Hashemi, Ahmad Jastaniah, chairman of SBRM, and Eng. Ahmad Jameel Kouther, SBRM board member. JEDDAH: Emirati BRM Co., a market leader in the slipform segment of the construction industry, has formed a joint venture with the Saudi Building Material Co. (SBM) Wednesday. The merger came after a long relationship between BRM Co., the largest slipform subcontractor in the Middle East, and SBM as supplier of building materials. The joint-venture SBRM – taken from the initials of both companies – will be based in Jeddah, officials of the two firms said in press conference at a hotel in Jeddah Wednesday afternoon. Mohammed Jameel, SBM spokesman, expressed satisfaction over the new alliance. “After many years of experience in the field of ready-mixed concrete and our desire to provide more robust concrete solutions to our customers, we have the pleasure to support the experience with the most advanced technology in the field of slipform provided by BRM Co.,” he said. BRM General Manager Nihad Al-Hashemi said the partnership seeks to become an international company combining modern technology and the old practical experience of both companies. “The new idea of slipform comes as one of successful outcomes of this alliance and that contributed to make BRM one of the leading companies in the field of concrete industry in the Middle East,” he said. SBM, established in 1978 as a Saudi-Finland joint venture, is considered to be one of the leading suppliers and exporters of the high quality ready-mixed concrete in the Kingdom's Western Province.
