Jul 13 2006
Corus International is investing in a new facility to produce metal decking profiles at its Middle East base in Dubai. The move enables the business to continue with its growth plan by enhancing its packaging of steel products and services for construction projects in the region.
Corus will produce two steel decking profiles, CF46 and the deeper CF80, at its site in the Jebel Ali Free Zone. The profiles offer advantages to engineers in that they allow for long spans of up to 4.5m between beams, reducing the use of hot rolled sections in the structure. Both products are certified by the SCI (Steel Construction Institute) in the UK for composite action and fire resistance and will enable Corus to produce the first fire-rated steel composite decking in the middle-east – which up until now has had to be imported.
Corus International, with 69 sites around the world, currently operates in the Gulf States through its Dubai headquarters in the Jebel Ali Free Zone. It holds projects’ stock in Doha, Qatar and in Dammam in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and has a strong history in supplying steel packages with a high service content for construction such as multi-storey buildings, airports and shopping malls.
Bob Fletcher, General Manager, Commercial commented: “As the need for taller buildings here increases, so too will demand for steel structures. What this investment now means is that we are able to offer existing and new customers a locally manufactured flooring solution to complement their requirement for steel in the main structure of the building. This is the first time this product has been manufactured in the region.”
Manufacturing of the new product is set to begin in August 2006.
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