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“Our strength is in food manufacturing and distribution. We are very focused on our own brands and on our third-party partners. That business continued to perform extremely well for us. In a scenario where most of our competitors were in decline, we continued to grow,” says Garry Walsh, CEO of Mezzan Holding.
“Over the last ten years, there has been a big drive in Kuwait to consume food out of home. People have moved from the traditional nuclear family, or the Kuwaiti version, and eating in the house to eating out of the home. That has actually changed in the last year,” says Garry Walsh, CEO of Mezzan Holding.
“KAPICO Group is a holding family group between two families. The Al-Ghannam family started with my father along with his two brothers, Ahmed and Yusuf. In 1950, they bought a small shop for used spare parts,” says Ahmed A. Al-Ghannam, Chairman of KAPICO Group Holding.
“Al-Yousifi was established in 1955 by my father. He took the agency of National, which is now Panasonic. We have especially grown after the 1991 liberation. Until 1994 or 1995, we were number one in electronics in Kuwait. We were only concentrating on Panasonic at that time, because the deal between us and Japan was to not have other brands in our showroom,” says Adel Easa Al-Yousifi, Senior Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Al-Yousifi Group.
Al-Yousifi Group would like to push the air conditioning and firefighting sector as there is a large market for construction in Kuwait.
Mezzan Holding’s key strength is in food manufacturing and distribution. Mezzan’s current focus is on strengthening their food manufacturing and distribution footprint in the GCC.
“KAPICO is the leader in the aftermarket sector today. From the beginning, the Group have built up a good infrastructure and a good warehouse to supply regionally, not only to the GCC but also into the MENA. KAPICO was the first supplier of aftermarket spare parts in the region.”
“Dahan is involved in interior fit out contracting. We execute many spaces such as restaurants, shops, boutiques, banks, and office spaces. We are purely executers and builders. We do not offer any kind of design services or business requirements for the retailers,” says Sameer Al Dahan, Managing Partner at Dahan General Trading & Contracting.
Faisal Hasan, Senior VP of Investment Research Department at KAMCO talks about the oil and gas, banking, real estate, telecom and industry sector.
Fouad M.T. Alghanim, Chairman and CEO of Fouad Alghanim and Sons Group talks about the investment strategy of one of the largest conglomerates in Kuwait.
