In 1971, the Gulf region's first Aluminum ingot was manufactured at Aluminum Bahrain, hallmarked the inception of industrial diversification that was both courageous and enterprising.
Presently, the Gulf region is the hub of some of the largest, ultra-modern, and environmentally friendly aluminium production facilities. However, these primary aluminium producers have built avenues to many downstream industries and a variety of sophisticated ancillary businesses, who accordingly contribute to the region's economic prosperity and strength.
The top three aluminium rolling companies in the Gulf region are:
MA’ADEN ROLLING – SAUDI ARABIA
Ma’aden Rolling Company (MRC) is 100% owned by Ma’aden with a production capacity of 460,000 tonnes annually. At present, it produces Can Sheets, End and Tab Stock for beverage can manufacturing and Auto Sheet for the automotive industry. The rolled aluminium plant uses state- of- the art rolling technology to manufacture the highest quality flat-rolled products to serve its mushrooming customer base across the world. MRC is the best in class in the rolling mill technology sphere anywhere on the globe.
MRC is also furnished with a can recycling unit that can recycle 120,000 tonnes per year of primarily used beverage cans. MRC is a leading example to follow in cultivating the beginning of the new technologically-based recycling industry in Saudi Arabia.
Ma’aden has been gaining a strong reputation in regional and global markets as a supplier of high-quality Flat-Rolled Products (FRP) and Solutions and is consistently expanding MRC's global market footprint. Proximity to local markets ensures tailored service and quick response times, while Ma'aden favourable logistics also enables high-quality service for national and international customers.
GARMCO (GULF ALUMINIUM ROLLING MILL CO.) – BAHRAIN
In 1981, four decades ago GARMCO was established in Bahrain as the first fully dedicated downstream facility in the Middle East for rolling, cutting and fabricating aluminium by a consortium of six governments representing Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Iraq.
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Currently, with an annual production capacity of over 165,000 tonnes, it ranks as one of the largest manufacturers of high-quality flat-rolled aluminium products in the region.
GARMCO with its headquarters in Bahrain has grown to be a truly global organisation with a network of offices located in Australia, Europe, Singapore Thailand, USA and Vietnam. The aluminium company employs over 600 people worldwide and has an annual turnover exceeding $ 450 million.
The rolled aluminium company’s products are produced by using the Direct Chill Casting method since it assures better service quality when it comes to the manufacturing of high-quality alloys, sheets and coils available in various gauges, sizes and tempers. GARMCO has set relentless pursuit of the highest international standards in the production process, and as a result, the company has won various global awards and accreditations.
GARMCO pursues to make huge progress as a champion for eco-friendly causes, and the GARMCO Green Initiative delivers a substantial expression of this commitment. These efforts received recognition when the company received the ISO 14021:2016 certification for Environmental labels and declarations- Self-declared environmental claims (Type II).
OARC (OMAN ALUMINIUM ROLLING COMPANY) – OMAN
In 2011, Oman Aluminium Rolling Company LLC (OARC) was instituted as a greenfield aluminium rolling mill plant at the Sohar Industrial Estate to produce flat-rolled aluminium products. The plant is one of the largest added value projects in the aluminium processing industry in the Sohar Industrial Area, with a total cost of $385 million.
The annual capacity of the plant is 140,000 tonnes of multi-purpose aluminium sheets that are sold in the domestic markets and exported to the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Australia, North and South America. The rolling facility is located next to the Aluminium Smelter at Sohar, where smelted aluminium is transferred directly to the rolling processing and adjusted to various alloys, depending on the market needs. The company signed a long term contract with Sohar Aluminium Company to get smelted aluminium directly, as a basic reason for the project.
OARC plant is producing Aluminium coils from 75 microns to 8 mm thickness and up to 1933 mm wide. The coils are utilized in several industries such as manufacturing food containers, ceilings, building and construction materials, heat exchangers, etc.
In 2014, OARC added new aluminium Coil Coating Unit with a capacity of 25,000 tonnes per annum built as an expansion to the existing OARC rolling mill in the Sohar Industrial Estate (SIE) in Oman. The facility is capable of coating aluminium for a variety of customers including construction, transportation, and the industrial and consumer durable goods sectors. The Coil Coating Line is the first of its kind in Oman and the cost raised to $83 million for the project.
CONCLUSION:
Rolled aluminium can be proffered in multiple forms including sheets, plates and foils, and is also used in various industries adding to the flexibility and its position as a critical material for modern applications. The modern-day technological advancement in aerospace, automotive, marine, construction and leisure industries has created the demand for materials having high strength to weight ratio, high specific modulus, good corrosion resistance and good thermal conductivity to be on the increase.
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