(About — HYDRO Group)

Six decades engineering the networks the Middle East is built on.

Hydro Arabia manufactures and supplies steel pipe networks, fire-suppression and plumbing systems for the oil, gas, construction and infrastructure sectors. As the commercial face of the El Biali Group, we bring manufacturing, stockholding and turnkey contracting under one roof, so the region's most demanding projects have a single, accountable partner from specification to handover.

  • 1962Founded in Cairo
  • 8Group companies
  • 8Markets — EG · MA · DZ · LY · IQ · KSA · QA · UAE
  • 400+Projects delivered
Major airport infrastructure project supplied by Hydro Arabia

(Heritage — Since 1962)

From a Cairo stockyard to the region's landmark projects.

01

Our story

It started with a single Cairo stockyard. It became a region's supply chain.

The story began in 1962 with Sami Ahmad El Biali Co., a Cairo trading house supplying pipe and fittings to a country in the middle of an industrial awakening. Six decades on, that single business has grown into a vertically integrated group of eight companies spanning manufacturing, fluid control, firefighting and petroleum services.

Hydro Arabia is the group's commercial spearhead — the partner contractors, consultants and developers deal with when they need certified materials delivered on time and installed to standard. Behind it stands the manufacturing capacity, the global agencies and the regional footprint built patiently over sixty years.

We bring the same uncompromising standard to a gas project in Qatar as we do to a landmark tower in Egypt. Different scales, one promise: the system performs.

(On site)

Engineered to perform where failure isn't an option.

02

What we do

Four disciplines. One accountable supplier.

Most projects juggle a dozen vendors for their mechanical scope. We replace that with a single, certified source — from the raw pipe in the ground to the suppression system on the wall, supplied, manufactured and installed by one team.

  • Pipe networks & tubes

    Seamless and welded pipe in carbon steel & austenitic material — with grooved systems, valves, joints and fittings supplied from stock.

  • Fire protection & suppression

    Sprinkler, deluge, foam, clean-agent and aerosol systems, hydrants, cabinets and brass — certified for construction, oil & gas.

  • Mechanical & plumbing

    Drainage, sanitary, pumps and seismic control — complete plumbing and MEP packages engineered to specification.

  • EPC & after-sales

    Turnkey engineering, procurement and construction of complete mechanical systems, backed by commissioning and long-term service.

HTC Hydro Group — certification poster.
HTC Hydro Group — certification poster.
HTC Hydro Group — certification poster.
03

Vision & Mission

Our Vision

To be the largest services provider and pipe-network manufacturer and supplier to the oil, gas, construction and infrastructure industry in the Middle East — the cornerstone where every player in the field stops for their needs.

Our Mission

To manufacture high-quality, competitively priced products, supply premium products with timely deliveries, and give world-class service to the industry across Egypt and the wider Middle East.

Certified steel pipe and tube stock

(Materials)

Certified pipe, valves and fittings — supplied from stock.

04

The way we work.

Three principles that decide what we supply, who we partner with, and how we're remembered after handover.

  • 01

    Quality, without compromise

    We supply only internationally certified, premium-grade products backed by leading global brands. If it can't be certified and traced, it doesn't carry our name to site.

  • 02

    Integrity you can audit

    Full material traceability and certificates of compliance on every component we manufacture and supply — so consultants and authorities can verify, not just trust.

  • 03

    Partnership for the long run

    We build relationships with contractors, developers and consultants that outlast any single project — measured in decades of repeat work, not one-off orders.

Iconic tower project served by Hydro Arabia

(Standards)

Built to the codes the region's biggest projects answer to.

05

The group

Eight companies. One supply chain.

HYDRO Group is vertically integrated by design — manufacturing, stockholding, fluid control, firefighting and petroleum services that feed a single, dependable supply chain. It's why we can quote, manufacture, deliver and service without handing you off to a stranger at every stage.

  • 01Sami Ahmed El Biali, Egypt1962
  • 02Engineering Industries for Casting and Machining, Egypt1970
  • 03Minta For Trade & Agencies, Egypt1991
  • 04VAICO, Fluid Control Industries, Egypt1997
  • 05Hydro, Qatar2003
  • 06Minta For Trade & Petroleum Services, Egypt2005
  • 07Hemaya, KSA2012
  • 08FST, KSA2012
(Reach)

Where we operate.

Three markets, one standard. Egypt is home to our headquarters and operations; Saudi Arabia and Qatar are active, established markets served by dedicated regional companies.

  • Egypt — HQ & operations
  • Regional markets
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06

Selected projects

Proof, not promises.

Our materials run through some of the region's most scrutinised buildings and energy assets — airports, gas terminals, banking headquarters and the towers redefining Egypt's skyline.

  • 01Hamad International AirportQatar
  • 02King Abdulaziz Int. AirportKSA
  • 03Iconic TowerEgypt
  • 04World Trade CentreQatar
  • 05The PearlQatar
  • 06Barzan Gas ProjectQatar
  • 07Zohr Field ManagementEgypt
  • 08Strategic Command CentreEgypt
  • 09Ministries DistrictEgypt
  • 10Ras Laffan Port ExpansionQatar
  • 11Commercial Bank HQQatar
  • 12Navigation TowerQatar
  • 13Sumou TowersKSA
  • 14Zig Zag TowersQatar
  • 15Palm Twin TowersQatar
  • 16Sumou GateKSA
  • 17Al Bidda TowerQatar
  • 18Hospital 57357Egypt
  • 19Sharq VillageQatar
  • 20St. Regis ComplexQatar
  • 21Cairo AirportEgypt
  • 22HSBC HQQatar
  • 23Doha Festival CityQatar
  • 24Alexandria PortEgypt
  • 25Shemoukh Twin TowersQatar
  • 26MadinatyEgypt
  • 27Medina CentraleQatar
  • 28Uptown CairoEgypt
  • 29New GizaEgypt
  • 30Grand Hyatt CairoEgypt
  • 31Four Seasons CairoEgypt
  • 32Egyptian Television BuildingEgypt
  • 33Alamein TowersEgypt
  • 34Amreya Petroleum Condensate TanksEgypt
  • 35ANOPC Water TreatmentEgypt
  • 36Badya — Palm HillsEgypt
  • 37Banque Misr — New CapitalEgypt
  • 38Blue Vert — New CapitalEgypt
  • 39Cairo Business ParkEgypt
  • 40Cairo GateEgypt
  • 41CBD Crescent — New CapitalEgypt
  • 42City Centre HurghadaEgypt
  • 43CitystarsEgypt
  • 44DoubleTree by HiltonEgypt
  • 45El Hamra Oil TerminalEgypt
  • 46Fairmont HeliopolisEgypt
  • 47Faisal Islamic Bank — New CapitalEgypt
  • 48Four Seasons — New CapitalEgypt
  • 49The Gate Business ParkQatar
  • 50Giza PalaceEgypt
  • 51Hilton DreamEgypt
  • 52IKEAQatar
  • 53Katameya CoastEgypt
  • 54Latin District — New AlameinEgypt
  • 55Lekhwiya Sports ComplexQatar
  • 56MarassiEgypt
  • 57Marina COM 20 — LusailQatar
  • 58Maspero TowersEgypt
  • 59Mostakbal CityEgypt
  • 60NBE — New CapitalEgypt
  • 61Newgiza UniversityEgypt
  • 62Noor CityEgypt
  • 63The OctagonEgypt
  • 64PlayaEgypt
  • 65QNB — New CapitalEgypt
  • 66R5 — New CapitalEgypt
  • 67RI8 — New CapitalEgypt
  • 68Rhourde Nouss Gas BoostingAlgeria
  • 69Sharm El Sheikh AirportEgypt
  • 70Silversands — OraEgypt
  • 71Smart VillageEgypt
  • 72SOPC Mazut TanksEgypt
  • 73SouthMedEgypt
  • 74Taj CityEgypt
  • 75Welspun Pipes — AlgeriaAlgeria
  • 76ZED — Sheikh ZayedEgypt

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