Our Activity
Sakema is a leading sales and marketing consultancy agency with a unique mission centered around the Petrochemical and Plastics industry in the Middle East region.
With headquarters in the United Arab Emirates, the company is solely owned by Mr. Samir El Khoury its founder and managing director.
Our unique network of connections within the petrochemical and Plastics industry in the GCC region provides us with a strong market presence and makes from us a solid partner for any newcomer to the region. We are the ideal door opener equipped with a great vision to drive any business growth in the areas of our expertise.
Sakema has a rich in-house expertise built on the knowledge of its people with a team of experts having more than 15 years of commercial and technical experience in sales, marketing, product development, business development and market communication.
Our mission consists of bringing superior products and innovations to the industry giants in the GCC region. This unique mission is fuelled with reputed values of strong ethics, deep knowledge, integrity, and dedication.
Our Vision
With hyperdynamic and efficient government incentives coupled with inspirational leadership, the polyolefins industry in the Middle East region has experienced tremendous growth in the last decade. This growth was the translation of new capacity additions but also the remarkable talent and expertise development has positioned the GCC polyolefins industry as a key player on the global level. This rapid development has quickly created a unique identity of the GCC polyolefins industry and made from it a focus for technology owners and additive suppliers in finding new markets for their latest innovations.
Sakema with its vision of becoming the most reliable sales and marketing extension arm of global players in the Middle East has quickly positioned itself in this region with strong reputation of superior product offering but also solid technical and commercial presence in the local market.
“We know we are young, but we made sure to create a diverse team that consists of multi-cultural background with diverse experience that allows the global players to better understand the needs of the Middle East market and develop innovations to cater for their fast growth pattern. Our company might be young, but our people are long enough in the industry to understand its needs, speak its language, create trends and support to day to day operations.”
— Samir El Khoury
Our Services
Sales & Marketing
Sakema offers sales and marketing consultancy services to the chemical and petrochemical industry. Our customers are the chemical manufacturer of plastic additives seeking to enter the Middle East market either at the polyolefin producers’ level or the converters level.
We provide networking and relationship development within the local industry, market trend analysis, application development, market introduction plans and create adequate market communication activities and campaigns.
Grade Slate
Sakema helps the polyolefin producers create the right grade slate that caters for their marketing plans. The customers of Sakema are the PP and PE producers in the GCC region targeting to sell their products downstream in the local and the global industry.
We help the GCC producers create the right grades based on their existing plant capabilities, geographical presence, team expertise, company culture, technology type and TS&D capabilities.
Additives Selection
Different polymer properties require different additivation package. Sakema helps the PP and PE producers select the right additive package for their grades. In addition to its product knowledge, Sakema provides additive performance and evaluation services for its customers willing to develop specific grades with specific properties.
We partner with reputable application labs and institutes to provide accredited services to our customers.