VOL. XL

No. 12

24-March-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

SABIC Plans To Open Marketing Office In Cairo

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) plans to open amarketing office in Cairo - SABIC Misr - to help boost sales in the Egyptian market,SABIC's Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Ibrahim ibn Salamah said last week. Headded that the Egyptian market was growing and that his corporation's sales in Egypt hadincreased to 583,000 tons of petrochemicals in 1996 from 34,000 tons in 1991. The...