CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING AND MARKETING

BASIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (BCI)

The company has sizable shareholdings in Basic chemical Industries. BCI is a pioneer in private sector chemical manufacturing industry with an extensive stock of commodity and specialty chemicals.

 

CHEMICAL MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (CMDC)

CMDC is the trading arm of BCI and manages the nationwide distribution of the company's own bulk chemicals and consumer products. It also represents more than 20 major international manufacturers of commodity and specialty chemicals.

ARABIAN POLYOL COMPANY (APC)

APC is a BCI subsidiary and a joint venture with Huntsman Corporation.

Commissioned in 1985, APC was the Kingdom‘s first manufacturer of polyurethane chemicals offering products for different levels of density including rigid, semi-rigid and soft foams.

NATIONAL ADHESIVES LIMITED (NAL)

NAL is a joint venture between Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (ICI) and BCI and specializes in adhesives, specialty chemicals, resins and specialty industrial starches. It manufactures locally a range of specialty hot melt and aqueous emulsion adhesives used in Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries.