International Design Conference & IDSA Education Symposium

Registration is live! Join us this August 23-25 in NYC for the premier industrial design event of the year. Don’t miss it!

Navigating Uncertainty

While established structures and processes can help organizations deal with issues as they arise in times of serious crisis, uncertainty can increase to the point that our current systems no longer function. Leaders, innovators, and change-makers must face challenges head on and develop new tools of survival.

Design can be a powerful tool for leaders to adapt more quickly to changes, iterate on their strategies, and respond more precisely to crisis. The design process can help organizations, institutions, and professionals in various fields rethink almost every aspect of their operations to be more resilient at every phase of the product lifecycle, from ideation to production and beyond.

Be a part of the movement that revolutionizes the way we teach, learn, and inspire the designers of tomorrow. As design practitioners, educators, researchers, and students, our community holds a unique opportunity to collectively shape the future of design education. Embrace this pivotal moment and contribute to shaping the future of design excellence for generations to come.

A Call to Action

Instead of future-proofing our organizations, we need to make them more future-friendly, to embrace the open-minded iterative and user-centered approach of design to not just tackle the problems of today but create novel, innovative, and exceptional solutions to the problems of the future. By using design as a tool for adaptation and iteration, leaders, design practitioners, and educators can effectively respond to the complex challenges of today’s world.

Schedule

Wednesday, August 23

• Design & Exhibitor Gallery

• IDC Main Stage Presenters

• IDC Hands-on Workshops

• International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Ceremony & Gala

Thursday, August 24 (9am-10pm)

• Design & Exhibitor Gallery

• IDC Main Stage Presenters, Hands-on Workshops

• IDSA Year in Review / IDSA Awards Ceremony

• Brooklyn Studio Night

Friday, August 25 (9am-2:30pm)

• IDSA Education Symposium

• Main Stage Presenters

• Breakout Sessions

• Hands-on Workshops

• Interactive Discussion

Alujain Corporation again selects Polypropylene Technology from LyondellBasell.

ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS — LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) announced recently that Alujain National Industrial Company (Alujain) has selected polypropylene process technology from LyondellBasell for a new Spherizone process technology line. Alujain owns National Petrochemical Industrial Co. (NatPet), which operates a Spheripol process technology line.

The Spherizone process technology will be used for a 500 kiloton per year (KTA) polypropylene line located in Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and will be operated by Alujain National Industrial Company, a fully owned subsidiary of Alujain.

“Our technology leadership is a key enabler for growth, and we are delighted to announce that this time Alujain is using LyondellBasell technology for a 500 KTA Spherizone process technology to expand their existing production assets with a new polypropylene plant. This award is the second LyondellBasell polypropylene line on site, which will be built adjacent to the existing NatPet Spheripol plant,” said Neil Nadalin, Director, Global Licensing and Services for LyondellBasell. “LyondellBasell Spherizone process technology remains the technology of choice for operators who want to further diversify and differentiate their polypropylene portfolio.”

Mr. Khalid Al Dawood, CEO of Alujain National Industrial Company stated, “With this new polypropylene plant addition at our Yanbu industrial complex, we will ensure the ability of expanding our polypropylene production significantly into specialty polypropylene products. The technology selection allows us to maintain our competitive position in a demanding customer market in which product quality and efficient operation are key for success.”

The Spherizone multi-zone circulating reactor (MZCR) provides a unique and innovative platform to manufacture polypropylene products with novel architecture and enhanced product properties. Almost 10 million tons of the Spherizone process for differentiated polypropylene production capacity has been licensed by LyondellBasell around the world.

The plant will commence operation using LyondellBasell Avant ZN catalyst. New licensees take advantage of LyondellBasell in-house expertise of continuous production improvement, continuous product development, and catalyst know-how by optionally joining our Technical Service program.

In addition to the Spherizone process technology, LyondellBasell’s portfolio of licensed polyolefin processes and catalysts includes:

• Spheripol – The leading polypropylene (PP) process technology with more than 33 million tons of licensed capacity. With globally recognized quality grades featuring leading monomer yield and investment costs to make it the technology of choice.

• Hostalen – Leading low-pressure slurry process for the production of high-performance multimodal HDPE.

• Lupotech – The market leader on high pressure technology offers, with its high conversion rates and effective heat recovery system, the lowest operating and investment costs for the production of lowdensity polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers.

• Avant – Advanced Ziegler-Natta, including non-phthalate, chromium and metallocene catalysts for entire range of polyolefin production.

As three weeks of virtual climate talks opened, Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also called on rich nations to fulfill long-standing climate finance pledges to poorer, vulnerable nations in order to secure trust in the U.N.-led process.

“It’s time to wrap up outstanding negotiations and implement the Paris Agreement,” said Espinosa, noting that many nations have yet to submit stronger climate action plans that were due last year under the 2015 global accord.

“Unleashing its full potential will not only address climate change but will help the world build forward from COVID-19 and drive the transformation towards a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable future,” she said. The talks that kicked off recently are the first official U.N. climate negotiations to be held since the end of 2019, due to delays caused by COVID-19.

Espinosa told reporters she had recently urged ministers from the G7 group of wealthy nations to deliver the $100 billion a year promised to developing countries from 2020 to help them adopt clean energy and adapt to climate change impacts.