VOL. XL

No. 45

10-November-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Nama Selects Showa Denko Technology For New Plant

The Arabian Industrial Development Company (Nama) of Saudi Arabia has signed anagreement with Japan's Showa Denko to license the latter's epichlorohydrin technology forNama's projected 30,000 ton/year plant at Jubail, according to European Chemical News.The plant, which will be the first of its kind in the Middle East, is scheduled to startup in 2001. Nama has not yet selected an engineering firm for...