Zamil Steel has been awarded a contract valued at SR34 million ($9.2 million) to supply fabricated structural steel products and process equipment for Kuwait Oil Company’s OL2K Ethylene Project (Olefins 2 Kuwait).

Zamil Steel’s Structural Steel Business Unit will manufacture and supply pipe racks and large pressure vessels as a subcontractor to Technip of Italy, the main contractor for the project. 
Production of the ordered material has begun and delivery of structural steel and process equipment is expected to be completed between the end of the year and the first quarter of 2007,” said Ayman Kanaan, general manager, of the unit.
“Our cooperation with Technip in this project, following numerous major undertakings over the years with this leader, is indicative of our commitment, workmanship and reliability,” he said.
“Zamil Steel prides itself on the fact that its process equipment manufacturing facilities are one of only a few such facilities in the region which are approved by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for fabricating highly complex process equipment and its certifications and code stamps have also been recently renewed,” he added.
Zamil Steel is a sector business of Zamil Industrial Investment Company (ZIIC). ZIIC has made considerable investments in Zamil Steel’s manufacturing facilities and in the continual development of its products and the upgrading of its proprietary engineering systems and capabilities.
Zamil Steel is expanding to meet increased global demand for innovative building solutions. The company has started construction of a brand new facility in the Gulf, while work is well underway on another plant in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to consolidate its leading position in Southeast Asia”, added Adnan Al Mansour, executive vice president, Zamil Steel.
In another development, Zamil Steel Industries was awarded the Middle East Customer Care Excellence Award for innovation and best practices in customer care in manufacturing.  Dr Abdulrahman Abdulla Al Zamil, chairman of ZIIC, received the award on behalf of Zamil Steel at a ceremony held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, recently.
The mission of the Middle East Excellence Awards Institute is to highlight, acknowledge, and celebrate outstanding achievements by regional government and business organisations in customer care, service and satisfaction. The award presented to Zamil Steel is based on its efforts and results in consistently exceeding customer expectations, setting new standards for customer care and service, improving its service record through innovative practices and in raising its customers experiences in their interactions with the organisation. 
“Organisations today must gain, maintain and grow the trust and respect of their customers and we achieve this through various strategic investments and other comprehensive measures to ensure we deliver upon our customer promise,” said Dr Al Zamil. 
Founded in 1977, Zamil Steel is a global leader in the manufacture of pre-engineered steel buildings and the Middle East’s premier supplier of structural steel products and process equipment and transmission and telecommunications towers. Zamil steel operates a joint venture between ZIIC and Steel Plus, a subsidiary of Canam Manac Group, Canada, to design and fabricate open web steel joists and floor decks.
Zamil Steel manufactures a total 250,000 tonnes of fabricated steel per year of low-rise and high-rise steel buildings and structures for diverse applications and the support of infrastructure and development projects. Its products are sold in more than 80 countries.
Its main factories are based in Dammam. Additional factories are located in Egypt and Vietnam. More than 500 engineers are employed in its engineering departments in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Vietnam and India.