SCGC Strengthens Its Chemicals Business Leadership with First-to-Market Innovations in Thailand

One quality of business leadership is the ability to never stop innovating. And it has played a significant role in the continued and steady growth of SCG Chemicals or SCGC. Throughout its business operations, SCGC has developed chemical innovations to meet customers' evolving needs, including producing plastic resins for household items, developing environmentally friendly chemical innovations, and improving product quality for enhanced consumer use.

First time ever, plastic packaging is environmentally friendly

Due to its dedication to sustainability, SCGC has developed green polymers in line with the principles of the circular economy to increase the total sales of products in the green polymer line to 1 million tons annually by 2030.

Recently, SCGC and Lion (Thailand) teamed up to replace "PAO" and "Shokubutsu" packaging with SCGC GREEN POLYMER^TM environmental solutions. Shokubutsu shower cream bottle packaging was piloted, with the bottle made from the REDUCE solution, lowering the amount of materials used, and the refill pouch made from the RECYCLABLE solution, making it easy to recycle. For the first time in Thailand, "PAO" liquid laundry detergent packaging has used SCGC's High-Quality Odorless PCR for fragrance-focused products.

For the collaboration in the development of green packaging, SCGC GREEN POLYMER™ solutions have been adopted in three areas as follows: (1) Reduce – by using High-Quality PCR manufactured with SMX^TM Technology with exceptional strength, which helps lower the use of plastic resins while maintaining all other properties in the packaging for Shokubutsu refill pouches ; (2) Recyclable – by design with recyclability in mind where flexible packaging is made more recyclable for Shokubutsu refill pouches; and (3) Recycle – to transform post-use household plastic into High-Quality PCR to cut waste volume and reduce resource usage. This solution is used in Pao liquid laundry detergent packaging. Apart from the above three solutions, SCGC GREEN POLYMERTM has a renewable solution that makes bio-compostable plastic and plastic from renewable resources.

High quality guaranteed as Thailand's first and only industrial product standard certified

In an effort to enhance products and services, Shinkolite, the world-class premium-grade acrylic sheet manufactured by Thai MMA Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of SCG Chemicals, has delivered acrylic sheets with exceptional quality, aesthetics, and safety under the concept "Acrylic Solution Provider." As a result, it became the first and only acrylic sheet in Thailand to obtain certification to Thai Industrial Standard (TIS) No. 2685-2558, marking the latest achievement.

Shinkolite Acrylic Sheet is wider and longer than conventional acrylic sheet thanks to the adoption of high-quality production technology called "Continuous Casting Sheet." It has a modern appearance and is lighter in weight than its category, which eases use and design constraints. Shinkolite high quality acrylic sheet with a thickness between 1.4 and 10 centimeters has recently been certified by Thai Industrial Standard (TIS) No. 2685-2558, making it the first and only acrylic sheet in Thailand to receive this certification. This standard specifies the production process for quality products with the following criteria: uniform thickness, smooth surface, absence of blemishes, bubbles, and scratches, with the transparent sheet being clear and the colored sheet having color evenly distributed across the sheet. Additionally, the physical property complies with standards, with acrylic sheets encased to shield goods from dust, dirt, and scratches while in transportation and storage.

Shinkolite's acrylic sheets currently encompass four primary application categories: 1) Building materials, such as roofing, awnings, handrails, and facade; 2) Decoration; 3) Advertising; and 4) Sanitary. All applications are developed with a modern design, aesthetics, and safety in mind to meet the needs of architects, designers, project developers, and regular customers.

SCGC constantly innovates to improve people's quality of life, as evidenced by the products we are the first to develop and introduce in Thailand, ranging from green solutions to high-quality materials. These bolster SCGC's leading role in the Chemicals Business for Sustainability.