ABU DHABI: Dubai-based Gulf Extrusions Co. will double its output as a new plant comes on stream next year to cater to growing demand from the industrial and construction sectors, a company executive said.

The firm, part of the Al-Ghurair Group and one of the largest aluminum product makers in the Gulf, will lift annual output to 100,000 tons in the next three to four years, said general manager Modar Al-Mekdad.

“The growth is from regional and international demand and in markets where construction and industrial activity is rising,” he said.

“We export over 30 percent of our production to Europe, India, Africa, the Middle East and southeast Asia,” he said, adding that more than half of the UAE’s construction market was supplied by Gulf Extrusions.

The firm’s current output at its Dubai plant is 50,000 tons. A $225 million plant in Abu Dhabi, close to the Emirates Aluminum smelter, is to be operational by end-2015. The plant is a 50:50 joint venture with Abu Dhabi’s General Holding Co. (Senaat).

The Abu Dhabi plant will be funded by equity and project finance from banks. Senaat is helping to drive Abu Dhabi’s industrial growth as the capital of the UAE diversifies its economy away from oil.

By 2020, Gulf Extrusions plans to lift its annual output to at least 125,000 tons by opening a plant in Qatar.

“With substantial growth capacity added, we are aiming to be in the top 10 aluminum extrusion companies globally by 2020.”