REFRIGERATION House Group (RHG), a leading Saudi supplier of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) spare parts and accessories, has expanded its manufacturing portfolio in a big way over the past year and now offers the market a wide range of dampers and fans.

The Al Khobar-based group, which has been serving the Saudi market both through its manufacturing and contracting expertise over more than three decades, has two manufacturing facilities: National Factory, which produces high-quality air distribution devices such as grilles and filters, and Saudi Fan Industries, which offers various types of industrial and commercial fans.

Over the past year, its manufacturing arm has added expanded its range by launching production of UL (Underwriters Laboratories)-listed fire dampers (air nozzles); combination fire-smoke dampers; roof exhaust fans RTC series up to 1,000 mm diameter; inline square centrifugal (ISQ) fans of up to 1,000 mm diameter; and make up (MU) fans up to 500 mm diameter as belt driven.

Among other developments, Saudi Fan Industries’ test laboratory has achieved AMCA (Air Movement and Control Association) accreditation while the National Factory has achieved UL certificate of compliance for its dampers, says Majed Al Khalaf, RHG’s group executive director.

RHG has also built a testing chamber for AMCA certification as per AMCA standard as the group’s plans to grow the capabilities of its design and development department.

RHG has also been involved in the Qurayyah combined cycle power plant.

The group is a registered vendor of Saudi Aramco, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and has recently managed to secure two government projects.

RHG’s contracting activities are handled by Klimatechnik, its electro-mechanical contracting division, which has completed a large number of major projects all over the kingdom.

Al Khalaf indicates that the contracting division has commenced work on a number of new projects in Al Qassim and expects to complete work on three major electromechanical contracts in the area this year. These include the College of Science, under a contract valued at SR15.25 million ($4 million); the College of Economics in a contract worth SR8 million ($2.13 million); and veterinary laboratories under a deal worth SR1.85 million ($493,307).

Overall, the company recorded an encouraging 20 per cent growth in business levels last year, with the second half of last year having shown positive signs of an uptrend. Looking ahead, RHG expects to see rapid growth both in its trading and manufacturing activities. The group is now keen to expand its sphere of operations to include areas such as medical requisites, carpentry and spas. “We are not confined to a specific field of operation and our striving hard to expand our sphere of business operations,” says Al Khalaf.

RHG, a medium-sized company established in 1978, has eight offices in Saudi Arabia.

In addition, it has five showrooms, five warehouses, five workshops for its contracting division, and employs more than 500 staff.