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SABIC in SaudiArabia awards major order to KraussMaffei Group

21.06.2012

Cross-technology expertise is the key – Order includes products by KraussMaffei and KraussMaffei Berstorff

(Munich, Riyadh, June 21, 2012) During an official appointment in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), SABIC, one of the world's leading petrochemical companies, awarded the KraussMaffei Group a major order. The order is to equip the new SABIC Plastics Applications Development Center (SPADC) in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) with branded products from the KraussMaffei and KraussMaffei Berstorff ranges. Both companies will thus continue their long-standing and successful collaboration.

"We are absolutely delighted to receive from SABIC this major order. It augurs well for the future and attests to our unique selling proposition technology³. We will do our utmost to fulfill as best possible the trust that SABIC has shown in us", said Dr. Karlheinz Bourdon, Vice President Technologies, speaking on behalf of the Management of KraussMaffei and KraussMaffei Berstorff. The order to equip at the new SPADC inRiyadh includes branded high-performance and high-quality injection molding machines from the C3 and EX series by KraussMaffei as well as complete and highly durable extrusion lines for PVC tube, profile and sheet extrusion and branded twin-screw extruders from the KraussMaffei Berstorff range.