Mr Immelt's latest deal, the sale for $11.6 billion of GE's plastics unit to SABIC of Saudi Arabia, had little effect when it was announced on May 21st.
Progress may be slow but with gas in short supply SABIC has no alternative but to persist in its efforts move downstream and this was confirmed by Al-Mady.
With 10 manufacturing and compounding sites in China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Thailand, SABIC constantly strives to better serve our customers in the Asian region.