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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The downstream sector of the aluminium industry has been under the spotlight for a limited but strong number of reasons. To start with, according to a new study, the increased usage of electric vehicles (EVs) in global transportation is good for aluminium producers like Hindalco but negative for...
The first and one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East for rolling, cutting and fabricating aluminium, the Bahrain-based Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C (“GARMCO”) notified that it has reached a final agreement with the group of Creditors to ensure continuity of the...
In 1971, the Gulf region's first Aluminum ingot was manufactured at Aluminum Bahrain, hallmarked the inception of industrial diversification that was both courageous and enterprising. Presently, the Gulf region is the hub of some of the largest, ultra-modern, and environmentally friendly aluminium...
Middle-East’s largest downstream facilities, a Bahrain based international aluminium rolling mill, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill, GARMCO, has commenced on a transformative role in shaping the climate agenda through the GARMCO Green Initiative that sets the stage in steering the company’s vision for a...
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have emerged as a major hub for primary aluminium production. The aluminium industry, which began only four decades ago with Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), is now one of the key economic drivers for the Gulf region, the fastest growing aluminium producer and...
Bahrain-based Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill Company (GARMCO) has announced that its subsidiary GARMCO (USA) was granted with tariff exemptions, of its major products imports from Bahrain. GARMCO USA produces wide range of premium aluminium flat rolled products at its manufacturing plant located in the...
The American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain (AmCham Bahrain) members were hosted for a tour of the Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill Company (GARMCO) plant in northern Sitra. Mr. Mohamed Essa Ebrahim, GARMCO Acting Chief Executive Officer, provided an overview of GARMCO, its growth, future plans, and how...
<p>Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill’s (GARMCO) Remelt expansion project produced the first aluminium on Thursday 3 August 2017. The $55 million recycling and cast house plant would increase its production capacity by 150% to 200,000 tonnes of aluminium slabs per annum.</p> <p>GARMCO is the first...
<p>Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (Garmco), the Bahrain-based international aluminium rolling mill, has appointed Mohammed Essa, the current general manager of operations, as its interim chief executive officer.</p> <p>Essa has over 30 years of work experience in the company. He joined Garmco in 1985...
<p>Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East for rolling, cutting and fabricating aluminium, plans to set up a new recycling and cast house facility worth $ 55 million.</p> <p>Mahmood Alkooheji, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company...
Groundbreaking for Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mills Company's (Garmco) $55 million aluminium remelt plant was held on Thursday near the company’s main production facilities in Bahrain. The project, which is part of a three-year programme aiming to increase profitability and explore opportunities for...
Bahrain-based Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company (Garmco) recently held its second Annual Subsidiaries Meeting which took place at the group’s headquarters in the kingdom. Garmco is an international aluminium rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East....
Bahrain-based Garmco, an international aluminium rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East, has completed a major restructuring of its international operations. This is in line with the company's three-year strategy, which involves closing unprofitable...
GARMCO, the Bahrain-based international aluminum rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminum facilities in the Middle East, has awarded today a contract worth $47 million to Fives, an industrial engineering group and supplier of machines, process equipment and production lines for the...
Bahrain-based Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company (Garmco) said its locally-manufactured products have received the CE (European Conformity) mark thus paving for their exports to European Union. The CE (Conformité Européene- which literally means European Conformity) is a mandatory conformity...
GARMCO, the Bahrain-based international aluminum rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminum facilities in the Middle East, today announced the signing of a letter of intent with Fives, an industrial engineering group and supplier of machines, process equipment and production lines for...
Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company (Garmco) yesterday announced the launch of a safety awareness campaign 2015 "You can make this, the safest place". The campaign will be held under a 'Superheroes' theme, and will include a series of safety awareness activities conducted by external senior...
Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company (GARMCO), the Bahrain-based international aluminium rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East, today announced that the Board of Directors has recently approved the appointment of a new CEO, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Lucas,...
