A Qatar Company (QAPCO) has opened an office in Sri Lanka to supply ethylene and polyethylene products mainly to the plastic industry.

They will be marketing low density polyethylene used mainly for making bags, and also for lamination and foam products such as air-conditioner ducting to the Sri Lankan industry, a spokesman for the Company said.

Qatar Petrochemical Company is part of the Qatar oil ministry and makes and exports ethylene, polyethylene and sulphur. Petrochemicals are used to make products like plastics, soaps and detergents, paints and drugs, fertilizers and pesticides, development.lk reported.

Qapco was established in 1974 as a multinational venture to use ethane gas from petroleum production in line with the industrialization plan of Qatar.

It has a global marketing network of 26 offices and three regional storage facilities and produces 800,000 tonnes of ethylene annually, 400,000 tonnes of low density polyethylene and 70,000 tons of sulphur.

The products, shipped in 25 kilo bags in containers, were previously marketed in Sri Lanka through its joint venture partner Total Petrochemcials of France.

QAPCO’s global marketing network comprises of 28 offices and six regional warehouses.