Mammut Building Systems (MBS), one of the region’s largest manufacturers of pre-engineered steel buildings (PEBs) and polyurethane-injected sandwich panels, claims to have gained a 25 to 30 per cent share of the PEB market in Qatar and is confident of further growth in the market.

Similarly in Bahrain, MBS has captured a 10 to 15 per cent market share.
“We are very strong in both markets, because of our fully-fledged sales operation offering services right from estimations and proposal drawings to erection,” says Muhammad Al Khudhairi, regional general sales manager for Bahrain and Qatar.
“The Qatar market is still booming as is the rest of the region and there is plenty of work with ample opportunities in the PEB market,” he adds.
Among the largest projects MBS has just completed is Lulu hypermarket, a 20,000 sq m complex in Gharifa, and Woogoud Gas Filling Station in Doha’s new industrial area   plus a facility building with an office block at the new Doha International Airport.
MBS is also currently working on a large facility for Qatar Gas in Al Khour’s old industrial area  that involves the construction of  logistic warehouses totaling 25,000 sq m. The Doha sales operation of MBS was set up in 2003 with Khudairi hired to manage the company’s business growth in the Gulf state. Khudhairi has over 30 years of experience in the pre-engineered steel building industry.
Fabrication of steel buildings is undertaken in the UAE at MBS’ state-of-the-art factory at Sharjah’s Al Hamriyah free zone. This factory is in the midst of an expansion programme that aims to double its capacity from 6,000 tonnes per month to 12,000 tonnes per month, according to Bob Webster, managing director of MBS.
“MBS’ recent partnership with Emaar Industries & Investments (EII) has facilitated the expansion drive,” Webster adds.
The deal with EII will also aid the company’s expansion into countries such as India where it is setting up a factory with a capacity to manufacture 12,000 tonnes of pre-engineered steel per month.
“Our partnership with EII will further strengthen our competitive advantage,” he says, adding that this partnership will further increase MBS’ annual average growth of 100 per cent for the last seven years.
The company has unveiled plans, which include the introduction of the new long span purlin G-2 (second generation). Unlike conventional purlins that have a maximum span of about 8 m, the new G-2 purlin can go up to 12 m or more. This will give customers a more flexible building, fewer frames and foundations, a shorter time to erect and savings in terms of both time and space.
MBS, which started operations in Jebel Ali in 1997, moved to its 30,000 sq m factory in Sharjah in 2001, which currently has the capacity to deliver 6,000 tonnes of pre-engineered steel and over 180,000 sq m of polyurethane-injected sandwich panels per month.
MBS is part of the Mammut Group, a leading enterprise and the holding company of three entities.