chairman
Borouge
Abdulwahab
Al-Khaldi
Vice
Chairman
Sadara
Abdullah
Al-Zahrani
Al-Watania
Plastics
Tilman Ehret
Astra Polymer
Compounding
Co. LTD.
Frank
Fasdernes
BASF
Khalfan
Al Muhairi
Borouge
Craig
Halgreen
Borouge
Walid Najjar
Cosmoplast
& Interplast
Group
Muayad
Al Faresi
EQUATE
Manfred
Klepacz
Ingenia
Polymers
Mohamed
Azougagh
Lyondell
Basell
Yousef
Fakhro
Muntajat
Issam
Chaaya
NAPCO
Hamed
Al Rumhi
ORPIC
Abdul Aziz
Ahmed
Bashraheel
QAPCO
Mubarak
Al-Mubarak
RCJY
Awadh
AlWaridah
SABIC
Ayoub
Al Ghamdi
S-Chem
Sultan
Al Zahrani
Tasnee
Roberto P.
Ribeiro
Townsend
Solutions
Sameh
Attalah
Dow
Chemicals
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