Will the Middle East finally become a major plastics processing center?

China got the ball rolling, emerging in a matter of decades as the world’s leading plastics manufacturing hub. And now another region aspires to emulate its example – the Middle East. For the major polymer producing countries in the Middle East, moving up the value chain is not a choice – it is part of the economic and social agenda pursued by their governments with unmitigated fervor to resolve the unemployment issue and revitalize the economy.