The existing 3906 productive factories in the Kingdom stand as a witness for the great industrial development attained in the country. Up to the end of 1427 about 296.5 billion were invested in these factories. The factories include factories of metal industries, chemical and plastic industries as well as factories of ceramic, building materials, textile, ready-made clothes and food materials. The Kingdom's non-petroleum industrial exports in 2007 amounted to about sr 87.5 billion. They were exported to more than 130 countries. In 1396 the Saudi basic industries corporation (sabic) was established to become a pillar of industrial development and to produce metals, fertilizers and petrochemicals in line with the highest international standards. Sabic's marketing activity extends to more than 100 countries. Through its 18 industrial complexes, sabic's productive capacity amounted by the end of 2007 to 55 million metric ton, while its revenues in the same year jumped to sr 126.2 billion. --more
