Jubail Aluminium Factory believes firmly that the only way to face the future is through constant development and adaptation.

The company has been doing just that all through the 30 years it has been in existence. With the prevailing large-scale construction activity in Saudi Arabia, the company has projected itself as a successful supplier of aluminium doors and windows and quality architectural systems for public and private buildings.
Indeed, Jubail Aluminium has worked on several prestigious buildings including Sabic’s head office. In a situation of bright business prospects, the company has proved to be opportunistic and responsive to the needs of the day. An example of its adaptation to changed circumstances is the civil works division it created under the name of Jubailia Projects.  Most jobs it executes involve a measure of civil work and before the new division was created this part of the project used to be subcontracted. “Jubailia has helped us to fully fulfill our commitment to quality and delivery and to exercise full control over the project under execution,” said the company’s owner Khaleed Al-Fahad.
At the time the company was established, the shareholders were both Saudis and foreigners. But in 1980 Al-Fahad, who was one of the partners, bought out all the shares and assumed full control, thereby also making it a fully Saudi-owned company.
Al-Fahad says the main focus of his company is Sabic and over the years his company has carried out a number of projects for the petrochemical giant.
Jubail Aluminium is proud it was involved in the construction of the main Sabic headquarters in Riyadh. It fabricated the complete glass and stainless steel skylight. And at the Sabic subsidiary Hadeed, it successfully completed a four-year supply, installation and maintenance contract. The company is also providing maintenance for the electronically operated main gate and other doors for plants inside the Hadeed complex. It is executing a similar contract for another Sabic venture, Al Jubail Fertiliser Company, also known as Al Bayroni.
As well as Sabic, the company has been involved with projects for the Royal Commission of Jubail and Yanbu, several schools and the Riyadh offices of big contracting companies, says Al-Fahad. It installed bullet-proof counters and electronically controlled entrances for Bank Al Jazira’s new Nafle branch in Riyadh, the third branch of Al Jazira that it was involved with.
Jubail Aluminium’s endeavours have been restricted to the domestic scene. “We are mainly focusing on Sabic and we are busy in Jubail, where Sabic’s active centre is located. When we have one Sabic job followed by another, it keeps us too busy to think of exports,” says Al-Fahad.
About the Jubailia Projects division, Al-Fahad said: “It complements our activities in the aluminium products field. We have diversified and are ready to take up fully fledged civil contracts. Our clients are asking us to do this because they are pleased with our follow-up and our quality. We have some contracts in the pipeline, one of which is a training centre in Al Fanateer in Jubail and another is a desalination plant. We are also expecting to get additional business from Sabic affiliates.”
Al-Fahad sees Jubailia Projects graduating to become the core business of the company before long. “Sabic trusts our quality and our management. We need to legalise this in the form of a contracting company,” he says.