France SNF Group
SNF is a privately held, specialty chemical company based in the Rhone-Alpes region of France. With 23 production sites in Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States, SNF has the largest polyacrylamide production capacity in the world.
As a leader in manufacturing and processing water-soluble polymers (based on polyacrylamide), SNF has developed a range of more than 1,000 products that help preserve our natural resources, encourage recycling, and improve efficiency of industrial processes. Its polymers are used in all markets where water is present – drinking water production, wastewater treatment, sludge dewatering, oil and gas extraction, mining, agriculture, and the manufacture of paper, textiles and cosmetic formulations.
SNF products are sold into 130 countries, across every sector, with 51 subsidiaries located in more than 40 countries in the three major economic regions of the Americas, Europe and Asia.
With a long-term strategy focused on innovation and investment, SNF maintains a high level of research and development expenditure along with continual investment in improving and expanding its production sites.