SOCC to make catalysts for plastics in Saudi Arabia

摘要

Saudi Organometallic Chemicals Co. (SOCC) has started up an aluminum alkyls facility in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The facility will manufacture 6,000 metric tons annually of tri-ethyl aluminum (TEA), used as a co-catalyst in the plastics industry. SOCC is a 50-50 joint venture between Saudi Specialty Chemicals Co., an affiliate of Riyadh-based Saudi Basic Industries Corp., and Albemarle Netherlands BV, a subsidiary of Albemarle Corp.