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SNF’s Gulf Coast production facilities (Plaquemine, LA and Pearlington, MS) experienced site-wide electrical outages and some minor flooding during the landfall of Hurricane Ida on Sunday, August 29, 2021.  However, neither site received any major damage to equipment or structures.  This exceptional outcome was possible due to the excellent preparation by our employees ahead of […]

31 Aug, 2021

Please see below for a message from the President of SNF Holding Company regarding a polymer price increase effective October 1, 2021.  

30 Aug, 2021

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has recognized SNF Holding Company for exceptional environmental, health, safety, and security (EHS&S) performance and commitment to sustainability and sound chemicals management. Learn More Here: https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/acc-honors-chemical-industry-leaders-for-environmental-health-safety-initiatives.html

30 Apr, 2021

16 Apr, 2021

Please see below for a message from the President of SNF Holding Company regarding a polymer price increase effective March 15, 2021.

2 Mar, 2021

10 Feb, 2021

On February 1, 2021, SNF Holding Company purchased the polymer supply and service business of Fort Bend Services Inc. (FBS; Stafford, TX).  This business will begin reporting to and transition over to SNF Polydyne Inc. (Polydyne), based in Riceboro, GA. FBS customers will continue to place orders for FBS products and services as usual.   The team responsible for […]

8 Feb, 2021

On June 16, 2020, SNF Holding Company donated a Shimadzu AA-7000F Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer to the Chemistry Department at Georgia Southern University – Armstrong Campus, in Savannah, GA. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry analyzes the concentration of elements in a liquid sample based on energy absorbed from certain wavelengths of light.  This instrument will be used as […]

19 Jun, 2020

The last 2 years SNF has added 75,000 MT/yr. powder-grade PAM production capacity globally to match the increased demand for EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) applications.  By the end of 2020, SNF will add 75,000 MT/yr. more.  This 150,000 MT/yr. new capacity is spread across several regions, thus providing easy access to our products. At the […]

16 Aug, 2019

SNF Wins Beauty Care Sustainability Award from Internationally Known Chemical Company

1 Feb, 2019

On November 17th, 2017, Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal ruled in favor of SNF, Inc. and confirmed the conclusion of the trial judge that Ciba’s Canadian Patent No. 2,515,581, with claims to a process of “rigidifying” tailings using polymers, is invalid and should not have been granted on the basis that all the claims of the patent […]

11 Dec, 2017

SNF just celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary for being certified to the Responsible Care Management System Standards set forth by the American Chemistry Council. CONGRATULATIONS to all SNF employees for helping us maintain this certification. Responsible Care® enables America’s leading chemical companies to achieve even higher standards of performance and generate greater value for their […]

24 Apr, 2017

Please see below for a message from the President of SNF Holding Company regarding an increase in Emulsion and Monomer Capacities in the U.S.  

31 Jan, 2017

Please see below for a message from the President of SNF Holding Company regarding a polymer price increase effective February 1, 2017.

17 Jan, 2017

SNF Holding Company has been selected as a winner of the 2015 Union Pacific Chemical Transportation Safety Pinnacle Award.  This award is given in recognition of exhibiting safe loading practices and having recorded zero non-accident releases last year at our Riceboro, GA; Plaquemine, LA; Pearlington, MS; and Los Angeles, CA manufacturing facilities. This is an […]

19 Apr, 2016

SNF Agriculture helped influence changes made to the U.S. Department of Agriculture / Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (USDA/NRCS) Conservation Practice Standard 450.  This change expands the use of Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) for increasing efficiencies of irrigation by adding water infiltration to the list of benefits PAM offers under this standard.  Previously, Standard 450 only addressed […]

5 Feb, 2016

We are pleased to announce a new Customer Support Center.  The 160,000 square foot ( 14,500 square meter ) building on 8 acres is located in Edmonton, Alberta.  This new center will include a state of the art laboratory for product selection, application testing, and field support.  Our field equipment support group for start up, […]

19 May, 2015

The SNF Group is pleased to announce the successful start up of 60,000 metric tonnes (MT) of new emulsion polyacrylamide capacity at our Plaquemine, Louisiana site effective February, 2015. When combined with the current production capacity of our Riceboro, Georgia facility, total emulsion capacity rises by 20% to 360,000 MT. SNF also produces 60,000 MT […]

9 Feb, 2015

The SNF Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Oil & Mining businesses of Hychem, Inc. in the U.S.A., Canada, the U.K., the Middle East, and the Far East.

17 Oct, 2014

Recently, a demonstration was conducted at the A&J Planting Company near Tunica, Mississippi by our SNF Agriculture team.

8 Sep, 2014

SNF ‘Invest For Growth’ Initiative aims for 1 Million metric tonnes of production by 2016.

11 Apr, 2014

French Ambassador to the US, His Excellency François Delattre paid a visit to our SNF FLOPAM facility in Plaquemine, LA

11 Feb, 2014

The World Trade Center of Savannah at the 2013 Savannah bestows this award on SNF Holding Company for 2013.

30 Oct, 2013

One million man hours reached without a recordable incident.

26 Oct, 2013