TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1990
SELECT HONG KONG AS RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING
THE
LOCATION STRATEGIC MATERIAL RESEARCH AND
MR BARMA SAID THE COMPANY'S DECISION TO THE FINAL SITE OF ITS GLOBAL NETWORK OF
WAS SUPPORT FACILITIES
"INDICATIVE OF ADVANTAGES WE CAN OFFER TO ADVANCED COMPOSITE ASSOCIATED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES".
ADD LUSTRE TO HONG KONG'S
"NO DOUBT, HIMONT'S PROJECT WILL ALREADY STRONG INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION IN THESE FIELDS," HE SAID.
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"I AM CONFIDENT
THE SERVICES BENEFIT FROM PROVIDE, MR BARMA SAID.
THAT
HONG WHICH
KONG'S THE
PLASTIC
PROCESSORS
WILL
TECHNICAL
CENTRE WILL
SOON
INDUSTRIES USING POLYPROPYLENE INCLUDE THOSE IN THE APPLIANCES, PACKAGING ELECTRONIC HOUSINGS, RECREATIONAL, TRANSPORTATION, TEXTILE,
THESE IN OF EXPORTS
AREAS WILL BE ENHANCED WITH LOCAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT NOW AVAILABLE.
AND CONSTRUCTION AREAS. EXPANSION
INDUSTRY THE
SENIOR DEPARTMENT FIRST MET MR BARMA SAID
AND DISCUSSED EXECUTIVES FROM HIMONT'S PARENT COMPANY IN AUGUST 1987
OPERATIONS INTO HONG THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE COMPANY EXPANDING ITS KONG.
THE
INDUSTRIAL
"THINGS THEN MOVED QUICKLY, AND IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF AND SELECTED WAS
PO TAI BEFORE HONG KONG
HE SAID. EARMARKED AS THE SITE FOR A TECHNICAL CENTRE,
HIMONT
IS
LEADER
IN
"
MONTHS ESTATE
TECHNOLOGY. ITS A WORLD
MATERIALS
AND THE INVENTION TECHNOLOGY DATES FROM THE WORK OF DR GIULIO NATTA
THAT DISCOVERY,
DR NATTA OF CRYSTALLINE POLYPROPYLENE IN 1954. FOR WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR CHEMISTRY IN 1963.
OF LICENSOR
POLYPROPYLENE
IS NOW THE COMPANY
THE LEADING PROCESS TECHNOLOGY, AND THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCER OF POLYPROPYLENE, WITH A PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF OVER 1.7 MILLION TONNES PER YEAR.
IT HAS ALSO LICENSED ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WORLD'S POLYPROPYLENE CAPACITY AND CURRENTLY HAS OVER 60
LICENSEES
ANNOUNCED ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
THE END-USE MARKETS
CONSUMER TWENTY
PRODUCTS, PER CENT
OF
HIMONT TRANSPORTATION,
HIMONT'S 4,000
SERVES
MEDICAL
RANGE
FROM
PACKAGING
то
AND SUPPLIES
FIBRES.
EMPLOYEES
ARE
INVOLVED IN
ACTIVITIES COVERING BOTH RESEARCH AND PRODUCT APPLICATION.
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