Sabic Europe has opened its head office in Sittard, The Netherlands.

“This building with its unique techniques will be a tribute for the revitalisation of energies and the incentive to unleash the creativities and capabilities and help enhance corporate achievements,” said Sabic Chairman Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud.
The head office was opened by the chairman and Joop Wijn, Minister of Economic Affairs of The Netherlands. 
The Sabic subsidiary will run the Saudi petrochemical giant’s activities in Europe.
It has a production site and research and technology centre in The Netherlands, and a production site in Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
During his speech Wijn focused on the already long lasting ties between Saudi Arabia and The Netherlands, especially since Sabic came to Europe, “The petrochemical industries clustered at the Chemelot complex are of great importance of the Dutch economy.” 
He said, “Saudi Arabia is The Netherlands’ foremost trade partner in the Middle East.”
The mission of Sabic in Europe and in that respect the establishment of the new head office in Europe was especially underlined by Sabic Europe CEO Frans Noteborn.
He said, “Sabic Europe has a mission to grow. This challenge and the opportunity to design and built a new European head office created the unique possibility to optimise the European business and service organisation, our working methods, our IT and communication technology and did challenge the people involved to become the owner and design of their future working environment and working methods.
Other guests of honour were Sabic Vice-Chairman and CEO Mohamed Al-Mady, the Mayor of Sittard-Geleen, Jean Bronckers, the governor of the province of Limburg Léon Frissen, the President of the Council of  Europe Parliamentary Assembly, René van der Linden, and the CEO of Sabic Europe, Frans Noteborn.
In their speeches they underlined the relationship between Saudi Arabia and The Netherlands and the importance of having Sabic Europe headquartered in Sittard-Geleen. 
Sabic Europe (Sittard, The Netherlands) is a Sabic subsidiary which includes all of Sabic’s activities in Europe and employs around 2,300 people. 
Its head office is in Sittard and there are production sites in Geleen (The Netherlands) and Gelsenkirchen (Germany), with a Research & Technology centre in The Netherlands. 
The company had sales of 6.5 million  tonnes of petrochemicals and a turnover of five billion euros in 2005.
The construction of the Sabic Europe headquarters building commenced in 2004. It is a six-storey building and accommodates more than 550 employees.