1978 headquarters andr zieux france area served worldwide key people pascal remy chairman & ceo website snf group.com snf factory andr zieux france snf is the global leader in polyacrylamides with a capacity of 840 kt y active equivalent . these water soluble polymers are used in drinking water production wastewater treatment mining paper enhanced oil recovery agriculture textile and cosmetics . the snf group comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in over 40 countries and operates 23 production sites in europe americas asia and australia . its headquarters is located in andr zieux france . snf has customers in over 130 countries and supplies products to a wide variety of industries . snf is one of the major chemical companies in france . 1 at the end of 2015 the company employed over 4 950 people for sales of 2.2 g . contents 1 business segments 1.1 drinking water production 1.2 wastewater treatment 1.3 oil 1.4 gas tight gas shale gas coalbed methane 1.5 mining 1.6 paper 1.7 agriculture 1.8 textile 1.9 cosmetics 1.10 functional solutions 2 production 3 faq 3.1 history 4 references 5 external links business segments edit snf s products operate in a variety of markets . the driving factors of snf s growth are the scarcity of natural resources water oil and minerals . drinking water production edit snf manufactures and supplies organic coagulants such as polydadmac and polyamines as well as polyacrylamide flocculants either directly to the end user or through service companies who will in turn provide the service required by the drinking water production plant . wastewater treatment edit wastewater treatment is snf s historical business . polyacrylamide flocculants are used in the primary settlers as well as in the sludge dewatering stage . oil edit polyacrylamides are used in enhanced oil recovery eor to improve the speed and amount of oil extracted from the reservoir . the techniques used to improve oil recovery can be straightforward polymer flooding pf surfactant polymer flooding sp or alkaline surfactant polymer flooding asp . the latter technique when applicable has been known to sweep the reservoir of 90 % of the oil in place . 2 gas tight gas shale gas coalbed methane edit with the success of hydraulic fracturing also referered to as slickwater fracturing as a means of economically recovering unconventional gas reserves use of polymeric friction reducers has become widespread . polyacrylamides are used for their drag reducing properties on water to decrease frictional pressure losses thereby maximizing bottom hole injection pressures allowing for a higher pressure from the same number of pump trucks . mining edit snf produces also in its flomin subsidiary a range of mining reagents based on xanthate and thiophosphate chemistry . paper edit widely used by the paper industry polyacrylamides sold by snf under the trademark floret are used as processing aids and applied on the wet end of a paper machine either alone or as a part of a multi component system . they enhance productivity retention and drainage . coagulants act as fixative for various chemicals such as dyes and sizing agents charge neutralization for pitch and cationic demand control . snf also manufactures synthetic dry strength resins which are acrylamide based glyoxalated flostrength or issued from hofmann rearrangement . these resins applied in the thick stock imparts higher strength properties to paper & board allows fiber substitution by lower quality grades or by fillers pcc gcc . productivity increases have been reported . agriculture edit polyacrylamide superabsorbents can absorb up to 400 times their weight in water they are used for many applications such as reforestation horticulture landscaping and ornamentals . these products sold under the aquasorb tradename increase the water holding capacity of soils for several years reduce irrigation time and water usage and decrease water and nutrients losses linked to leaching . soluble polyacrylamide polymers are used to flocculate the irrigated soil thus improving water penetration and soil aeration while diminuishing soil erosion . textile edit floprint textile thickeners are used in pigment reactive and dispersed printing . they are available as standard inverse emulsions dewatered inverse emulsions and powders . snf also manufactures textile auxiliaries used as antimigrants dispersants sizing and fixing agents . cosmetics edit snf manufactures three types of cosmetic ingredients conditioning agents rheology modifiers and carbomers under the trademarks flocare and flogel . the first known as polyquaternium 3 4 6 7 11 and 22 . is used for hair conditioning 5 and body shampoos . they have an affinity for keratin thus protect enhance and repair the hair fiber . rheology modifiers are based on inverse emulsion thickening agents 6 7 for skin care formulations and hair combing creams . carbomers based on precipitation technology are the most widely used thickening agents in the cosmetic industry . functional solutions edit snf also manufactures specialty polymers such as floset for the construction industry flosperse as dispersants flosoft and flogel in home care applications metalsorb as heavy metal chelating agents and odorflo as odour control agents . production edit snf has always heavily invested in production facilities across the globe as a result snf has a total of 23 state of the art production sites in europe north america asia and australia ; with 6 major plants in andr zieux france riceboro georgia us plaquemine louisiana us taixing china ulsan korea and vizag india . in 2015 snf s worldwide polymer production capacity is 840 kt y active equivalent . faq edit snf is not an acronym but just three letters that signify nothing . history edit floerger started manufacturing polyacrylamides in 1968 with 5 people in a refurbished horse stable in saint tienne france . in 1978 the activity is bought out by the management 8 ren pich technical manager and hubert issaurat sales manager and snf is created . in the following years a continuous expansion program has been followed with the construction of production lines on the saint tienne site at the rate of one per year . in 1987 snf purchased the industrial site chemtall in riceboro georgia us and started actively to pursue the north american market . in 1993 snf won the contract to build the largest polyacrylamide plant in the world 50 kt for the daqing oil fields company in northern china . in 1995 snf purchased polypure the us water treatment division of rh ne poulenc . the year 2000 saw the creation of 30 subsidiaries around the world to provide technical support . in 2007 snf won the design build and supply pdo contract petroleum development of oman for enhanced oil recovery . this was the first polymer flooding project outside china since 1986 . 2011 start of the construction of a large manufacturing site 9 dedicated to the eor industry in plaquemine louisiana us . references edit http www.verif.com hit parade 01 ca 03 par activite 20 industrie chimique http www.spe.org society of petroleum engineer article on alcaline surfactant polymer performance http www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com formulating ingredient moisturizer 117266383.html ingredient profile polyquaternium 6 http www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com formulating ingredient moisturizer 119283639.html ingredient profile polyquaternium 7 http www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com testing sensory 126533328.html evaluating hair conditioning with instrumental combing http www.happi.com articles 2010 11 recent patent applications for hair care polymers recent patent applications for hair care polymers http www.happi.com articles 2009 04 trends in polymers for skin care trends in polymers for skin care part i http www.chemweek.com articles 1997 06 18 cw1997 06 18 3052.html snf floerger s very simple game http www.highbeam.com doc 1g1 235242370.html snf flopam inc. officials break ground on major new 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