SAI and SABIC

SABIC Americas is a leading provider of chemicals and fertilizer products to industries throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. SAI also operates its own Research and Technology Center, a state-of-the-art petrochemical research facility, which enables it to stay at the cutting edge of scientific advances in the industry.

SAI’s parent company, SABIC, is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the Middle East, it is the largest company outside the oil sector. Established in 1976 to make use of Saudi Arabia’s extensive hydrocarbon resources, SABIC has grown to be one of the largest international petrochemical companies in the world.

To find out more about SAI’s parent company, visit SABIC’s corporate website.

Leadership

The Chairman of SABIC is His Highness Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al-Saud. The Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mohamed H Al-Mady, leads the management team, and the company is overseen by a Board of Directors. The General Manager of SAI is Yousef Al-Benyan.

Organization

SABIC has subsidiaries in four regions: the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East and Africa. Worldwide, SABIC is now composed of six strategic business units (SBUs), organized by product. These are: Basic Chemicals, Intermediates, Polymers, Specialized Products, Fertilizers, and Metals. Each of these is headed by a Vice-President. These six business units make four different kinds of products:

• Chemicals – Basic Chemicals, Intermediates and Specialized Products (three SBUs)

• Plastics – Polymers (one SBU)

• Fertilizers (one SBU)

• Metals (one SBU)

For more about these four categories of products, please see our Products and Services pages.

SABIC also has four corporate departments: Corporate Finance, Corporate Human Resources, Corporate Control, and Research and Technology (R&T). These support the six strategic business units. In addition, a Shared Services Organization provides additional support to every part of our business.