Qatar Petrochemical opens rep. office in Colombo

In pursuit of being recognised as one of the leading international petrochemical suppliers, QAPCO (Qatar Petrochemical Company) has structured one of the most competent global marketing networks ever established by any petrochemical supplier to complement and support QAPCO’s ambitious expansion plans.

A commemorative plaque is unveiled to launch the QAPCO office in Colombo. From left: Assistant Sales Manager QAPCO Wassem Ahmed Shaikh, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Qatari Embassy, Mohmed Ahmad Al-Sada , GM and Board Director of QAPCO Dr. Mohd Yousef Al-Mulla, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Sri Lanka Saeed Abdulla Al Mansouri and QAPCO’s Group Manager Commercial and Marketing Abdulrahman Ali Al-Abdulla and Head of Regional Sales Revti Raman Sharma

Dr. Mohd Yousef Al-Mulla, General Manager and Board Director of QAPCO who represented the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry of Qatar and Chairman of QAPCO HE Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah opened a QAPCO representative office in Colombo on December 18th.

The inauguration was graced by Qatari Ambassador to Sri Lanka Saeed Abdulla AL-Mansoori, Sri Lankan Governmental officials and the diplomatic corps among a gathering of distinguished guess.

General Manager and Director of QAPCO, Dr. Mohd Yousef Al-Mulla emphasised that the launch of QAPCO’s presence in Sri Lanka is a continuation of the company’s quest to preserve its spearhead as the leading exporter of LDPE in the Middle East and to translate the strategic importance of the Sri Lankan market to QAPCO.

It also represents another milestone in QAPCO’s history, showcasing QAPCO’s leadership and role model status in customer service excellence. “Our self operated offices are dedicated to identifying the needs of our customers in each of the strategic markets. It is pertinent to mention that QAPCO’s global marketing network comprises 28 self operated offices, of which Sri Lanka is now one and six regional warehouses.”

QAPCO has four offices each in China ((Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou) and India (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Ahmadabad), two in Karachi and Lahore in Pakistan and one each in Egypt, Syria, UAE, Lebanon, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Jordan, Yemen, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Philippines, Morocco and Turkey as well as an agent network to serve QAPCO’s customers.

Dr Al-Muallo also stated that, “In a drive to become local suppliers in markets of strategic importance, QAPCO has been active in establishing regional warehouses in Syria, Egypt, Tripoli (Lebanon), Guangzhou, Shanghai and Qingdao in greater China.

He also reinstated the importance of the Sri Lankan market to QAPCO which has been supplying its LDPE products to a large number of Sri Lankan customers for over 20 years.

“We sell LDPE to over 4,500 customers in over 85 countries. Such global exposure was designed to support and complement the expansion plans of QAPCO, where QATOFIN, a subsidiary of QAPCO with 450 KMT per annum of LDPE, has already commissioned the QAPCO LDPE3 line increasing capacity to 700 KMT per annum by end of 2011.”

He added that opening self operated offices overseas had boosted QAPCO’s position among other competitors in the world market, enabling QAPCO to get closer to its customers, understand and meet their demands and exceed expectations. “Customers today expect and demand quality products at fair market value and top-notch services and QAPCO is genuinely committed to meeting those demands.”