BLUEHERO™:
A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO ACCELERATE ENERGY TRANSITION

The initial focus of the initiative is supporting the automotive industry’s mission to create safe, high-performing, and efficient EVs through solutions like lightweight and cost-effective products with a lower environmental impact.

In 2023, SABIC’s efforts were primarily devoted to solutions for EV battery and electrical system applications, which are helping position SABIC as a preferred thermoplastic solutions provider for the EV space:

• In close collaboration with value chain partners, SABIC secured approval for the molding of a 2.2-meter EV battery pack top cover with flame retardant STAMAX™ long-glass fiber polypropylene. Based on this development work, we are collaborating with various manufacturers to advance the injection molding of large parts for EV battery packs, potentially enabling the industry to reduce the complexity, weight, cost, and environmental impact of these systems.
• Two new breakthrough materials―SABIC^® PP compound H1090 and STAMAX™ 30YH611 resin―are well suited for the extrusion and thermoforming of large, complex structural EV battery parts such as top covers, enclosures, and module separators. Each product provides excellent thermal barrier properties to help delay or contain thermal runaway events and offers design, system cost, inherent thermal and electrical insulation, and weight advantages vs. stamped sheet metal.
• SABIC developed a novel thermal runaway barrier solution to increase the fire safety of two- wheeler batteries, leveraging existing flame retardant STAMAX™ resin technology.
• One of SABIC’s flame retardant materials, SABIC^® PP compound H1030, is poised to help transform the manufacturing of high voltage busbars (critical components for transmitting power from the battery to various electric drivetrain components) in electric vehicle battery packs.

Read more about BLUEHERO™ initiatives in 2023.

_{Disclaimer: This abridged interactive version of the SABIC Integrated Annual Report 2023 is based on the original PDF report published on this website. In case of any discrepancy, the original PDF report will prevail.}