Saudi Chemical Holding Company manufactures, distributes, and retails medicines, medical materials and solutions, pharmaceutical preparations, medical and surgical tools, equipment, instruments, hospital and medical centre supplies and spare parts, detergents, and food products. The company operates through three segments: Explosives; Medicine and Medical Supplies; and Production of Ammonium Nitrate. It also manufactures and sells explosives and related products for civilian and military use; provides technical support services for blasting; and the manufacture of ammonium nitrate. In addition, the company engages in the wholesale and retail trade of cosmetics, perfumes, beauty soups, and other supplies; and packaging and storing of medicines and other medical products. It operates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and internationally. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.