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QIMC extrusion subsidiary to start production in Q1
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Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) has said its subsidiary Qatar Aluminium Extrusion will start commercial production of extruded profile by the end the first quarter and the four-fold capacity expansion in its Qatar Acids Company is expected by early next year.
“The plant of Qatar Aluminium Extrusion Company has been commissioned and it is expected to start commercial production of extruded profiles with a capacity of 8,000 tonnes per year during the first quarter of 2012,” QIMC chief executive Abdulrahman Abdullah al-Ansari said.
The subsidiary is currently taking the necessary steps to obtain the ISO 9000 and Qualicoat certifications. As for Qatar Acids Company, al-Ansari said the civil work for the new factory was almost completed and machines and equipment have been received in pursuit of the commissioning the plant by early 2013.
The QIMC subsidiary had embarked on a plan to increase the production capacity of Qatar Acids to 43,000 tonnes per year from the present 10,000 tonnes to meet the growing needs of the oil and petrochemical sectors in both Mesaieed and Ras Laffan industrial cities.
“In the context of strengthening the supply network for the main clients, a land plot in Ras Laffan Industrial City was acquired to arrange for the development of warehouse logistics,” he said.
Al-Ansari also said its KLJ Organic plant will commercially produce chlorinated paraffin wax, hydrochloric acid and caustic soda by the middle of 2014.
QIMC has signed a memorandum of understanding with an Australian company for setting up a new industrial project for the production of an important chemical that would be totally exported. However, the official did not name the project, its cost and capacity as well its foreign partner.
“The plant of Qatar Aluminium Extrusion Company has been commissioned and it is expected to start commercial production of extruded profiles with a capacity of 8,000 tonnes per year during the first quarter of 2012,” QIMC chief executive Abdulrahman Abdullah al-Ansari said.
The subsidiary is currently taking the necessary steps to obtain the ISO 9000 and Qualicoat certifications. As for Qatar Acids Company, al-Ansari said the civil work for the new factory was almost completed and machines and equipment have been received in pursuit of the commissioning the plant by early 2013.
The QIMC subsidiary had embarked on a plan to increase the production capacity of Qatar Acids to 43,000 tonnes per year from the present 10,000 tonnes to meet the growing needs of the oil and petrochemical sectors in both Mesaieed and Ras Laffan industrial cities.
“In the context of strengthening the supply network for the main clients, a land plot in Ras Laffan Industrial City was acquired to arrange for the development of warehouse logistics,” he said.
Al-Ansari also said its KLJ Organic plant will commercially produce chlorinated paraffin wax, hydrochloric acid and caustic soda by the middle of 2014.
QIMC has signed a memorandum of understanding with an Australian company for setting up a new industrial project for the production of an important chemical that would be totally exported. However, the official did not name the project, its cost and capacity as well its foreign partner.
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