Mekar, a leading central air-conditioning company, has opened its own dedicated sales and service centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and will soon be opening similar offices in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

“The objective and efforts behind making further investments in the GCC Region is based on the perception that the long-term outlook for the construction industry in this region is positive and likely to remain so in the future,” said Francesco Boaro, president of the Aliseo Group, which owns Mekar.

Aliseo Group recently acquired the company’s distributor in the UAE, Royal Gulf, which was part of regional conglomerate Koohiji Group.

“The recent acquisition of Royal Gulf will enable Aliseo Group to spread its sales network across the GCC countries and bring an array of high quality HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) products and solutions from Italy,” Boaro added.

Arun Tuli, managing director of both Mekar and Royal Gulf, said: “Now customers can buy Mekar products directly from Mekar rather than dealing through distributors. This not only provides price competitiveness but also gives confidence to the customer about after sales services and warranties directly from the manufacturers.”

Tuli said that the company has expanded its product offerings with the introduction of a new range of Eurovent certified air handling units (AHUs), hygienic AHUs and green fan coil units.

Eurovent certified products virtually assure customers that performance of the air-conditioning equipment will achieve the designed conditions. Mekar’s assembling facility in the UAE is ISO 9001:2008 certified in addition to the recently gained Eurovent certification.

“Mekar’s prime R&D focus has been on developing energy efficient and environmental friendly air handling solutions,” Tuli added.

“Our wide range of advanced energy recovery systems coupled with highly efficient built in controls, optimizes the power consumption without compromising the comfort and indoor air quality standards.”

Royal Gulf will now be selling various HVAC products like chillers, ventilation fans, insulation materials, cooling towers and filters in all the GCC countries.

Mekar has provided high-end air-conditioning products for many of the region’s iconic properties including the seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel, the tallest tower of the world Burj Khalifa, the Yas Marina hotel in Abu Dhabi, Al Wakra hospital in Qatar and several other prestigious projects in the Middle East. – TradeArabia News Service