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Twintec registers record growth in Oman

DUBAI, October 10, 2016

Twintec, one of the world’s leading producers of ‘jointless’ steel-fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) industrial floors, has reported a record year of trading in Oman.

The Belgium-headquartered company, with a global turnover of  €200 million ($223 million), has been producing more than 6 million sq m of industrial flooring slabs worldwide each year.

The firm, which first started trading in Oman five years ago, has secured orders to design and construct 195,900 sq m of large-panel SFRC floor slabs to date in the sultanate this year.

It represents a 41 per cent increase on sales figures in 2015 which saw Twintec designing and constructing 138,874 sq m of the same product.

Between 2011 and 2014 the company supplied 59,900 sq m of concrete flooring to Oman.

Twintec technical and commercial director Tom Menary, who leads the firm’s operations in Oman, said the sultanate is a key target market within the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region after successfully delivering 16 projects in the last five years.

This includes installing the first ‘jointless’ SFRC slab in Oman at Al Madina Warehouse, Barka ,one of the country’s most famous developments, with more recent work secured with Muscat Airport and Nissan warehouse in Sohar, stated Menary.

In total, Twintec has now designed and constructed 800,000 sq m of large panel ‘jointless’ SFRC industrial flooring to the Middle East region, excluding Saudi Arabia.

“Twintec is experiencing strong growth in Oman and the broader Middle East because our offering is entirely unique to the market,” remarked Menary.

“Due to our unique offering we are building a strong track record in the sultanate. The scale of our projects has varied greatly from the biggest single floor slab of 58,791 sq m, and biggest overall project involving 110,000 sq m to the smallest which covered 2,500 sq mof floor space.

"Our work has largely been carried out in Muscat and Sohar. However, we have just secured our first contract in Duqm which as an area presents huge opportunity in particular within the burgeoning port, logistics and warehousing hub. We see strong potential for growth in Sohar’s fast expanding economic freezone while we are also actively quoting for projects in Salalah.”

“Our target markets are broad including warehouses, manufacturing sites, exhibition halls, cold stores, distribution centres for the likes of supermarkets, as well as structural raft foundations,” said Menary. 

"We take total responsibility. This includes world-class design, research and technology built up over many years, along with highly skilled engineers and workers carrying out design and construction, backed up by rigorous quality control and insurance policies. This comprehensive service package goes way beyond regular industry standards. Put simply, no one else does what we do," he added.

Dubai-based Twintec Middle East business development director Ruth Waugh said the company is looking to work with more end users and consulting engineers.

She said Twintec’s vision is to provide a ‘total offer’ concept worldwide with a personal service.

“There are three keys to Twintec’s offering,” said Waugh.

"The first is performance which covers everything from design, technology, production, installation and people. The second is aesthetics, delivering visually impactful finishes, and the third is ecology providing environmentally sustainable solutions," she added.-TradeArabia News Service




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