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SABIC, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation:
Is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of commodity and specialty chemicals, polymers, fertilizers and metals. Customers around the world use SABIC products which satisfies most of the consumer needs for modern life.
SABIC was founded in 1976 as the fruit of an ambitious vision aimed to invest the huge amounts of hydrocarbons that are naturally founded in the Kingdome of Saudi Arabia. SABIC vision has been to transform it into valuable petrochemical products that we could supply to the world.
SABIC is one of the ten largest petrochemical companies in the world, among the world’s largest exporters of fertilizers, polymers and chemicals, and also the leading steel-maker in the Middle East. In terms of product diversity, production capacity and sales, SABIC compete with the biggest and best companies worldwide, aiming to be the preferred world leader in chemicals by supplying high-quality industrial products.
The successful growth of SABIC is the result of investment in local partnerships, the best research and technology programs and an ambitious global growth strategy .
SABIC now has more than 30,000 employees, serving customers in more than 100 countries.
Almost all the SABIC 18 affiliate companies now have their manufacturing operations at Al-Jubail and Yanbu. These include the Saudi Methanol Company (AL-RAZI), the largest single-site chemical-grade methanol producer in the world; and the Saudi Iron and Steel Company (HADEED), the largest steel producer in the Middle East. Affiliates such as the Arabian Petrochemical Company (PETROKEMYA) and the Saudi Petrochemical Company (SADAF) are some of the largest and most diversified petrochemical manufacturing plants in the world.
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