Riyadh, April16, 2014

SABIC demonstrated its commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy work environment at its manufacturing facilities when the company awarded its affiliates and contractors for their excellence in Environment, Health, Safety, Security (EHSS) and Reliability at the EHSS & Reliability Award Ceremony in Jubail on April 16.

The EHSS & Reliability Awards Ceremony is held every year to honor SABIC's high performing affiliates and contractors in EHSS and Reliability after a stringent evaluation process.

Presiding over the awards function, Mohamed Al-Mady, SABIC Vice Chairman and CEO, said, "Sustaining manufacturing excellence is important for us to fulfill our vision to be the preferred world leader in chemicals.  By applying the highest Environment, Health, Safety and Security, and Reliability standards, management support, and employee engagement, we aim to manage our process safety and Reliability risks effectively, eliminate injuries on and off the job, preserve the environment and contribute towards the community."

While congratulating the winners of this year's awards, Al-Mady said, "We will surely not be able to achieve manufacturing excellence unless we have a protective umbrella over our heads all the time. It is important that we discover and correct the root causes of failures as soon as possible. Identifying training needs is imperative, particularly so, when it comes to orienting new employees and motivating them."

Al-Mady had a special word of praise for the company's contractors: "Our contractors have contributed considerably to our growth and progress. They fully understand that they are part of the SABIC community and have a duty towards ensuring that the job is done safely without risks to health and safety."

The winning SABIC manufacturing companies in the EHSS category this year are: xxxxx, Gold Award; xxxxxxxx, Silver Award; and xxxxxxx, Bronze Award.

In the Reliability Awards category, xxxxxx won the Gold; xxxxx, Silver; and xxxxx, Bronze.

The winning global contractors in EHSS and Reliability were: xxxxx, Gold; xxxxx, Silver; and xxxxx, Bronze. Among the maintenance contractors, xxxxxx won the Gold and the Sword of Merit.

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About SABIC
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) ranks among the world's top petrochemical companies. The company is among the world's market leaders in the production of polyethylene, polypropylene and other advanced thermoplastics, glycols, methanol and fertilizers.

SABIC recorded a net profit of SR 25.3 billion (US$ 6.7 billion) in 2013. Sales revenues for 2013 totaled SR 189 billion (US$ 50.4 billion). Total assets stood at SR 339.1 billion (US$ 90.4 billion) at the end of 2013.

SABIC's businesses are grouped into Chemicals, Polymers, Performance Chemicals, Fertilizers, Metals and Innovative Plastics. SABIC has significant research resources with 18 dedicated Technology & Innovation facilities in Saudi Arabia, the USA, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, India, China and South Korea. The company operates in more than 40 countries across the world with around 40,000 employees worldwide.

SABIC manufactures on a global scale in Saudi Arabia, the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Headquartered in Riyadh, SABIC was founded in 1976 when the Saudi Arabian Government decided to use the hydrocarbon gases associated with its oil production as the principal feedstock for production of chemicals, polymers and fertilizers. The Saudi Arabian Government owns 70 percent of SABIC shares with the remaining 30 percent held by private investors in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

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