Alruqee Group, the biggest exhibitor at Gulf Industry Fair 2009, serves as exclusive Saudi agent for a number of international manufacturers of industrial machinery and tools.

Commencing operations in 1949 as a general trader, it diversified its operations from time to time and focused on major industries to achieve an annual group turnover of $50 million by 2008.
“Alruqee has been flexible enough to adapt to market changes and is focused on major industries in Saudi Arabia,” a group spokesman said.

Pioneering supporter
It describes itself as a “pioneering supporter” of industrial developments in sectors including oil and gas, petrochemicals, power generation, water generation, steel, cement, metal-cutting, machining and forming, plant maintenance, mining and defence.
“Saudi Arabia, being the leader of the Arab world in investments and in establishing  real assets-based manufacturing, often called the brick and mortar industry in the western world, realised a great degree of diversification but then was faced with the immense challenge of developing national technical skills and expertise.
“Alruqee takes pride in being able to play a small role in responding to this big challenge.”

Technical support
The group was able to provide local technical support to equipment and production lines and took pride in contributing towards Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification, wealth distribution and human resources development, the spokesman said.
Its local technical support to Saudi industry constitutes a value-added service even as it is instrumental in supplying state-of-the-art industrial technologies, the spokesman said.

Investment in humen resources
“Alruqee has invested a lot in developing its human resources and infrastructure to be able to offer a first class service locally to each of its customers throughout the market,” he observed.
“It has dealt with some of the biggest end users and customers in the Arabian Gulf region and also with some of the biggest manufacturers in the world. 
“Wealth can buy most of the modern and state-of-the-art technologies but it takes only people to maintain the know-how and use it on the ground.”

Agents for in ternational forums
Companies within the group that serve as Saudi agents for international manufacturers of machine tools and industrial machinery include Alruqee Industrial Marketing Co Ltd, Alruqee Machine Tools Co Ltd and Alruqee Trading & Contracting Co Ltd (all in Al Khobar). The website for all three is www.alruqee.net.