Raghadan eyes expos for product launch.

(From Gulf Construction)

Saudi Arabia-based paint manufacturer Raghadan - which marked 30 years of successful operations last year - is on a mission to further increase awareness about its range through promoting its products at the Saudi Building and Interiors Exhibition (SBIE), Jeddah, to be followed by the Buildex Exhibition in Damascus, Syria

The company will promote its products at Stand 550 at the SBIE expo that will be held from April 17 to 21. Subsequently, it will also participate in Buildex Exhibition between May 15 and 20 (Stand 11-E1), where it expects to unveil its new environmentally-friendly surface coating products. The participation at Buildex will also include a live demonstration of application of the paints that are manufactured at the company's Saudi factory under licence by Kansai Paint of Japan and other special-effect paints in coordination with San Marco of Italy," says Dr Hisham Ali, sales and marketing director. Last year, the company had embarked upon an ambitious expansion programme that involved the opening of new facilities as well as appointing agents in the region. Over the same period, the company also appointed agents in Syria, Bahrain, Sudan, Kuwait and Yemen as part of its plan. "The Syrian agent is now building what will be one of the largest paint showrooms in the world covering an area of 3,000 sq m in Damascus," says Dr Hisham

The company had also opened a new manufacturing facility along the Salwa ...