Sadara - Who We Are

Who We Are

A Unique, Value Creating Enterprise

Established in October 2011, Sadara Chemical Company represents a unique alliance between two corporate leaders in their respective industries – Saudi Aramco and The Dow Chemical Company – brought together through shared values and a dedicated vision to create a game-changer in the chemical industry in the region, with a total investment of over $20 billion.

At Sadara, we seek to create value through chemistry. At the same time, we are committed to contributing to the economic diversification and downstream development of Saudi Arabia in alignment with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. Sadara’s high-performance plastics and chemicals will be used to make products that serve the Kingdom’s growing needs and the emerging economies around the world.

DRIVEN BY OUR VISION

To be a world premier chemicals manufacturer, admired

by its people, customers and respected by society.

FOCUSED ON OUR MISSION

To deliver high-quality chemical products that meet

customer needs while operating responsibly and making

a positive impact on society.

SIZE AND SCALE

In 2017, Sadara began full commercial operations of its chemical complex in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia – the first-of-its-kind and the world’s largest ever built in a single phase. The multibillion-dollar complex consists of 26 manufacturing plants, with an annual production capacity of over three million metric tons of value-adding chemicals and plastics.

THE INSPIRATION

Sadara is an Arabic word that means “in the lead” or “at the forefront.” The name further reflects the spirit of leadership, progress, and excellence that Sadara, as a company, stands for. These characteristics exemplify the very nature of Sadara as a world-class chemical manufacturing enterprise.

Taking Saudi Arabia's chemical industry further downstream and creating new value chains to support the Kingdom's economic future are among Sadara’s goals.

Innovator

By bringing in state-of-the-art technologies to create unique products, Sadara has added new value chains that expand and transform the Kingdom’s existing chemical landscape.

Fourteen of Sadara’s 26 world-scale manufacturing plants are new to Saudi Arabia, introducing many firsts to the Kingdom, such as isocyanates and polyols (polyurethane) plants. These plants enable many industries that either did not previously exist in the Kingdom or relied solely on imported raw materials.

Visionary

As Sadara transitioned from construction to operations, a marketing strategy was developed to establish visibility in the market, position its brand, and promote its name within the industry. Sadara is the only chemical company in the Middle East to use refinery liquids, such as naphtha and natural gasoline (NG), as feedstock, enabling new intermediate products, and thus supporting Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 in terms of industrial and social diversification by extending key value chains downstream and generating thousands of employment opportunities, both through the company and through the adjoining PlasChem Park.

Sadara operates in a business environment currently defined by relatively low oil prices and evolving markets. Accordingly, the company ensures that the goods and services delivered are of the highest quality, while placing a strong emphasis on safety, cost optimization, and collaboration, positioning Sadara as a true visionary company.

Sadara is the first chemical complex in the Kingdom to produce specialty items such as High Alpha-Olefin Polyethylene resins, Elastomer resins, Polyols, Co-Polymer Polyols, Isocyanates, and Glycol Products. These high-value polymers and chemicals enable us to serve higher value applications, allowing customers to diversify their production.

In 2021, Sadara received the agreement of its shareholders - Saudi Aramco and Dow - to begin the transition of the marketing rights of Sadara’s finished products to levels more consistent with each partner’s equity ownership. The transition is part of the partnership’s original plan and is being gradually increased over five years.
These rights cover several specific products, including polyethylene, chemicals, and polyurethane. The acceleration of Saudi Aramco’s marketing rights of these products has been assumed by the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).

The transition of Sadara’s marketing rights to these global industry leaders is part of the shareholders’ actions to improve Sadara’s operating results, as the marketers will leverage their marketing and sales expertise to ensure that Sadara's world-class assets, technologies and products reach their full potential.