ADPICO ,Middle Easts largest Tube Producer..still growing!

ADPICO NEWS

PRESS RELEASE/ Dubai Head office/ Mar/ 2006


U.A.E’s Largest Steel Producer now largest in Middle East Region


ABU DHABI METAL PIPES & PROFILES INDUSTRIES COMPLEX LCC (ADPICO) UAE, the one-year-old tube making plant in Abu Dhabi, belonging to steel entrepreneur Mohammad Rostami-Safa’, has just signed an order with SMS MEER GmbH, Monchengladbach/Germany, for a 24” HFI pipe welding line. The approximate $200 million order will catapult ADPICO into becoming the leading pipe producer in the Middle East region with a total capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per year, in addition to becoming the only company capable of producing 24 diameter pipes for the oil & Gas industry says Feisal Hammude, ADPICO’s Director Sales & Marketing International.

As part of the 30 year old Safa group of companies which owns four production units: Adpico based in Abu Dhabi UAE, Saveh Rolling and Safa Rolling and Alfa Steel , has established itself as the largest steel pipes and steel Tubes manufacturer in the Middle East & GCC region. By 2007, the Safa Group intends to get into production of the whole gamut of steel products including strips, plates, and other steel specialty products. The group is poised to become a world leader in the transformation of steel with a capacity of 5 million tonnes per year.
ADPICO has already begun embarking on a second phase of investment that will introduce galvanizing capability as well as the ability to produce in accordance with American Petroleum Institute (API) standards. The company has already received its ISO 9001:2000, and API SPEC Q1, ISO TS29001:2003 and is currently in the process of receiving its API 5L from the American Petroleum Institute (API).
With seven lines in operation, and two more in the process of being commissioned and galvanizing lines being laid, ADPICO has captured much of the UAE construction, scaffolding, and water market, and has already begun an aggressive push into the GCC, Europe and North American marketplace ‘says Hammude’.

Billed as the largest producer in the region, ADPICO is known to employ the latest technologies to enhance the quality of its products. “Our long association with our principals has made us a preferred choice for architects, consultants, construction companies, government, and private organizations and is today synonymous for quality and reliability in the building material sectors of the UAE and GCC region ‘says Hammude’. The exceptional quality of the company’s products is a testimony to its commitment of providing its customers with the finest steel available in the market. Its manufacturing processes adhere to the most stringent standards laid down by reputed organizations across the world.
Our focus from the outset has always been quality and productivity which would give the most optimal benefits to our customers. We are consistently adhering to the most stringent testing requirements to all our international clients in order to grow and develop our export market. The company’s relationship with all its clients including its support from the Abu Dhabi government is a partnership. The strong symbiotic relationships with customers express ADPICO’s vitality to grow substantially in the years ahead. These alliances have been built on trust…trust generated through understanding and cooperation ‘says Hammude’.