Modern Eastern Competitors

SABIC is a global leader in chemicals headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 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. We support our customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end markets, such as Hygiene & Healthcare, Electrical & Electronics, Packaging, Agriculture, Consumer Products, and Building & Construction. The company has more than 31,000 employees worldwide, serving customers in more than 140 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 11,000 patents and pending applications, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. At SABIC, we combine a rich track record of doing what others said couldn’t be done, with a deep understanding of our customers. But our true impact is as a partner who can help our customers achieve their ambitions by finding solutions to their challenges. We call this ‘Chemistry that Matters™’.

Al Futtaim Group LLC

With a proud heritage stretching over six decades, Dubai-based Al Ghurair Group is a diversified family-owned conglomerate with interests in manufacturing, real estate and financial investments and an expanding global presence. One of the most respected and successful businesses groups in the United Arab Emirates, the Group today owns a diverse range of businesses including the manufacture of flexible plastic film, extruded aluminium and galvanized steel, along with other packaging products. Al Ghurair, which also operates shopping malls and manages a large real estate portfolio in Dubai, continues to pursue growth opportunities while adhering to its values of excellence, innovation and responsibility. In the past decade the Group has expanded its activities overseas, building a network of operations in the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. Al Ghurair remains deeply committed to the protection and enhancement of the communities in which it operates and accordingly has initiated or supports programs relating to environmental sustainability, health awareness and local employment, among others. Looking to the future, Al Ghurair will seek every opportunity to contribute to the economic and social development of Dubai and the UAE while continuing its evolution as a multi-national family-owned conglomerate. The Group proudly owns and manages: Al Ghurair Real Estate Arabian Can Industries Arabian Flexible Packaging Arabian Packaging BurJuman Cente Gulf Extrusions Reef Mall REFCO Metals Taghleef Industries In addition, the Group participates in the following Joint Ventures: ADEKA Al Ghurair Additives (with ADEKA Corporation of Japan) Al Ghurair Iron & Steel (with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation of Japan) MetaCoat (with Salam International of Qatar) TALEX (with Senaat of Abu Dhabi)