Closing remarks Dr. Abdulwahab Al Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA
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Current industry landscape: Production capacity growth in GCC (2007-2017) GCC polymers production capacity Saudi Arabia accounted for 70% of GCC polymer resins production in 2017, while the UAE enjoyed the highest growth rate, expanding by 17% p.a. during the past decade. 9.3 12.0 12.6 CAGR (2007-2017) 9% 17.5 19.1 19.8 22.2 22.6 25.0 25.5 28.1 28.8 UAE 17% KuwaitOman Qatar 3% 3% 7% 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Saudi Arabia 70% Source: GPCA, 2018
GCC polymers sales CAGR (2010-2017) 5% GCC polymers sales (2010-2017) USD million 24.5 30.3 26.7 32.2 28.7 27.8 29.2 20.5 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 E
Direct and indirect employment Total polymer industry employment in 2017 (thousands) 128.3 171.1 42.8 Direct Employment Indirect Employment Total Chemicals Related Employment
Millions The diversification drive In 2017, GCC produced 29 unique differentiated products/grades most of which are first of their kind in the Middle East 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 9.3 GCC polymers production capacity and number of products 12.0 12.6 17.5 19.1 19.8 22.2 22.6 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 25.0 25.5 28.1 28.8 19 15 16 13 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 29 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 GCC Polymers Production Capacity (Million Tons) Number of products Source: GPCA, 2018
Millions GCC polymer industry has significantly diversified over the past decade with engineering and performance polymers entering the production market 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 GCC polymers production capacity (million tons) 12.0 2.2 26.6 ABS, Butyl Rubber, Carbon black/ Fiber, Elastomers, EPDM, EVA, EPS, Polyacetal, Polyamide, PBR, PBT, Polycarbonate, Polyether polyols, XLPE, PMMA, SBR, Carbon Black & Fiber 7% New products introduced in 2017 Polyacetal 7% TPE 14% SBR 14% PMMA 5% EPDM 13% ABS 27% Butyl rubber 13% 0 2007 2017 Major Polymers Capacity Capacity Additions (2007-2017) Source: GPCA, 2018
Share of domestic market sales out of total production or export Composition of GCC polymers production Domestic vs. export 79.5% 79.1% 79.5% 77.5% 79.1% 79.0% 80.1% 80.1% 20.5% 20.9% 20.5% 22.5% 20.9% 21.0% 19.9% 19.9% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Domestic Consumption Export
GCC global position GCC accounts for 9% of global thermoplastics capacity, however, the growth is one of the fastest globally Global thermoplastics production capacity South America 4% GCC 9% Europe 14% Africa 1% China 31% Asia (Excluding North America China) 16% 21% The rest of World 4% LLDPE HDPE PP LDPE Thermoplastics PET PS PVC EPS Top 9 products GCC share globally in 2016 10% 10% 9% 5% 2% 1% 0.3% 17% 16%
Future outlook GCC polymers production capacity (2017-2023), million tons CAGR (2017-2027) 4.2% 28.8 29.3 30.1 34.8 36.2 36.2 43.5 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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9 th GPCA PlastiCon by the numbers 80 42 226 17 5 16
Attendance trends Number of participants 277 Participants by region. 222 227 201 205 4 2 14 14 2 3 0 3 1 0 2016 2017 2018 GCC N. America Europe Asia N. Africa South America 2017 2018
Representation from across the value chain 122 107 23 14 12 14 1 0 11 6 22 29 10 17 16 7 1 1 0 1 4 5 5 4 0 3 *As of 15 th March 2018 2017 2018
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Speakers Ahmed Omar Abdulla Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh Javier Constante Paula Sanabria Luque Talke Schaffrannek Andreas Thuermer Eng. Othaiba Al Qaydi Abhay Bhargava David Lines Klaus Wohnig
Speakers Adrian Griffiths Roger Lee Wouter Boomsma Rakesh Singh M hamed Younes Lahlou Kris Barber
Moderators Mohammed Azougagh David Lines
The awards jury Dr. Raed Al Zubi President, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Dr. Khaled Al-Ghefaili Dean, Higher Institute for Plastics Fabrication Dr. Hoshiar Y. Molod VP, Technology and Innovation Petrochemicals Division, TASNEE Dr. Thorsten Loehl VP, Innovation, Borouge Pte Ltd Abdullah Al-Otaibi Sr. Manager, Pipe IS Global Segments, SABIC
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