Our business roots go back in
history to 1921 when Sheikh AbdulRahman S. Alsuhaimi started
our family business in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. However, his business
experience started earlier than that when he moved with his father
to Kuwait from Onizah in search of better business opportunities.
After few years of trading in foodstuff in Kuwait and Bahrain
an opportunity rose in a place called Jubail, a small
port
in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula,
for good business possibilities.
Seeking to improve sales of a stagnant stock
in Kuwait he decided to move to Jubail and test the
market.
To
his surprise the market was great and the town
had a promising future. Trust, Honesty, and cooperation
were
pillars of Sheikh AbdulRahman S. Alsuhaimi business
conduct. His first trading post in Alsafat
in Jubail was
the point at which he made not only good business
contact but also a lasting friendship with Jubail community.
In 1948 Sheikh AbdulRahman S. Alsuhaimi and business associates
purchased a lot of equipment from the British army in Dubai,
UAE. The equipment purchased was for the purpose of reselling
it in Bahrain and Jubail. Most of the equipment purchased was
sold except for a water well drilling rig. Sheikh AbdulRahman
S. Alsuhaimi decided to operate this equipment with the help
of ARAMCO in order to benefit the community by increasing water
supply from wells and to hopefully benefit financially. After
encountering few difficulties in running the rig the partners
were successful and drilled the first water well in Jubail
for Sheikh Ali Alsalim Almahfood.
With the help of Sheikh AbdulAziz
Alsuhaimi, the son of Sheikh AbdulRahman, Suhaimi Drilling
was established. Many large-scale
projects were awarded to Suhaimi Drilling from the time Sheikh
AbdulAziz toke control of the company. The projects
awarded
to Suhaimi Drilling included large organization
clients such as ARAMCO, SCECO, government ministries,
and foreign
governments. Projects like Umm Arudmah in the Eastern
province of Saudi Arabia, and Ministry of agriculture
water wells in Yemen made
us a leader in this field and reemphasized our name as
reliable, trustworthy organization.
In the ‘80s and due to the slow down of the Saudi economy
Mr. Mosaad Alsuhaimi, Suhaimi Drilling general Manager, decided
to diversify our activities to include water pumps trading
and services. This diversification proved to be a great decision
for the company future as a supporting service to our drilling
contracts. The water pumps division improved its services during
the 1990’s to include manufacturing and assembly
of water pump boosters and fire fighting booster systems
and
other services
related to sewage and water pumps.
As a drilling company and after compiling
many years of experience in the drilling services our company
also ventured
into the
piling and soil improvement industry. Our combined experience
and our board of directors recent resolution to renew all
of our piling equipment made us one of very few companies
in Saudi
Arabia and the Gulf that can manage to work and accomplish
three major projects in three different GCC countries at
the same time. Prestige’s projects have been awarded
to our Piling and Foundations Division from known organizations
such
as ARAMCO, SCECO, SABIC, and other known and well-established
companies.
In 2001, the partners in AbdulAziz
AR. Alsuhaimi & Sons
Company elected to build a commercial center in a newly developed
area of Dammam called Faisalyh. The decision to build this
commercial center has been the dream of our president for
a long time and has been established after a feasibility
study
has been conducted and proved its worthiness. The construction
process of the commercial center finished in late 2004 and
was opened for business in January 2005.
Many other divisions are under consideration
for development or have already started the process of
development such as
Travel & Tours Division, building material trading division,
and civil contracting. Our faith in God and our adherence
to our founder pillars of business conduct TRUST,
HONESTY, & UNDERSTANDING are
the means of achieving our company goals and objectives.
