Alumco LLC, a specialised aluminium façade contractor and major glass manufacturer, has announced the start of its new Dh55 million ($14.9 million) glass processing factory located at Dubai Investments Park and built on a total area of 10,000 sq m.

With this opening Alumco now has a daily total production capacity of 2,000 sq m  of insulated glass per day and 1,000 sq m of frameless glass.
Samer Barakat, managing director, Alumco, said: “The opening of this factory will further consolidate the company’s status as a leading provider of premium quality products and world-class services. We are sure that the new glass factory will give a significant momentum to our operations and expand our business scope.”
Haitham Al-Khatib, executive manager, Alumco, said: “The factory will be operating with state-of-the-art glass processing machinery, which includes a Lisec cutting line, glass edging line, a Tamglass tempering and insulating line,  a lamination line and an automatic silk screen machine. We are currently undergoing studies to further expand our production capacity.”
The Lisec cutting line, which can produce 4,000 sq m daily, is mainly a robotic cutting line that can handle Jumbo size stock sheets of 6,000 x 3,300 mm.
The Tamglass tempering line (Pro E), which has a total daily capacity of 2,000 sq m, can heat treat the sputter-coated low E glass and all types of special coatings with convection and radiation methods.  It can heat treat a glass panel up to 6,000 x 2,800 mm.
The Lisec double glazing unit is a fully automatic line that can produce insulating glass units of 3,500 x 2,700 mm or larger, and has a daily production capacity of 2,000 sq m.  This line is a fully automatic line equipped with a robotic sealant and an edge deletion machine for the sputter coated low E glass. The factory is also fitted with state-of-the-art polishing machines.
“With billions of dollars worth of real estate projects currently coming up in the UAE and the region, we see tremendous potential for expanding our business. The UAE last year witnessed more than $300 billion worth of active real estate projects, mostly in Dubai and Abu Dhabi and other emirates. As we have already become an established player, we see spontaneous growth in the following years,” said Barakat.
Among other factors that indicate favourable growth trends for the property sector is mortgage financing, which in the UAE shows at least a 50 per cent year-on-year growth. This is a key growth factor to the real estate market which in turn will increase demand of our products, explained Barakat.