Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has presented a check for $1 million to endow a special Chair in Polymer Catalysis at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Ubaid, Executive Vice President, Technology and Innovation, presented the check to KAUST on behalf of SABIC as further support for ongoing commitments by both parties to leverage their respective strengths to promote science and research that will benefit both parties, Saudi Arabia, the region and the world, according to a latest report on SABIC's website. By endowing the chair, SABIC seeks to create a truly world-class center of excellence in polymer catalysis based on a synergistic collaboration between the newly endowed KAUST chair and SABIC's own well-established expertise in catalyst development. In presenting the endowment check, Dr. Al-Ubaid said, “For SABIC, catalysis holds special interest due to our ongoing need for novel, high-performance catalysts that can be used in new and existing SABIC products and processes.”
