Qatar's Doha Plastics adding WPC extrusion
February 7, 2007
Doha Plastics (Doha, Qatar) has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Strandex Corp. (Madison, WI) to use Strandex ’s technology for extruding wood-plastic composite profiles across the Arabian Gulf region, including: Qatar, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Doha operates a new 15,000-sq-m facility. The initial set up incorporates four 86-mm twin-screw conical extrusion lines supplied by Cincinnati Milacron along with a full blending and compounding system and a range of finishing options. Doha is developing its own range of profiles and will have an initial production capacity of 18,000 tonnes/yr. Doha’s $10-million investment incorporates not only the standard Strandex polyethylene-based technology but also the cellular foaming Strancel technology.—[email protected]
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