- Business
- Al Obeikan Glass Company Al Obeikan Glass Company (9531.SR) manufactures and sells float glass, laminated glass, and related products for architectural, automotive, and specialty applications; operates in wholesale and retail trade of glass panels and chemicals; and manages quarries and sand/gravel mining including crushers. The company produces clear float glass under the Nova Float brand in thicknesses from 3mm to 12mm with a capacity of 800 tons per day, alongside laminated safety glass under the Nova Lam brand that holds together when shattered via polyvinyl butyral interlayers. Its state-of-the-art facility, the largest of its kind in the Middle East, spans 378,400 square meters in Yanbu Industrial City on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, supporting exports to over 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific.
Incorporated in 2006 and headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with its main plant in Yanbu, Al Obeikan Glass Company (9531.SR) went public on the Tadawul in February 2022 and serves construction, automotive, and industrial markets primarily in Saudi Arabia and internationally.
In recent developments, the company completed the full acquisition of Obeikan AGC Co. in 2025 for SAR 22.9 million, securing 100% ownership after previously holding 19%, following a sale and purchase agreement in August 2025 with partners including AGC France Holding, Obeikan Investment Group, and Saudi Advanced Industries Company Saudi Advanced Industries Company (2120.SR). It also launched commercial operations at a new aluminum casting plant in Madinah in 2025, a SAR 73 million joint venture with Al-Esra Aluminum Factory (60% owned by Al Obeikan Glass Company (9531.SR)) signed in August 2023, with trial runs starting December 2024 and financial impacts expected from Q4 2025 to enhance production capacity.