Equate supports AUM’s Career Fair

As part of its sustainability strategy, Equate Petrochemical Company, a global producer of petrochemicals, participated in the American University of the Middle East’s (AUM) career fair to share with the students the job opportunities that suit their majors at the company. On this occasion, Equate’s Human Resources Workforce Planning and Planning Administrator Dhari AlBaghli, said: “Equate is always seeking to hire A-List candidates to fit our ‘One Culture. One Company’ dynamic work environment. We are here to advise students on how to use Equate’s electronic recruitment system to register and apply for upcoming vacancies to attract the most qualified human capital.”

For the second consecutive year at AUM’s fair held on April 17-18, 2018, Equate’s team explained to future engineers the company’s development plans for the national workforce. In 2018’s first quarter, Equate hired over 35 Kuwaiti fresh graduates as part of efforts to increase the current 54 percent Kuwaitization rate. The Equate Group is a global producer of petrochemicals and the world’s second largest producer of Ethylene Glycol (EG).

The Group has industrial complexes in Kuwait, North America and Europe that annually produce over 5 million tons of Ethylene, EG, Polyethylene (PE) and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). The products are marketed throughout Asia, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Equate Group’s shareholders include Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC), The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Boubyan Petrochemical Company (BPC) and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC). The Group is a leading enterprise that pursues sustainability wherever it operates through partnerships in fields that include the environment, economy and society.