SABIC extends tech partnership with Germany’s HTE

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) and High Throughput Experimentation (HTE) have extended collaboration for five years to increase efficiency through digitalization and high throughput technologies in catalysis research and development (R&D) in petrochemicals.

The agreement stipulates that SABIC and HTE will maintain the operation of the former’s satellite laboratory for high throughput experimentation in Heidelberg, Germany and will install and operate a new high throughput experimentation laboratory at SABIC’s Corporate R&D (CRD) site at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Under the agreement, SABIC will continue operation of the SABIC satellite High Throughput Experimentation Lab, established in 2015, at HTE’s facilities in Heidelberg. In addition, SABIC will have the opportunity to transfer HTE’s institutional knowledge to its own corporate R&D center at KAUST in Saudi Arabia.

“By introducing HTE’s comprehensive, web-enabled data management solution, myhte, we also will address our goal to introduce digitalization in catalysis R&D,” Dr. Fahad Al-Sherehy, vice president, Technology & Innovation, SABIC, commented.

SABIC and HTE will also set up a new high throughput experimentation laboratory based on the established satellite laboratory in Heidelberg. This center will provide access to the latest technology and expertise to accelerate innovation in petrochemicals.