Overview

Founded in 2005 under the directive of the Father Emir, Al Meera Consumer Goods Company (Q.P.S.C.) is a shareholding company governed by the Qatari Commercial Law & articles of Incorporations, It is governed by the Qatari Commercial Law and Memorandum of Association under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. A Meera is 26% owned by the Qatar Holding Company, and 74% owned by shareholders. The company has been listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange since October 28th, 2009.

Al Meera is has 54 branches across Qatar, making the company a Mass Grocery Retailer (MGR) and the biggest retail chain in the country. The Company operates in three business segments: the Retail segment comprises the buying and selling of consumer goods; the Investment segment includes equity and funds held as available-for-sale investments, and fixed deposits, and the Leasing segment includes mainly of renting shops in various malls owned by the Company.

Subsidiaries:

• Aramex Logistics Services L.L.C.
• Al Oumara Bakery Company
• Al Meera Development Company L.L.C.
• Al Meera Holding Company L.L.C
• Qatar Market Company
• MAAR Trading & Services Co W.L.L

Overview

Established in 2004, Nakilat is a shipping and maritime company based in the State of Qatar. With the world’s largest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shipping fleet comprising of 69 LNG carriers, the company provides the essential transportation link in Qatar’s LNG supply chain.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Nakilat Shipping Qatar Limited (NSQL), the company manages and operates one floating storage regasification unit (FSRU), four very large LPG carriers (VLGCs) and 23 LNG carriers.In addition to its core shipping activities, Nakilat operates the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard in Ras Laffan Industrial City, providing comprehensive ship repair and offshore fabrication services via strategic joint ventures: Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) and Qatar Fabrication Company (QFAB).

It also provides shipping agency services through Nakilat Agency Company (NAC) at all Qatari Ports and terminals, as well as towage and other marine support services through its joint venture Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW). The company’s Vessel Support Unit (VSU) offers chandlery, storage, logistics services for vessels operating in Qatari waters.

Subsidiaries:

• Nakilat-keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd. (N-COM)
• Nakilat Agency Company Limited (NAC)
• Global Shipping Company Limited
• Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW)

Overview

Founded in 1964, Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) is the oldest and the largest national insurance company. Their aim has been to meet the burgeoning needs of Qatar’s development. QIC has crafted solutions to transfer risks related to the growing insurance sector for energy, marine, aviation, and property and commercial. Casting a spotlight on personal insurance, they tailored solutions for the well-being and safety of Qatar and its people.

The vision of the QIC is to maintain their drive for growth and excellence through innovation, diversification, and responsible leadership. By means of existing and new strategic alliances and partnerships, they aim to create the optimum framework for continuous profitable development.

In order to accomplish their vision, QIC follows a certain set of values. The main focus of their values is the welfare of their employees. They state that their organization is built on teamwork, respect, and mutual trust. They also state that their employees are empowered in the workplace and also that the workplace is a safe place for them. Qatar Insurance Company’s values are tied to their customers. First, QIC values its customers as partners. The company also values honest criticism and constructive feedback.

Along with envisioning growth for their company, QIC is committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and growth in the community. They are currently involved in major projects in the Road Safety, Education, Sports, and Healthcare sectors.

Subsidiaries:

• Massoun 
• QLM Life & Medical Insurance Company
• Oman Qatar Insurance Company
• Kuwait Qatar Insurance Company

Overview

The key function of Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) is to work as the link between Qatar’s strategic plans and the activities of Qatari businessmen. QBA has been involved in various initiatives to facilitate dialogue to help promote the development of the Qatari business environment. QBA seeks to strengthen business growth via leadership, prosperity, information, communication, as well as governmental and community engagement. 

Further, QBA aims to play a leading role in the development of private sector activities at the local and international levels. The organization has adopted a number of objectives in order to achieve this goal including:

• Creating a mechanism that gathers Qatari businessmen and economists so as to enhance interaction, coherence, and to contribute to the fostering and maintenance of a business and investment environment that encourages pioneering work and to prepare the private sector for the significant role it will play in the development of the Qatari economy.
• Embracing a leading role in the follow up of the strategic plans of Qatar, contributing to the establishment of these plans, providing practical solutions as well as bringing up appropriate recommendations for the development of private sector activities at both the local and international levels so as to sustain and better the economic growth rates in the community as a whole.
• Identifying and selecting joint projects both internally and externally, and getting involved in the promotion of strategic projects to attract investments at the local, regional and international levels. 
• Contributing to the creation and preparation of government economic policy and legislation through the dissemination of memoranda and opinion statements on economic trends and government policies and submitting them to higher authorities in the state.
• Acting as an independent consultant to the private sector and forwarding the necessary recommendations to the relevant authorities in the state and developing training programs to improve economic performance and raising the level of performance for QBAs members and their institutions.
• Producing studies and economic reports, conducting field surveys and organizing conferences, seminars and activities pertaining to the achievement of QBAs goals
• Taking part in seminars, conferences, and activities related to the business and economic sectors.

Overview

Mr. Mohammad Al Okar and Mr. Bassam El Aker formed Al Seal Contracting & Trading Company W.L. L in 1998. The enterprise started out with the construction of small villas and residences, eventually expanding its resources to include the construction of tower buildings and palaces.

Al Seal Contracting & Trading Company began with a staff of 40 employees and has grown to 2,500 personnel with over 350 total units of automobiles, trucks, loaders, excavators, and construction equipment. According to recent data, the contacting company generates $13.73 million in annual sales.

Al Seal Contracting & Trading Company W.L.L has established itself as one of Qatar’s leading construction companies, with an impressive portfolio of 80 completed projects that includes a number of Qatar’s iconic structures, including the ZigZag Towers, Lagoona Mall, Al Seal Tower, Doha Mall, Twin Palm Towers, Al Majed Tower, Bin Semikh Tower, and RasGas Headquarters fit-out. Additionally, it has 8 ongoing projects including the Four Season Hotel at Pearl, Qatar Armed Forces and Giardino Village & Apartment Building.

 

Overview

The Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry (QCCI or “Qatar Chamber”) was established in 1963 and is among the oldest chambers in the GCC region. Its primary function is to organize business interests and represent the Qatari private sector both locally and internationally and to support the country’s economic actors and productivity.

The Qatar Chamber provides a variety of services which include:

• Expressing opinions in an advisory fashion on the establishment and development of stock exchanges; ports, markets, and fairs, as well as granting franchises on things related to public facilities and giving opinions on laws and decrees that are to do with economics and finance.
• Issuing different types of certificates of origin for both exported and re-exported goods and products 
• Providing members of the chamber with advice regarding legal, commercial, economic, or technical matters, informing them of available information and giving them guidance on how to follow the procedures and means that could help them in protecting their rights and developing their businesses.
• Engaging in the development of administrative and technical cadres within the economy and business administration, looking for the means to obtain this objective, contributing to the creation of institutions or centers for commercial and technical training and supporting those who are sent abroad on scholarships.
• Supplying avenues of reconciliation, conciliation and arbitration to settle disputes stakeholders may have and to act as a mediator in disputes that may come about between the chamber’s members or between them and other parties so that ideal settlements can be reached.
• Partaking in local, regional and international events which relate to the chamber’s duties as well as taking part in committees made by governmental and non-governmental entities with the goal of studying issues that are within the chamber’s scope and other issues which could affect the interests of members.

Overview

UrbaCon Trading & Contracting Company LLC, or UCC, is a Qatari-based worldwide construction firm with over 30 years of experience in everything from motorways and bridges to luxury residential and hotel projects. Mohamad Raslan Al Khayyat founded the company in Syria in 1983, when it was known as Al Khayyat Contracting and Trading (KCT). It was then re-established as UrbaCon Trading & Contracting Company in 2011. The company is primarily based in Qatar, but it has activities throughout the GCC, the United States, Europe, and Asia.

UCC has enjoyed impressive growth since its inception in 2011, as it aims to continue to further diversify its markets for the future. UCC is always looking for ways to improve its methods and, as a result, its performance, while putting a strong emphasis on quality, safety, and productivity. UCC is already fairly diverse, with enterprises involved in facility management, hospitality, shipping, restaurants, clinics, retail, real estate, cargo, travel, manufacturing, farming, and farm goods, among other things. While the company is already well established within the construction sector, it is also expanding into the oil and gas field with major infrastructure.

Throughout the years, UCC has undertaken a diverse array of projects ranging from palaces, hotels, football stadiums, marine works and underground car parks and football stadia. Some of their projects include Lusail Islands, Hamad Airport Taxiway, Mall of Qatar and Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi.

UCC has maintained profitability with a diverse local and international portfolio since its inception. Today, UCC is one of the best construction and contracting businesses in the Arab world. UrbaCon Trading and Contracting (UCC) was ranked in the 2019 edition of the renowned Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) top 250 Global Contractors. UCC was the only Qatari company to appear on the list that year, earning the 194th spot alongside leading global organizations in the construction sector.

Overview

Formerly known as Mideast Constructors WLL (MECON), Qatar Engineering & Construction Company W.L.L. (Qcon) is a Qatari company founded in 1975. Qcon is the leading EPC and maintenance contracting company in the Arabian Gulf. 

Qcon’s presence in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Offshore, Industrial Civil & Infrastructure areas exemplifies the company’s continuing expansion and diversification. The company follows a set of business and project procedures and processes that were created with the single purpose of ensuring client satisfaction. 

Qcon has earned an exceptional reputation as one of the foremost construction companies in the Arabian Gulf, delivering a wide variety of services, by pursuing the highest standards in engineering and quality construction workmanship. Qcon’s capabilities include EPC, General Construction, civil and mechanical works, air-conditioning and ventilation systems, electrification and power distribution systems, on and offshore large projects and construction management, structural and pipe fabrication, instrumentation design and installation, Shutdown Maintenance and other Technical Services. Qcon currently employs over 5,000 skilled personnel on permanent basis that are supplemented by short-term personnel as required to meet project needs.

Overview

RC AL MANA was established in 1998 and is classified as a Grade (A) License Contractor by the State of Qatar. It has quickly become the country’s first choice for a wide spectrum of iconic building developments in less than two decades. It has a solid track record of completing a broad portfolio of medium and high-rise structures, as well as mixed-use developments. These include Construction and Fit-Out of residential projects, hospitals, theme parks, and sports and recreational facilities. 

Redco Al Mana has realized a range of high quality projects through the integration of complex engineering solutions of exceptional standard for large-scale projects in both the private and public sector here in Qatar. Amongst its many completed projects, we can count the Hamad Bin Khalifa Research & Development Complex, a state-of-the-art laboratory research complex. located in Education City, and  Marina Mix Com 50, an office building with 3 basements + Ground and 22 office floors in Lusail City. Redco Al Mana has also a broad portfolio of ongoing projects, including the Doha Oasis, a unique high end mixed-use development in the centre of the iconic Musheireb District.

Overview

Established in 1981 under the chairmanship of Sheikh Abdul Rahman Bin Nasser Al Thani, Redco Group W.L.L  is a 100% Qatari company and the leading manufacturer of Precast and GRC Elements in the State of Qatar. The company has produced a variety of Precast Elements, ranging from roof slabs, beams, retaining walls to boundary walls and GRC decorative cladding panels.

Redco Group’s Precast & GRC units are highly specialized, with a strong emphasis on quality control and timely element delivery. These plants are involved in many of Qatar’s significant precast and GRC building projects. The group operates through its four divisions: Redco Precast, Redco GRC, Redco Cement, and Redco Transport.

Subsidiaries

• Redco Precast
• Redco GRC
• Redco Cement
• Redco Transport