
The Manama-based leading aluminium producer, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. (GARMCO), has collaborated with the SMS group GmbH, with a goal to successfully upgrade and deliver motors and drives in the one-stand reversing hot rolling mill. Although initially designed by a third-party supplier,...
Mohamed Rafea, the Chief Executive Officer at GARMCO since April 2020, brings over 27 years of aluminium industry experience, previously leading Riyadh Cables and Midal Cables. He holds an MSc from Coventry University and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M. In an exclusive for Al...
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Mohamed Rafea joined GARMCO in April 2020 and has over 27 years of experience in the aluminium industry. Prior to joining GARMCO, Mohamed served as Chief Executive Officer at Riyadh Cable Group of Companies, Riyadh—Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He also worked with Midal Cables Group, headquartered in...

Baker McKenzie, a top-tier global law firm, has provided legal guidance to Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), a major downstream aluminium firm in the Middle East headquartered in Bahrain, regarding its debt restructuring to creditors, following the reorganisation plan approved by the courts of...

Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), a counterpart of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, has invested US$24.5 million to expand its development project for a technologically advanced production line for aluminium coils. GARMCO kept the project’s course aligned with the decisions taken by its...

In accordance with the restructuring plan signed in November 2021 following the company's reorganisation in February 2019, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill "GARMCO", a portfolio company of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, announced its first repayment to creditors of USD 23 million. GARMCO reported...

According to our report from the MENA region, over $2 billion in industrial agreements were signed in Amman, the capital and the largest city of Jordan, at the third Higher Committee meeting of the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development, a regional initiative involving the UAE,...

According to our report from the Gulf region, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, has issued an order to restructure the board of sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat Holding with Finance Minister Salman bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa as its chairman. Mumtalakat reported...
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