Alghanim Industries breaks ground on major steel expansion in India

Alghanim Industries breaks ground on major steel expansion in India

KUWAIT: Alghanim Industries, one of the largest privately-owned companies in the region, recently broke ground with a new pre-engineered steel buildings (PEB) manufacturing facility located in Gujarat, India’s fifth largest state. The facility will increase the manufacturing capacity of Kirby Building Systems in India from 200,000 metric tons (MT) to 300,000 MT per year. The new plant is expected to be fully operational by late 2022, invigorating India’s economy and creating hundreds of jobs. It will be Kirby’s third plant in India, joining a global network of five PEB facilities that serve more than 70 countries.

A subsidiary of Alghanim Industries, Kirby Building Systems is credited with the introduction of PEBs in India in the late 1999s, playing a crucial role in the growth of the country’s infrastructure on all levels. In addition to building multiple metro stations that connect several provinces, serving thousands of commuters every day, it constructed the Renault Nissan factory in Chennai, the world’s single largest PEB building. The award-winning colossal 300,000m2 facility, built in 2011, has the production capacity of almost 400,000 vehicles per year. Kirby’s portfolio in steel structures also includes factory halls, warehouses, and fulfillment centers dedicated to serve a growing e-commerce market, with