GULF EXTRUSIONS MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 2019

TOWARDS A FUTURE OF POSSIBILITIES Gulf Extrusions Monthly Magazine December 2019 I Issue 5 Gulf Extrusions Wins ‘2019 UAE Aluminum Extrusion Company of the Year Award’ at the Frost & Sullivan Middle East Best Practices Awards Gulf Extrusions Safety Campaign Health and Wellbeing honored at Frost & launched for employees campaign to raise Sullivan Middle East awareness on Best Practices Awards at Gulf Extrusions lifestyle diseases Gulf Extrusions LLC I A Subsidiary of Al Ghurair Group Gulf Extrusions LLC, PO Box 5598, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: 00971 4 884 6146 Fax: 00971 4 884 6830 www.gulfex.com

Inside this issue Awards and Recognition Gulf Extrusions Wins ‘2019 UAE Aluminum Extrusion Company of the Year Award’ at the Frost & Sullivan Middle East Best Practices Awards Safety Safety Campaign launched for employees at Gulf Extrusions Health and Wellbeing Gulf Extrusions launches Health and Wellbeing campaign to raise awareness on associated lifestyle diseases GULF EXTRUSIONS Monthly Magazine |December 2019 | Issue 5 1

Editorial We couldn’t be more excited to safety campaign held on November announce that Gulf Extrusions Wins and December at Gulfex. ‘2019 UAE Aluminum Extrusion Company of the Year Award’ at the With large number of participants Frost & Sullivan Middle East Best from all divisions and workstations at Practices Awards, during a glitzy Gulfex, the safety campaign was a ceremony held on 11th December at great success in terms of engagement Atlantis The Palm in Dubai, United and employee led safety behavior. Arab Emirates. In today’s fast-paced world with “This award serves as a testimony to busier working days, and longer the effective implementation of our transportation times, it has become strategic initiatives in conceptualizing increasingly difficult for many of and implementing ‘Industry Best today’s working people to look after Practices” that have proven exemplary their health. Gulf Extrusions, in levels throughout all departments at collaboration with Aster DM Gulf Extrusions.” said Dr. Hossam Healthcare, is taking positive step to Mahmoud, Commercial Director of encourage change to food habits, Gulf Extrusions. physical activities and lifestyle through Health and Wellbeing campaign held “The company’s business model, on December 5th at the company’s operational process, premium premises. products, team efforts and talented management have largely contributed Gulf Extrusions CEO, Mr. Christian in establishing industry excellence Witsch, lauded the efforts for standards” Dr. Hossam added: “We conducting these health and wellbeing honor our commitment to quality, our campaigns and said: “Encouraging vigorous involvement in the healthier habits amongst our community, our continuous employees is one way in which we are investment in technology, and above building sustainability within our all, we celebrate the lively spirit of company.” Witsch added “By innovation that has proven to be the participating in these medical binding thread that makes Gulf campaigns, we can assure our Extrusions what it is today.” employees and their families that we are committed to actively adopting Promoting safety, increasing worker healthier lifestyles. productivity, delivering harm reduction targets as well as creating a Thanks for an amazing 2019! We wish healthier and safer workplace were you and your beloved ones a the benefits from the interactive successful and Happy New Year 2020! GULF EXTRUSIONS Monthly Magazine |December 2019 | Issue 5 For suggestions and contributions, please write to [email protected] 2

Awards Gulf Extrusions Wins ‘2019 UAE Aluminum Extrusion Company of the Year Award’ at the Frost & Sullivan Middle East Best Practices Awards Exhibition from November 25 to 28, 2019, Dubai. Gulf Extrusions, the Dubai-based The Frost and Sullivan award was Aluminium extrusion company and presented to Dr. Hossam one of the regional leading Mahmoud, Gulf Extrusions manufacturing facilities, won ‘2019 Commercial Director, by Frost and UAE Aluminum Extrusion Company Sullivan management in a glittering of the Year Award’ at the Frost & event attended by more than three Sullivan Middle East Best Practices hundred companies’ owners, CEO’s, Awards during a glitzy ceremony General Managers and senior held on 11th December at Atlantis executives. The Palm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 3

Commenting on this achievement, products, team efforts and Gulf Extrusions Commercial Director, Dr. Hossam Mahmoud, said: \"We are talented management have largely truly honored to have been given this recognition by Frost & Sullivan. contributed in establishing industry This award serves as a testimony to the effective implementation of our excellence standards” Dr. Hossam strategic initiatives in conceptualizing and implementing ‘Industry Best added: “We honor our Practices’ that have proven exemplary levels throughout all commitment to quality, our departments at Gulf Extrusions.” vigorous involvement in the The Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Middle East Award is a unique niche community, our continuous award that provides businesses in the MENA region a distinctive benchmark investment in technology, and for their business practices and appreciate its related enabling areas above all, we celebrate the lively that are embedded in the excellence model. spirit of innovation that has proven “The company’s business model, to be the binding thread that operational process, premium makes Gulf Extrusions what it is today.” 4

Safety Safety Campaign launched for employees at Gulf Extrusions With the aim of broadening the theoretical and practical training scope of knowledge about the to ensure that the safety value of understanding the procedure is carried out promptly workplace environments in which and efficiently. we work, noticing the risks and taking steps to keep ourselves and Promoting safety, increasing worker those around us safe, Gulf productivity, delivering harm Extrusions launched Safety reduction targets, as well as campaign for its employees on creating a healthier and safer November & December 2019 in workplace were the benefits from Dubai. The campaign consisted of the interactive safety campaign held at Gulfex. 5

This comprehensive campaign at Gulfex pledge ourselves to protect included meeting with supervisors the health and safety of our of respective workstations, employees and the environments in introduction about safety campaign which they operate and while safety by committee members, speech by is everyone’s business, there is a fire warden and professional first core team from Safety Division who aid personnel as well as sessions on come to work each day to help safety at workplace and practical people stay safe and well” Christian applications simulating real-life Witsch added: “This campaign is situations which ensured the designed to raise awareness about maximum benefit acquired by the health and safety and to make our participants of the campaign. workplaces safer and healthier, as we want everyone go to his family During the campaign, Gulfex happy and safe after the work is employees practice not only safety done.” procedures and high standards of readiness, but also familiarize The safety campaign gives our themselves with various workplace employees the knowledge and skills safety skills which can enhance to effectively respond to emergency their capacities and capabilities to situations and increase reporting of deal with different and awkward any health problem and hazard situations. around the workplace to ensure the safety of Gulfex employees at their “As a world first class manufacturing workplaces. facility with over 500 employee, we 6

Health and Wellbeing Gulf Extrusions launches Health and Wellbeing campaign to raise awareness on associated lifestyle diseases Gulf Extrusions, in collaboration Gulfex employees and answered with Aster DM Healthcare, is taking their queries to help them to better positive step to encourage change control their nutrition, blood to food habits, physical activities pressure and lifestyle choices, which and lifestyle through Health and will be reflected positively on the Wellbeing campaign held on quality of their life. December 5th at the company’s premises. Commenting on the campaign, Gulf Extrusions CEO, Mr. Christian The campaign included tests for Witsch, lauded the efforts for blood sugar and blood pressure, conducting these health and height and weight, BMI as well as wellbeing campaigns and said: general health checkup at Dr. Aster “Encouraging healthier habits Mobile Bus inside Gulfex premises. amongst our employees is one way During the campaign, specialists and in which we are building medical professionals from Aster sustainability within our company.” provided one-to-one consultation to 7

Witsch added “By participating in Through this eventful healthcare these medical campaigns, we can campaign focusing on all round assure our employees and their employee’s wellness and dealing families that we are committed to with major health problems, actively adopting healthier employees were invited to check lifestyles. We thank Aster Mobile their blood pressure, blood sugar Medical Services for regularly levels, height and weight, BMI conducting such initiatives at Gulf (Body Mass Index) at Dr. Aster Extrusions.” Mobile Bus inside Gulfex premises. On the day, a dentist from Aster With the launch of these conducted a dental health care awareness campaigns, Gulf exam of our employees’ gums and Extrusions reconfirmed its teeth, asks about changes in their commitment to improving the lives overall health or medicine use, of its employees, through several review how they clean their teeth engaging initiatives that encourage and look for oral health problems them to adopt healthier lifestyle, and make treatment which will be reflected positively on recommendations, if required. the quality of their life and work. Stay tuned with NEWS, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, EXHIBITIONS, INDUSTRY INSIGHTS AND MORE 8

Gulf Extrusions Monthly Magazine December 2019 I Issue 5 TOWARDS A FUTURE OF POSSIBILITIES Gulf Extrusions LLC I A Subsidiary of Al Ghurair Group Fax: 00971 4 884 6830 Gulf Extrusions LLC, PO Box 5598, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel: 00971 4 884 6146 www.gulfex.com