Sabic to build carbon fiber plant in Kingdom

[Mosamania]

Sabic to build carbon fiber plant in Kingdom

JEDDAH – Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) plans to build carbon fiber manufacturing plant, Sabic representatives who met with CompositesWorld on March 27 at JEC Europe 2012 in Paris said.
They said the company is moving forward with plans to manufacture precursor and carbon fiber in Saudi Arabia, with commercial availability of the fiber expected in 2015.
Following a technology licensing agreement with acrylic Montefibre SpA in 2011, Sabic said it plans to build a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor and carbon fiber manufacturing plant in the Kingdom. The company plans to produce at least 3,000 metric tons annually to start.
Derek Buckmaster, general manager Carbon Fiber Technology & Application Development at Sabic, said the Saudi government has identified carbon fiber as necessary for other technological development and had sought a manufacturer to meet this need. Sabic began the process in June 2011 when it signed a technology licensing agreement with acrylic manufacturer Montefibre SpA (Milan, Italy).
Buckmaster said Montefibre’s technology will be the basis for a new acrylic manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia to be built by SABIC. The acrylic will feed a new polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor facility, also to be built by Sabic in Saudi Arabia. The PAN, in turn, will feed a new Sabic carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia. The carbon fiber plant, said Buckmaster, “is expected to produce 48k tow standard modulus fiber, with commercial material available to the market before the end of 2015.” The Saudi government has requested 3,000 metric tons of capacity per annum, he said. "We’ll start at or above that capacity, with room to grow as needed," he added.
Although some of the carbon fiber from the Sabic facility in Saudi Arabia will be consumed in-country, Buckmaster said "we expect most of this material will go outside Saudi Arabia." Further, until 2015, Sabic will commence pre-production of carbon fiber from a Sabic/Montefibre facility near a Montefibre acrylic plant in Spain. – SG

Saudi Gazette - Sabic to build carbon fiber plant in Kingdom

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This should open up roads to many more industries concerning carbon fibers.

 

[Sinnerman108]

Ahhh ... very interesting.

Another day, and another step taken.

 

[Armstrong]

I don't know anything about this material, can anyone tell me what are its possible uses ?

 

[Mosamania]

I don't know anything about this material, can anyone tell me what are its possible uses ?

Cars manufacturing, , civil engineering, clothes, sporting goods.

In military it has enormous uses:
Fghter jets manufacturing (Typhoon's wings and fuselage is made of carbon fiber), Tanks smoothbore canon, armor, bulletproof vests and helmets, missiles and bombs, The Comanche AH used a lot of carbon fiber in its structure, block 3 Apaches do as well so does the new Blackhawks. The F-35s has huuuuge components of carbon fiber.

The Industrial capabilities of it is endless and to get a plant for that that produces as much as thousands of metric tonnes means the birth of a whole new industrial path.

Like for instance if you are playing a strategy game and you have to research something and once this research is done a whole tree of buildings and products open up for you.

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

See old link :

http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/171176-sabic-invests-100m-china-technology-center.html

Cars manufacturing, , civil engineering, clothes, sporting goods.

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The Industrial capabilities of it is endless and to get a plant for that that produces as much as thousands of metric tonnes means the birth of a whole new industrial path.

Like for instance if you are playing a strategy game and you have to research something and once this research is done a whole tree of buildings and products open up for you.

KAEC

Cars manufacturing...

See old link :

http://www.defence.pk/forums/milita...2917-ksa-kingdom-make-cars-gulf-n-africa.html



Military manufacturing...

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In military it has enormous uses:

Fghter jets manufacturing (Typhoon's wings and fuselage is made of carbon fiber), Tanks smoothbore canon, armor, bulletproof vests and helmets, missiles and bombs, The Comanche AH used a lot of carbon fiber in its structure, block 3 Apaches do as well so does the new Blackhawks. The F-35s has huuuuge components of carbon fiber.

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Kingdom to manufacture 70% of military hardware locally


By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR
Published: Jan 19, 2011 00:06

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday its plans to produce most of the military hardware and spare parts within the Kingdom by transferring foreign technology.

“More than 70 percent of military equipment can be produced locally,” said Prince Khaled bin Sultan, assistant minister of defense and aviation.

In a statement after presiding over a meeting of the central committee for local manufacturing, Prince Khaled said a special department would be established for local manufacturing and the transfer of technology at the armed forces. He said the committee would report directly to the minister of defense and aviation.

He emphasized the government’s plan to provide greater investment opportunities for the private sector in the military manufacturing sector. “We have set out certain regulations to make sure the equipment and spare parts produced in the Kingdom are equal in quality to imported products,” he said.

Prince Khaled also stressed that locally produced military equipment should be made available at prices lower than outside the country.

He said competition between private companies should be based on equality and justice. There are a number of military industries in Alkharj near Riyadh that are run by the Ministry of Defense and Aviation.

BAE Systems announced recently its intention to establish a military aircraft assembling plant in Saudi Arabia.

“We have started training Saudis on Typhoon aircraft assembling at our plant in Warton to establish an assembly plant in the Kingdom shortly,” said Guy Griffiths, managing director international and a member of the company’s executive council.

He said BAE Systems had established large-scale projects to train Saudi manpower in defense-related industries.

Griffiths said about 58 percent of the company’s 5,000 employees are Saudi.

Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to purchase 72 Typhoon Eurofighters in September 2007. The purchase, for which BAE Systems is prime contractor, is likely to be valued up to $40 billion. The deal calls for most of the aircraft to be assembled in the Kingdom.

In March 2008, the foundation stone was laid for a new center at King Abdulaziz Air Base in the Eastern Province to upgrade and assemble military aircraft systems. The complex will include a range of hangars, stores for hazardous materials, workshops, fuel storage, a water desalination plant and a power station.


Arabnews

Kingdom to boost military industries


By RIYADH: ARAB NEWS
Published: May 2, 2012 01:33 Updated: May 3, 2012 15:33

Prince Khaled bin Sultan, deputy defense minister, has emphasized the importance of making military equipment spare parts locally, adding that it was encouraged by the late Prince Sultan, former defense minister.

Speaking to reporters after visiting the air force command in Riyadh, he said about 120 factories in the Kingdom are now producing 156 spare parts.

“If we bring all the spare parts of military equipment from abroad we have to spend a lot of money on that,” the deputy minister said, and disclosed plans to set up more than 1,000 military industries. He commended the cooperation of the private sector in setting up military industries, saying private firms have invested nearly SR500 million in the sector. The Ministry of Defense has signed contracts with more than 100 Saudi companies for the purpose.

Prince Sultan’s statement comes after Defense Minister Prince Salman chaired a meeting of the board of directors of the General Organization for Military Industries here yesterday.

Prince Salman thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Crown Prince Naif for their support to the organization.

The meeting was attended by Prince Khaled, Minister of Finance Ibrahim Al-Assaf, Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel, Chief of Staff Gen. Hussein Al-Qubail, Director General of General Organization for Military Industries Maj. Gen. Abdul Aziz Al-Hudaithi, Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saeed, Khaled Al-Abdulkarim and Abdullah Bin Mahfouz.

Prince Salman later arrived in the northeastern border city of Hafr Al-Baten on an inspection tour of military personnel in the region. He was received on arrival by Eastern Province Deputy Gov. Prince Jelawi bin Abdul Aziz and senior officials.

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