Chairman's Message

We had this project in our list since the establishment of QIMC in 1990. The market was small at that time so we decided to postpone the project. As the economy of Qatar grew and QATALUM was formed, an aluminium extrusion plant becomes essential. We recalled the idea again in 2008. At that time, we invited the expected end users of aluminium who are also our partners and we started a feasibility study and we decided to go ahead with the project. This is how the first aluminium extrusion plant in Qatar was born. As GCC countries are becoming a hub for Aluminium production with many international smelters heading to the region. This entitles us to think about the downstream of Aluminium manufacturing, which includes extrusion, powder coating and Aluminium casting among others.

QALEX production capacity started at 8,000 to 10,000 tons per year and after the completion of our expansion and the acquisition of Abdulnoor factory in 2020 we doubled that capacity to more than 30,000 tons per year. Over the years, QALEX has developed a lot including but not limited to adding more machinery, facilities and products. Through these acquisition and expansion, QALEX has been able to cater the local and international market requirements in all aluminium extruded profiles, which were mainly used in many projects of Qatar such as the FIFA World Cup 2022 and to achieve Qatar’s National Vision 2030.