SABIC Innovative Plastics Names Emre Gurdal Country Manager, Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey – September 4, 2008 – SABIC Innovative Plastics has appointed Emre Gurdal to Country Manager, Turkey. Gurdal assumed his position on July 1, and is responsible for all commercial activities in this fast growing region.

“Turkey is a top priority for SABIC Innovative Plastics and a critical part of our global expansion plans. It is a major emerging market with double-digit growth, and its strategic location makes it a gateway into the Middle East,” says Gurdal. “We have the resources and advanced material solutions to help our Turkish customers meet expanding local demand.”

Gurdal has been with the company for six years, and has a proven record of customer success and a strong plastics industry network. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, a master's degree in biomedical engineering and a master’s of business administration in marketing from the Yeditepe University in Turkey.

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About SABIC Innovative Plastics

SABIC Innovative Plastics is a leading, global supplier of engineering thermoplastics with a 75-year history of breakthrough solutions that solve its customers’ most pressing challenges. Today, SABIC Innovative Plastics is a multi-billion-dollar company with operations in more than 25 countries and over 10,500 employees worldwide. The company continues to lead the plastics industry with customer collaboration and continued investments in new polymer technologies, global application development, process technologies, and environmentally responsible solutions that serve diverse markets such as automotive, electronics, building & construction, transportation, and healthcare. The company’s extensive product portfolio includes thermoplastic resins, coatings, specialty compounds, film, and sheet. SABIC Innovative Plastics (www.sabic-ip.com ) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), one of the world’s top five petrochemicals manufacturers.

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