Saudi Arabia’s Tahweel Metal orders a six-high aluminium cold rolling mill from SMS group for its new integrated aluminium foil rolling complex in Dammam

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tahweel Metal Industry Company (TMIC) has signed a contract with SMS group for the engineering, manufacturing, and delivery of a six-high aluminium cold rolling mill for the production of high-quality aluminium strips. The plant will be the centrepiece of an integrated aluminium-foil complex to be built in Dammam Third Industrial City (Modon-III) on the Arabian Gulf. Parent company Tahweel Holding is a leading supplier of material solutions in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and TMIC is continuing its expansion into the flexible packaging sector with aluminium foil rolling. 

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Consequently, it is particularly important for TMIC to rely on SMS’s competence and decades of expertise in ensuring maximum flexibility and reliability while continuing to offer sustainable, future-proof solutions. The state-of-the-art six-roll stand is designed to roll strips up to 2,200 millimetres wide and eight millimetres thick, with final thickness down to 0.15 millimetres, most of which will be processed into foils for the food/pharma packaging sector and other industrial applications. The SMS cold rolling mill is built to deliver consistently high product quality. It combines high-precision thickness control, flexible rolling capacities, energy-efficient processes, advanced automation, and robust reliability for long-term production efficiency.

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The official announcement of the order took place in Riyadh with the participation of high-ranking government officials and company representatives. The investment aligns with the Saudi Vision 2030 objective of diversifying the economy, which prioritises industrial innovation, localisation of production, and sustainable use of resources. SMS is pleased and proud to be part of this project as a trusted technology partner.

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