SAUDI CERAMIC CO Saudi Arabia

Saudi Ceramic Company is one of the oldest and leading ceramic companies in the Middle East, which manufactures and markets porcelain & ceramic wall and floor tiles, vitreous china sanitary wares, ceramic road markers and electric water heaters. Incorporated in 1977 in Riyadh by a group of prominent businessmen with the backing of several Saudi financial institutions, SCC today has a production capacity of 23 million m2 porcelain & ceramic tiles, 1. 8 million pieces of sanitary ware, 800, 000 pieces of electric water heaters and 1. 2 million pieces of ceramic road markers per annum and had a sales turnover of US $133 million in 2006. The company, which embarked on an ambitious expansion project in 2005 to increase the total production capacity of its tiles to 32 million sq. M will be fully operational by 2008. The first phase of this project with a production capacity of 7 million sq. M became operational in 2006 with the production of porcelain tiles, which helped the company to become the first Saudi Arabian tile manufacturer to produce high quality porcelain tiles. The company is headquartered in Riyadh and has 5 area offices in Saudi Arabia that cover the entire Kingdom and one in Dubai, UAE as well. Scc has a total of 2 modern tile factories, one sanitary ware factory and one plant for electric water heaters and has a workforce of over 1, 700 people. The company owns and operates 26 exclusive showrooms in all the major cities of Saudi Arabia. SCC is an ISO accredited company. It also has accreditation from CE, SASO, GS and GOSSTANDART, GOSSTANDART (Ukraine) . SCC has a significant presence in the international market that includes the Middle East, Asia and Africa. It also has considerable presence in Russia and many other CIS and European countries. Today the company is exporting to more than 45 countries and plans are underway to further penetrate other markets in Europe and North America. Its export sales department handles all international sales and is well structured to respond entirely to the needs and demands of its customers and provides them many exclusive services. These include custom made products which meet their own national standards, guaranteed spare parts availability, special packaging, fast delivery to destinations any where in the world, competitive prices, display and other promotional materials etc.