346:. In 1960, as the business was successful and growing, Ahmad Al Ghurair founded the Al Ghurair Group to oversee the family's business interests. Ahmad Al Ghurair later turned the management of the family's business interests to his five sons: Saif, Abdulla, Majid, Marwan, and Jomaa. Saif became the chairman of the Al Ghurair Group, a position he held until the 1990s. The Al Ghurair Group built the United Arab Emirates' first cement factory, flour mill, and sugar refinery.
406:, in 1998. The Al Ghurair Group established Arabian Can Industry a year later in 1999. Arabian Can Industry originally made three-piece food cans and later expanded to manufacture a variety of cans for foods and both edible and industrial oils; neck-in-cans and cans with plastic handles; and can components such as lids.
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Industries (Ti); ADEKA Al Ghurair Additives; Al Ghurair Petrochemicals; Gulf Extrusions; Taweelah Aluminium Extrusion Company (TALEX); Royal Engineering Fabrication Company (Refco); Al Ghurair Iron & Steel; Arabian Packaging; Arabian Flexible Packaging; Arabian Can Industries; Reef Mall;
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acquired a 20 percent interest in Al
Ghurair Iron & Steel. The investment was used to expand Al Ghurair Iron & Steel's operations in the Middle East. Al Ghurair Petrochemicals also entered into a joint venture with Japanese plastic additive manufacturer Adeka Corporation in 2011. The joint
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388:(also known as Abdulla Al Ghurair Group), was spun off from the Al Ghurair Group. Al Ghurair Investment, chaired by Abdulla Al Ghurair, focused on the family's finance, food, and construction businesses. The restructuring of the Al Ghurair Group was completed by 1994.
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