- Business
- Takween Advanced Industries SJSC (1201.SR) manufactures and markets a broad range of plastic packaging products and nonwoven fabrics for the food and beverage, medical, hygiene, and industrial sectors; its core offerings include PET preforms and bottles, HDPE bottles and containers, flexible packaging films and bags, caps and closures, thin-walled thermoformed containers such as disposable polystyrene cups and lids, drums, crates, pallets, tubes, and medical-grade non-woven fabrics produced through polymer conversion technologies. The company operates 10 factories across Saudi Arabia and Egypt, serving domestic markets in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and international customers in Europe and North America, with headquarters in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, where it was founded in 1993 as Al Othman Factory for Plastic Products before evolving into a joint stock company in 2010 and listing publicly in 2012. Wholly-owned subsidiaries such as Saudi Plastic Packaging Systems, Al-Sharq Company for Plastic Industries, New Marina for Plastic Industries (Egypt), and Ultra-Pak Manufacturing Company support its integrated operations in owning, managing, and expanding plastic manufacturing facilities. In 2024, Takween completed a rights issue increasing share capital by SR 300 million to SR 764.6 million through issuing 30 million new shares at one for every 1.55 held, bolstering its financial position amid sales growth exceeding $100 million over the prior five years and 15% export volume expansion; the company also secured new financing facilities including Tawarroq agreements for SR 80 million each repayable through 2027-2028, a SR 15 million Murabaha in 2025 through 2026, and a SR 120 million Sharia-compliant loan through 2030, while entering a SR 100 million short-term loan with majority shareholder Al Othman Group and signing a post-June 2025 agreement to sell its Jeddah plant for SR 16 million.