Each square below represents a year. Please click on any square to view
the milestones in this year or simply view the milestones by for each
decade.
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| 1980 |
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
- Arabian
Packaging incorporated, the only company in the region with an in-house
cylinder manufacturing facility using the latest electromechanical
engraving technology.
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| 1983 |
- Al Ghurair
family opens Al Ghurair Center, the first shopping center in Dubai.
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| 1984 |
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| 1985 |
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| 1986 |
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| 1987 |
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| 1988 |
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| 1989 |
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| 1990 |
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1991
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- Burjuman
Mall opens for public.
- Arabian
Packaging moves to 10,000 sqm factory and installs the largest line of
corrugators in UAE.
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| 1992 |
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| 1993 |
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| 1994 |
- Al Ghurair
Private Company established.
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| 1995 |
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1996
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- Arabian
Packaging is the first packaging company in the GCC to achieve ISO 9002
Certification.
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| 1997 |
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1998
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- Dubai Poly
Film set-up the first BOPP plant with a 8,000 tpa capacity to be the
largest producer of BOPP in the GCC and the Middle East.
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1999
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- Arabian
Can Industry inaugurated and starts production.
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2000
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- Dubai Poly
Film awarded ISO 9002 Certification.
- Arabian
Packaging installs Martin Mini FFg 618 casemaker.
- Mr. Ahmad
Saif Al Ghurair receives the Silver Box award from Martin.
- Gulf
Extrusion expands its capacity and adds a third extrusion line.
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| 2001 |
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2002
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- Burjuman
invests AED 1.4 billion in expansion to have entire project area 4.4
million square feet.
- Gulf
Extrusions receives ISO 9002 Certification.
- Al Ghurair
Group invests AED 200 million in a new shopping mall targeting middle
income families.
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2003
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Saif Al Ghurair donates 2 million DH in the fund raising campaign
launched by Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum foundation for
humanitarian and charity works to support the Iraqi people.
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Burjuman expansion reaches the final construction phase with 66% of the
project completed and 100% of retail space leased out.
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Al Ghurair Group is the first major organization to migrate to Red Hat
Linux.
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Al Ghurair Group implements eAM in Gulf Extrusions and becomes the only
organization in the region to have representation in Oracle eAM
customer Advisory Board from Europe, Middle East and Africa Region.
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Al Ghurair Group receives the Best Linux Site Award in Middle East Asia.
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2004
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- Saif Al
Ghurair inaugurates the �Private Label Middle East Exhibition
2004
- Henkel
gives exclusive rights of the technology to produce colored aluminum in
all GCC except Saudi to Gulf Extrusions.
- Gulf
Extrusion adopts new Swiss technology to innovate its products of heat
isolated aluminum profiles.
- Al Ghurair
Group team participates in indoor charity football foundation (charity
falcons crown) organized by Dubai Autism center and Group Nine (silver
medal for Al Ghurair).
- Reel mall
2004 opens.
- Gulf
Extrusion announces expansion plans to target the construction sector
in Qatar with custom built aluminum profiles.
- Burjuman
Mall expansion opens.
- Gulf
extrusions announced a projected 15% growth for the year 2004.
- Majid Saif
Al Ghurair receives Young Business Leader Personality (YBL) for the
year 2004 (award received in his capacity as the chairman of
Shua�a capital PSC, from General Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashed Al
Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defense.
- Dubai
Polyfilm awarded ISO 9002 Re-certification.
- Arabian
Packaging � Flexible receives SCIPA Award.
- Al Ghurair
Group upgrades to Oracle Database 10g.
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2005
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- Entire
expansion for Burjuman to be completed.
- Burjuman
receives �Best Mall D�cor Award� for DSF
2005.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 May 2007 )
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