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The chemical company Sabic and the transport packaging manufacturer Cabka have cooperated in the production of a fully recyclable large container. The result is the foldable CabCube 4840.
Cabka In its search for a fully recyclable, lightweight polymer to manufacture the CabCube, the company turned to Sabic turned. Within less than six months, the two companies worked closely together to develop several high-performance PP compounds and ensured their excellent workability, high compressive strength and high impact strength while minimising weight in this application.
„We offer our customers and partners along the entire value chain more than 20 innovative foam and lightweight material solutions to meet the challenges of market demand for smarter and more sustainable applications,“ says Abdullah Al-Otaibi, ETP & Market Solution General Manager at Sabic. „We are pleased to be able to offer a weight-saving material and its superior properties to the market. were able to contribute to the cost-efficient production of this ingenious and sustainable alternative from Cabka to traditional lattice boxes or wooden crates for the transport of goods."
Cooperation also for PE compounds
The two companies are also cooperating on the use of polyolefin compounds with mechanically recycled material content. Sabic's portfolio of circular solutions and services will help Cabka and its customers in this respect with new ways to realise their sustainability goals. In addition, both companies want to work together to optimise Sabic's logistics/packaging systems and replace disposable wooden pallets and cardboard octabins with lightweight reusable plastic products.
„We manufacture CabCubes to different specifications in various designs and sizes, the use of which opens up significant efficiency gains in our customers“ supply chains,„ explains Jean-Marc van Maren, Chief Product Officer at Cabka. "With the support of Sabic, we have succeeded in making these sustainable load carriers even more reliable and safer than existing solutions on the market."
Source: Sabic
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