

The Jebel Ali-based Kemsol Group has expanded its operations recently, with the setting up of a state-of-the-art factory that will fabricate the famous Shide brand of u-PVC windows systems and Shide Sparlee PVC doors, as per UAE projects specifications.
As the authorised fabricators of the Shide brand of windows and doors that are sold in over 60 countries, the Kemsol Group will market these value-for-money, top quality products in the UAE and other Gulf states.
“The windows and doors can be fabricated according to the client’s specific requirements,” says Manoj Khanna, director, Kemsol Middle East, Dubai. The fixing of the windows will also be handled by Kemsol.
Kemsol will offer its customers a wide range of Shide u-PVC window systems ranging from patio doors, sliding doors and windows to tilt/slide doors and windows, lift/slide doors, fold/slide doors and windows, casement windows and tilt and turn windows.
The windows and doors system are three times as thermal efficient as any aluminum window, with the added advantage of the u-PVC system saving energy up to 34 per cent more than aluminum windows,” he says. These u-PVC windows are in addition, wind, alkaline and fire-resistant, anti-saline, sound-proof and air and watertight. No rain water can permeate indoors due to the specific design.
The Shide u-PVC windows systems are ideal for all types of villas and multi-storey apartment buildings in the UAE and other parts of the Gulf.
“The Shide Sparlee PVC foamed doors are ISO-compliant, and are made of 100 per cent PVC foam, are acid and alkali and corrosion-resistant besides being fire, water and moth-proof. They come with a 20-year guarantee against any manufacturing defect, which few suppliers in this part of the world can offer,” says Khanna.
The Sparlee PVC foamed doors also come fitted with top grade ironmongery and accessories such as locks, handles and hinges and in various wooden designs, making it an up-market and top quality product, he says.
Sparlee doors are available in oak, mahogany, maple and teak, besides other wooden designs and its extensive product-mix of windows and doors is now on display at Kemsol’s luxurious showroom on Al Ittihad Road, next to the Labour Office Building in Dubai.
“These 100 per cent PVC foamed doors are easy to saw, mill, nail or screw with common tools,” says Khanna. “They are available in true to life wood patterns and supplied with high quality hardware.”
To accommodate its expanded interiors material product mix, the company has set up a luxury showroom in Dubai where the Shide brand of products is on display.
“The Shide brand,” says Khanna, “offers value for money and comes with a 15-year guarantee for u-PVC windows systems and a 20-year guarantee for PVC foamed doors. Built to endure the extreme climatic conditions in this region, the product package is offered at very reasonable prices.”
All Shide PVC products, he says, are manufactured according to AAMA (American) standards, DIN (German) standards as well as Australian, Russian and French standards and are sold in over 60 countries. “We have an unbeatable USP and competitive advantage that no other supplier in this part of the woods can boast of,” asserts Khanna.
The Shide Group of Companies of China (pronounced ‘Shoo-dah’) was founded in 1992 and its u-PVC factory for windows and doors was set up with the best quality, computer-controlled machines and technology imported from Germany, Austria, Italy and UK. The company is a recipient of the ISO 9001, 9002 and 14000 accreditations, and has quality approved certifications from Russia, Europe, Ukraine, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and France.
The Shide Group boasts a post-doctoral research and development institute for u-PVC windows and PVC doors to ensure that its finished products match stringent global standards of quality, keeping in mind the climatic conditions that prevail in different countries. It also has its own in-house research and development centre called the SDG Research Institute of Chemicals & Building Materials where research is an on-going process, vis-a-vis the development of new u-PVC building materials, new improved profiles for doors and windows, improvements in the formulations of PVC building materials, updating of the design software for u-PVC windows and PVC doors and for the continuous evaluation and designing of PVC accessories for doors and windows.
The Kemsol Group of UAE began operation in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in 2000, with marketing of a range of top quality products that were carefully handpicked from suppliers such as LG Chem, Korea (for PVC floorings), Kerasan, Italy (for sanitary ware), Fanal, Spain (for ceramic and porcelain tiles), and now Shide Group for u-PVC window systems and PVC doors. Its state-of-the-art Jebel Ali warehouse is capable of storing over 400 containers of materials.