01 April 2008
Dubai-based Al Nimr Steel, a major stockholder and supplier of structural steel products to the Middle East, Africa and Asia, is currently focusing on expanding in the region to meet the surging demand for quality steel for industrial and construction projects.
Towards this end, the company will be promoting its services at gulfBID next month.
The company maintains a complete range of structural long as well as flat steel products in various grades and sizes that are required by engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies, oil refineries, steel fabricators, marine repairs and shipbuilders, construction, piling, shoring and ground engineering companies and other steel stockists and traders.
“With offices and yards all over the UAE, we cater to the entire regional steel project needs and are fast expanding in the region to meet the multiplying demand for quality steel,” says Hassan El Amil, general manager of the company.
“Steel of exacting quality is procured from major global mills, to ensure our clients of the best product right from the source, and third-party quality assurance inspection and certification is undertaken, if so required,” he says. “Our average steel inventory of in excess of 60,000 tonnes and our annual turnover is more than 250,000 tonnes of flat and long steel in all grades.”
Al Nimr procures quality steel in bulk from globally-renowned mills in the UK, Luxembourg, South Africa, Spain, South Korea, Ukraine and Russia, which is held on stock at its one million sq ft storage yard and distributed on time to meet the project needs of industries and construction houses in the region.
Established in 1990, Al Nimr has automated and mechanised stockyards, overhead cranes, a fleet of trailers and trucks, well-networked offices and a sophisticated inventory control system to ensure the timely delivery of steel. Exacting quality control procedures to ensure its clients the best right from the source, including the use of third party quality assurance inspection and certification if so required.
Al Nimr’s product range includes: beams (UB, UC, W, HEA, HEB, IPE, IPN and Japanese wide flange); channels (UPN, PFC and C); angles; flat and round bars; gratings; hot-rolled and chequered plates; hot-rolled, cold-rolled and galvanised iron coils and sheets; hollow sections; ERW (electric resistance welded) pipes and tubes; steel in S275JR, A-36, S355K2G3, ASTM A516 GR 60/65/70, ST37.2 grades and to American, British, European and Japanese standards.
Al Nimr Steel Trading has a number of branches in the UAE with its head office and stockyard in the Jebel Ali Free Zone as well as offices and factories in Al Ghusais Industrial Area in Dubai; an office and stockyard in the Sharjah Industrial Area; and in Mussafah Industrial Area in Abu Dhabi. It is a major supplier of steel products in Middle East and Africa (MENA) region including Iran, Pakistan and India.
The company has a comprehensive sales and distribution network to cover its entire market.
Al Nimr will be present at Stand 1A30 at gulfBID.