On March 1, 2013, TECALUM Arabia started the manufacture and the sales of extruded Aluminum profiles. The factory has an area of 10500 m2 for production, located in the second industrial area in DAMMAM in Saudi Arabia.

The Aluminum extrusion technology which has the new factory, has been supplied and installed by TECALEX. All the machinery was produced at Tecalex Factory located in Sant Julià (Girona).

The objective is that TECALUM Arabia becomes one of the industry leaders, considering the size of ETE and its 40 years of experience in the industrial construction sectors, and the capacity and technology of TECALUM in the Aluminum extrusion industry.

ETE is a great Industrial Corporation founded by Mr. Ali A. Bu Khamsin owner and current Chairman of the group, having established a company dedicated to construction. ETE has diversified the business portfolio adding some divisions as transportation-related business, metal & steel, galvanized products and aluminium products, quarries, cement, real estate, and several operations of joint venture with Spanish companies. ETE has an annual turnover of 300 Million Euros and more than 4,000 workers.

MENA Business Investment Group, S.L. (www.mena-big.com) is a Spanish company with Head Quarter in Barcelona specialized in strategic consultancy and international business development between Spain and Middle East (Specially the Gulf States), with offices in Barcelona, Saudi Arabia and with infrastructures and network of contacts and specialized partners in Qatar, Dubai, Lebanon & Morocco.