ABOUT SABIC

From making cars and planes more fuel-efficient, to helping conserve the world’s water supply and enabling colorful smartphone cases, we find solutions to the challenges of today to help our customers achieve their ambitions and build a better tomorrow.

BACKGROUND

Since SABIC’s founding in 1976 by a royal decree, its employees have exhibited a remarkable ability to do what others said couldn’t be done.

Ranked among the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturers, SABIC is a public company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 70% of the Company’s shares are owned by Saudi Aramco, with the remaining 30% publicly traded on the Saudi stock exchange. SABIC’s growth has been nothing short of miraculous. Today, the company serves customers in more than 140 countries with a global workforce of close to 31,000 talented individuals. We are deeply committed to cultivating a work environment where all people can flourish and thrive. A Sense of Belonging Matters.

To find out how SABIC was created, and how it achieved its current success, please see the Corporate Profile pages. Or, for an idea of our size and capacity, see the Facts and Figures page.

LEADERSHIP

The Chairman of SABIC is Khalid Hashim Al-Dabbagh. Chief Executive Officer, Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, leads the global management team. The company is overseen by a Board of Directors.

LOCATION

SABIC’s principal corporate offices and headquarters are in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with major industrial operations in the industrial city of Al-Jubail on the Arabian Gulf, as well as in Yanbu on the Red Sea.

SABIC’s global presence continues to grow rapidly. Our ambitious plans for expansion are matched by the development of an infrastructure of manufacturing plants, technology centers, distribution centers, offices and storage facilities worldwide. This enables us to respond efficiently to the needs of our customers in key markets around the world.

The company’s manufacturing, sales, technology and innovation facilities are located throughout the globe and are managed by four regional offices: the Middle East and Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. To find out more about our operations please see the worldwide section.

INNOVATION

Because we are constantly looking to the future, we invest heavily in Technology and Innovation (T&I). Our T&I facilities are spread across the globe with hundreds of dedicated scientists contributing to the ongoing development of new patents and certifications!

PRODUCTS

SABIC knows that its success is driven by our customer’s success. We work hard to develop a deep understanding of our customers’ commercial ambitions so that we can engineer the right product at the right time. Our technical expertise combined with our ability to adapt to our customers’ business needs allows us to tailor material solutions that maximize our customers’ market advantage over the long term. SABIC products and services are extensive. We are knowledgeable about the industries in which our customers compete and we are constantly seeking new ways and materials to maximize our customers’ market success.

CHEMICALS

SABIC’s chemicals portfolio constitutes the most basic building blocks of a large variety of other chemicals and advanced materials, ultimately enabling the manufacture of a vast range of industrial and consumer goods.

Thanks to our global investments in the latest technology and our ambition to be the preferred world leader in chemicals, our manufacturing plants produce a wide range of world-class products – glycols, aromatics and derivatives, olefins, and oxygenates, as well as a variety of functional chemicals.

CHLOR-ALKALI

Chlor Alkali products are liquid in nature. They can be used as organic solvents, in the production of PVC, soaps and detergents. They can also be used in acid neutralization, bleaching in papermaking and cotton processing, and petroleum refining.

SABIC® CAUSTIC SODA (NAOH)

Caustic Soda (Sodium Hydroxide) is a highly corrosive, odorless, non-flammable white solid. It is usually produced as shiny pellets or flakes, which are highly water-soluble, making a slippery solution. The 50% solution is slightly viscous. Caustic Soda is a general purpose industrial chemical used extensively by process industries.