High-performance polyacrylamide flocculants engineered for municipal & industrial wastewater treatment in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region.



Riyadh, the capital and economic powerhouse of Saudi Arabia, is undergoing a transformative era of industrial expansion driven by Vision 2030 — the Kingdom's ambitious blueprint for economic diversification. As the city scales up its manufacturing, construction, petrochemical, and urban infrastructure sectors, the demand for advanced water treatment chemicals, particularly organic flocculants, has surged to unprecedented levels.
Organic flocculants — primarily polyacrylamide-based compounds such as Anionic Polyacrylamide (APAM) and Cationic Polyacrylamide (CPAM) — are the backbone of modern wastewater treatment systems. These high-molecular-weight polymers work by destabilizing suspended particles in water, causing them to aggregate into larger flocs that can be easily separated. Their superior performance over traditional inorganic coagulants makes them the preferred choice for Riyadh's rapidly expanding water treatment infrastructure.
With Riyadh's population exceeding 7.5 million and growing, and with mega-projects such as NEOM, Diriyah Gate, and King Salman Park accelerating construction activity, the volume of industrial effluent, municipal sewage, and process water requiring treatment has grown exponentially. Reliable organic flocculant supply chains are now a strategic necessity for facility operators, environmental compliance officers, and municipal water authorities across the region.
Riyadh's expanding urban population demands high-capacity sewage treatment. APAM flocculants enable rapid sludge dewatering and clarification, meeting Saudi NWC discharge standards.
Petrochemical complexes, food processing plants, and construction sites in Riyadh generate high-turbidity effluent. Organic flocculants deliver cost-effective, compliant treatment solutions.
With Saudi Arabia tightening environmental regulations, biodegradable organic flocculants align with green chemistry mandates and support ESG reporting for international corporations.
Our organic flocculants are engineered to address the unique environmental and industrial challenges of the Riyadh market and the broader GCC region.
Vision 2030 mega-projects generate enormous volumes of muddy runoff and concrete washwater. APAM flocculants rapidly clarify these streams, enabling compliant discharge and water reuse on-site.
Saudi Aramco facilities and downstream petrochemical plants in the Riyadh region rely on high-MW polyacrylamide flocculants to remove emulsified oils, heavy metals, and suspended solids from process water.
Riyadh's dependence on desalinated water means pre-treatment efficiency is critical. Organic flocculants improve membrane performance by removing turbidity and colloidal particles before reverse osmosis stages.
Riyadh's growing food manufacturing sector produces high-BOD effluent. CPAM flocculants enable effective sludge conditioning and dewatering, reducing disposal costs and meeting MEWA discharge limits.
Saudi Arabia's expanding mining sector — including phosphate and gold extraction — requires robust mineral processing agents. Our polyacrylamide products optimize tailings dewatering and process water recovery.
Riyadh's National Water Company (NWC) operates multiple large-scale WWT plants. Organic flocculants from Smedic are proven in 600+ urban sewage plants, delivering reliable performance at any scale.
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 initiative has catalyzed billions in infrastructure investment, directly boosting demand for water treatment chemicals. The GCC water treatment chemicals market is projected to grow at a CAGR exceeding 6% through 2030, with organic flocculants accounting for the fastest-growing segment due to stricter environmental enforcement and the scale-up of industrial zones around Riyadh.
Regulatory pressure from Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) and alignment with global ESG standards are accelerating the transition from inorganic coagulants to biodegradable organic polymer flocculants. Companies operating in Riyadh's industrial zones increasingly require green-certified chemical inputs to maintain export licenses and international partnerships.
The Riyadh market is increasingly receptive to high-performance, customized polyacrylamide formulations. Innovations such as inorganic-organic covalent bond flocculants — like those developed and patented by Smedic — are gaining traction for their superior floc formation, lower dosage requirements, and compatibility with high-salinity water conditions common in Saudi Arabia.
China has become Saudi Arabia's largest trading partner, and the chemical supply corridor is well-established. Chinese organic flocculant manufacturers with ISO, SGS, and national high-tech certifications are increasingly preferred by Riyadh-based water treatment EPC contractors and industrial operators for their competitive pricing, consistent quality, and ability to deliver large volumes on schedule.
With Riyadh's non-oil GDP growing at over 4% annually and industrial water consumption increasing proportionally, procurement managers and project engineers in the region are prioritizing long-term supplier relationships with manufacturers who offer technical support, customized formulations, and proven track records in large-scale municipal and industrial wastewater treatment — exactly what Smedic delivers.
Smedic Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2011 as a comprehensive solution provider specialized in environmental protection agents, integrating R&D, production, sales, and engineering-related technical services. We are dedicated to providing customers with customized chemical products, technical solutions, and services.
Smedic produces environmental protection agents covering multiple sectors such as municipal sewage, industrial wastewater, and tap water treatment, as well as mineral processing agents, and oilfield chemicals. We offer more than 80 different environmental protection products, with an annual production capacity exceeding 1 million tons.
Our corporate headquarters is located in Beijing. We have multiple wholly-owned production bases in Hebei, Guizhou, Shanxi, and other regions, and have set up more than ten OEM partner factories and regional warehousing and logistics bases in Shandong, Shanxi, Anhui, Guangxi, and Sichuan provinces, among others. Our business and service network covers over 20 provinces across China.
Our projects involve more than 600 urban sewage treatment plants and over 1,000 end customers in industrial wastewater treatment, mineral processing, and oilfield chemicals. The total sewage treatment capacity involved in the projects exceeds 20 million tons per day. We are a leading company in the Chinese market within the high-end segment of environmental protection chemicals for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment.
We have obtained qualifications such as National High-tech Enterprise, National Specialized, Refined, Unique and Innovative "Little Giant" Enterprise, National Key-Supported Specialized, Refined, Unique and Innovative "Little Giant" Enterprise, Hebei Province Specialized, Refined, Unique and Innovative "Little Giant" Demonstration Enterprise, Hebei Province Green Factory, Hebei Province Science and Technology-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprise, and China's Science and Technology-based Innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprise.
We have a core technical team composed of academicians, experts, professors, and senior engineers, and have established an R&D system and a technology commercialization platform centered around one academy, three research institutes, and five bases. We have established the Hebei Provincial Enterprise Technology Center, the Hebei Provincial Advanced Water Treatment Chemicals Technology Innovation Center, and the Cangzhou Water Treatment Engineering Technology Research Center, and have been recognized as a Class A R&D institution in Hebei Province.
We have established an expert workstation with Tsinghua University Association of Senior Scientists and Technicians, and have set up joint R&D laboratories with Shandong University and Beijing University of Technology. Additionally, we also serve as a commercialization partner for the industry–academia–research achievements of institutions such as Peking University and Tianjin University.
We have been granted over sixty Chinese patents, including more than forty invention patents and over twenty utility model patents. We have led the drafting of more than ten national and industry standards, including those for composite carbon sources, composite coagulants, sodium acetate, and nitrifying and denitrifying bacterial agents.




















The patented technologies and products we have independently developed, such as the bio-enhanced denitrification carbon source and the deep multi-nuclear phosphorus removal agent, have passed the scientific and technological achievement evaluation conducted by the Science and Technology Department of Hebei Province.
These achievements have been appraised as "internationally advanced" and have filled a domestic gap in this product category.
Our "Active Oxygen Compound Disinfectant" has been recognized as a National Construction Industry Scientific and Technological Achievement Promotion Project by the Science and Technology Development Promotion Center of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
Our independently developed "Inorganic-Organic Covalent Bond Flocculant and Its Advanced Water Purification Technology" has won multiple awards, including the 22nd China Patent Award, the First Prize for Technological Invention from the China Petrochemical Industry Association, the Hebei Province Science and Technology Progress Award, and recognition as a Belt and Road SME Recommended Project.
We have been recognized as the "Leading Brand of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Chemicals" and the "Most Valuable Water Treatment Chemicals Brand" by China Water Network and the E20 Environmental Platform for four consecutive years.
We have established long-term strategic partnerships with dozens of major water groups, including Shouchuang Ecological and Environmental Group, Yangtze River Ecological and Environmental Group, Beijing Enterprises Water Group, OriginWater, and China Water Environment Group, and have been included in their centralized procurement supplier lists.
Explore our full range of polyacrylamide flocculants, defoamers, and specialty water treatment chemicals — available for export to Riyadh and across the GCC.






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