Rubber World Industry, a top manufacturer and supplier of the HVAC [Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning] and MEP [mechanical, electrical and plumbing] products and accessories in the UAE, has launched a new factory in Ajman emirate’s Al Jurf industrial area to meet the growing demand for its products fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The factory, spanning an area of 10,000 square metres, will operate under the name of United Air-Conditioning, and complement Rubber World in manufacturing HVAC, cooling, and MEP products, parts and accessories for commercial and residential use in the UAE,  Rubber World Industry said in a press statement. 

With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the statement noted, Rubber World saw a sharp increase in health and environment-related products such as disinfectant chambers, HVAC filters, Air Cleaners, optimised HVAC products, configured rubber insulation and ducts to limit the virus spread.  

Muzammil Shaikhani, Managing Director of Rubber World Industry, said: “Our R&D quickly responded to the new demand for health-related products that people and businesses need to maintain health, safety and contain the spread of coronavirus and its variants and started manufacturing this line, which helped doubled our growth and created the need for a specialised production line.”  

Focus areas for United Air Conditioning would include CFC-free cooler tubes and sheets for exposed pipe area in supermarkets, hospitals and schools, and flexible ducts and ducting accessories with all kinds of adhesive tapes, the statement said. 

Rubber World now has two units in UAE and one in Sri Lanka and is planning to set up six new production facilities in South Asia and the Middle East in the next three years, the statement concluded. 

(Writing by Syed Ameen Kader; Editing by Anoop Menon) 

(anoop.menon@refinitiv.com) 

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