Indonesian Vice President Dr Mohammed Jusuf Kala received Prince Saud bin Abdullah binThunayan Al Saud, Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu and Chairman of Sabic.

Prince Saud briefed the Vice President of Sabic’s business in Indonesia. The Vice President praised the relations between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, as well as the leading role of Sabic.  Prince Saud also opened two new SABIC offices. The first in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta and the other in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
The office openings are in line with Sabic’s policy to further develop distribution hubs in the Asian continent and strengthen its presence to be closer to its customers.
These visits come as part of an inspection tour by Prince Saud to Sabic offices and projects in the Asian continent.
He was accompanied by Sabic Vice Chairman and CEO Mohamed Al-Mady, and other officials of the company.
The tour includes the opening of a number of new offices in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
Plans are in place to expand the distribution hubs and storage facilities in the major sites in the region.
Prince Saud said that expansion in Asia is in line with Sabic’s corporate strategy aimed at growing the company to become one of the world’s largest petrochemical companies.
He pointed out that the Asian market represents an important part of Sabic’s business plan.
Sabic is in the middle of a strong expansion throughout Asia. In addition to the new offices in China, warehousing and storage facilities in Shanghai and Hong Kong have been joined by new facilities in Huangpu and Tianjin.
A new bonded liquid chemicals tank at Zhangjiagang is scheduled to open soon, and more warehousing and storage facilities are also planned at Qingdao, Ningbo and Yantian.
Sabic now has 11 offices in eight countries in Asia Pacific; in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, Manila, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore, where Sabic’s regional headquarters is based.