Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) says it is well on track to set new paradigms in both Saudi Arabia’s and the region’s downstream industry.

The company, which sponsored and participated in the GPCA PlastiCon 2016 under the theme "Evolving GCC plastic conversion: Technology meets business," showcased how its differentiated suite of performance chemicals and plastics products will add value to its customers and how the adjacent PlasChem Park will support Saudi Arabia’s downstream manufacturing growth and economic diversification.

The Sadara chemical complex, which is now being built in Jubail Industrial City II, is currently more than 97 percent complete.

Following the launch of its first product, linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), Sadara is continuing with its commissioning and startup efforts to bring the remaining 25 units on stream safely and efficiently. Fourteen of the 26 world scale manufacturing units in the Sadara Complex will deliver products completely new to the Kingdom.

“Sadara’s product slate fills a significant gap in the regional chemical industry, where only 0.3 percent of the chemicals produced are considered specialty chemicals. Commodity products form the vast majority of the Kingdom’s annual chemical and petrochemical production capacity. Using the advanced and state-of-the-art technologies that we have, and the unique knowledge and know-how our employees have gained through the intensive on-the-job training programs in both Saudi Aramco and Dow facilities around the world, Sadara will begin filling that gap,” said Mohammad Alazzaz, director, value park department at Sadara, during his presentation at the PlastiCon conference.

In collaboration with the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Sadara is also working on attracting investors to the adjacent PlasChem Park, an industrial park devoted to the downstream manufacturing and conversion industries that make direct or indirect use of Sadara’s products and raw materials from other suppliers in the Jubail area.