Gulf
Extrusions exports grew by over 10 per cent in 2003
Posted: 31 May 2004
Germany and UK are emerging markets for Gulf Extrusions’
aluminium profiles
Gulf Extrusions, the UAE-based pioneer and market leader in aluminium
extrusion for the GCC region, has announced that its combined exports
have grown by over 10 per cent in 2003. Amongst the non-GCC countries,
Germany and the United Kingdom have emerged as major importers for
Gulf Extrusions’ profiles.
“Several factors have assisted our success in capturing the
European markets,” said Robert Holtkamp, Director of Sales
and Marketing, Gulf Extrusions, who has more than 10 years of experience
working with European aluminium extrusion companies. “We,
at Gulf Extrusions, went through an intensive process for quantifying
demand in various European markets as well as identifying aluminium
extrusion profiles suitable to each market. Our confidence in the
quality of profiles was validated by the ease with which we were
able to meet and even surpass the stringent quality standards governing
imports into Europe.”
The combined demand for imports from European markets is over 200,000
tons.
The exports to the European market currently constitute approximately
30 per cent of Gulf Extrusions’ total exports.
The demand has originated mainly from traders supplying to the
various segments of the European markets, most specially the construction
industry.
“While the demand in Europe for aluminium extrusions profiles
is continuously increasing, various factors have made it very expensive
for the products to be sourced from within the European Union. The
strengthening Euro was already contributing to high costs of European
made profiles; the situation was worsened by the levy of new duties
on raw materials. This has further increased the cost of European
produce,” explained Holtkamp. “Numerous buyers turned
to Dubai, which is already visible in the international press for
its vibrant construction sector, to identify new sources of aluminium
profiles. The world class quality of our profiles ensured our success.”
In response to this demand, Gulf Extrusions has announced a series
of strategies to further enhance its production capacities.
These include streamlining production processes to increase actual
produce; upgrades in production technology and investment in new
extrusion presses to supplement the four existing ones.
Gulf Extrusions is also investing in a various Research and Development
procedures that will develop newer profiles with improved strengths
to ensure leading edge profiles to the construction as well as other
segments of the global markets.
About Gulf Extrusions
Gulf Extrusions is the largest extrusion plants in the Gulf with
a 25 year history of top quality production.
Located at Jebel Ali, it is minutes away from one of the busiest
sea ports in the Gulf. The plant is designed to produce aluminium
sections in mill finish, silver, bronze, gold and colour anodized,
and powder coated finishes. The modern processing equipment and
techniques permit the company to produce a range of over 7,000 profiles.
These vary from architectural sections to components for household
items, AC grills and customized products. Nearly 60% of the output
generated by Gulf Extrusions is used in the local market to support
the building and construction projects.
Gulf Extrusions also exports to various markets in GCC and Middle
East countries, as well as markets in Europe, West Africa, Asia
and Canada.
For more information see http://www.gulfex.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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