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September 2008

R&P establishes compounding contract with ExxonMobil Chemical Asia Pacific

Resin & Pigment Technologies Pte Ltd (R&P) has established a Compounding Agreement with ExxonMobil Chemical Asia Pacific. Under this Agreement, R&P will provide manufacturing and processing support for ExxonMobil Chemical's specialty compounds business.

ExxonMobil currently operates a world-class petrochemical plant with a 900,000 ton / year ethylene cracker in Singapore. It is currently constructing its second multi-billion dollar petrochemical project on Jurong Island which is expected to come on stream in 2011.

For further details please refer toEnGro Corp's announcement

And ExxonMobil Chemical's Press Release


April 2008



R&P Singapore has successfully obtained ISO/TS: 16949 Certification

Keeping pace with the popular international standard restricting manufacturers within the Automotive value chain, in mid-2007 R&P embarked on the goal to achieve the ISO/TS 16949 Certification. With the attainment of this high value certification, we have proven our capability to comply with both General and Customer-specific quality criteria and out ability to be a fulfil the stringent requirements of the Automotive industry.

More about ISO/TS 16949:2002

ISO/TS 16949:2002 was introduced in March 2002 as a globally accepted automotive sector Technical Specification.  It is a mandatory set of requirements for many automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in both North America and Europe, and is accepted in lieu of QS9000, VDA (Germany), AVSQ (Italy), EAQF (France) and ISO9001/2 (Japan). Major OEMs have begun mandating that their suppliers become registered to TS 16949 to drive reduction of waste through continual improvement.

January 2007

R&P's Compounding Facilities to be Integrated in Jurong Logistics Terminal ( JLT ) on Jurong Island, Singapore

In January 2007, we have relocated and commenced our compounding operations on JLT, Jurong Island. The new compounding facility has a capacity of 20,000MT/year. JLT is a modern logistics terminal built and owned by Katoen Natie Singapore with advanced storage and handling features to serve the chemical and polymer industries. Our JLT operational partner, Katoen Natie Singapore, is a technology driven logistics solution provider with vast experience and network in the chemical and polymer industries. This operating collaboration will greatly enhance our compounding capabilities to meet with the challenging demand in the future.


New Value Added Services


This new business model will feature high-level integration of compounding and logistics operation to achieve an improved overall business chain for our customers. Building on R&P's technical know-how in polymer compounding, and Katoen Natie's capabilities in bulk material handling, physical processing and warehousing, the joint collaboration or "One Stop Solution" is aimed at setting new standards in quality and efficiency for the polymer industry.

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Useful Links

EnGro Corporation Limited www.engro-global.com

Katoen Natie Singaporewww.katoennatie.com

Jurong Island Singapore www.jtc.gov.sg/portfolio/jurongisland/pages/index.aspx

Spring Singapore www.spring.gov.sg

A*star Singaporewww.a-star.edu.sg

Automative Industry Action Grampwww.aiag.org