Organization: SABIC
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SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) is a diversified manufacturing company, active in chemicals and intermediates, industrial polymers, fertilizers and metals. It is the largest public company in Saudi Arabia as listed in Tadawul, but the Saudi government still owns 70% of its shares. Private sector shareholders are from Saudi Arabia and other countries of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). SABIC is currently the second largest global ethylene glycol producer and is expected to become number one after the introduction of these new projects. SABIC is the third largest polyethylene manufacturer, the fourth largest polyolefins manufacturer and the fourth largest polypropylene manufacturer. SABIC is also the worlds largest producer of mono-ethylene glycol, MTBE, granular urea, polyphenylene and polyether imide. IN 2008, SABIC was ranked the No. 1 chemicals company in Asia and No. 4 in the world by Fortune Global 500. By 2009, SABIC also improved its position to become the worlds 186th largest corporation, on the Fortune 500 ranking with revenues of $40.2 billion, profits of $5.8 billion and assets standing at $72.4 billion. The company is based in Riyadh and has interests in 17 affiliated companies which range from full ownership to significant partial participation.