Ajlan & Brothers
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Clothes |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | Saudi Arabia |
Key people | Ajlan bin Abdel Aziz Al-Ajlan – Chairman |
| Products | Yashmagh, Ghuttra, Garment (Thobe), and Underwear |
Number of employees | 9000 |
| Website | http://www.ajlanbros.com/ |
Ajlan & Brothers is a Saudi company one of the leading international corporations operating in the field of manufacturing classic menswear in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf area, in addition to the readymade cloths and winter clothes. The company has been established in 1979 with head office in Riyadh. Ajlan & Bros. employs more than 9000 workers in more than 10 countries.
The company is renowned for trade in men’s headwear such as Yashmagh and Ghuttra as well as readymade cloths. It’s considered one of the companies that witnessed the prosperity and growth of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and powerful access into the world of menswear, Yashmagh and Ghuttras that have become the main niche of the company that has become one of the biggest names in the Persian Gulf in this sector.
Ajlan & Bros. has as well considerable investments in the real estate industry in Saudi Arabia, Europe, Asia, the United States and China. In addition to investment in private property in Europe, Asia, Middle East (Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, India, China and Korea) through the private property fund or direct investment. It has as well investments in the stock market in 25 countries.
Corporate History
Ajlan & Bros. was launched on 1979ad and was incorporated as partnership on 1994ad and converted to closed end joint stock Company on 2005. The company is actually manufacturing most of its products in its own factories to be later sold to wholesalers and retailers in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait. The company owns a proprietary sales network in most of GCC countries and distributors and agents in Saudi Arabia, however, sell the products to Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Libya and Egypt.
Affiliate Companies
Ajlan & Brothers co. owns a number of affiliates in China namely:
- Ajlan & Brothers holding Co.
- Suzhou Deylon Textiles Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Alzeeh Textile Co., Ltd.
- Shandong Lawrance Textiles Co., Ltd.
- Suzhou Fourcan Packing Co., Ltd.
Technical, material and human assets have been dedicated to enable those factories to attain the target of the company viz. increase corporate market share through controlling costs, enhance quality, market suitability and preserve such a successful equation.
Ajlan & Bros. own a number of real estate firms operating in Saudi Arabia, China, U.S.A and Europe.
Branches
Ajlan & Brothers has implemented a plan to create branches and warehouses in Saudi Arabia and Arab States of the Persian Gulf, which counted 45 branch and 200 wholesale points in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf. All this expansion and arrangements in factories and markets so that Ajlan & Brothers remains at proximity of the masses, motivated by the concept of development and progress.
Products
- Yashmagh
- Ghuttra
- Men’s dress
- Underwear
Ajlan & Brothers owns several commercial trademarks in the Kingdom including:
The Company Awards
- Ajlan & Brothers is the first Saudi specialty company in Yashmagh, Ghuttra and readymade garments to be granted ISO 9001:2008 for implementing the international standards of quality.
- The company has obtained the British Allergy Certificate for the Drosh 100% natural garments that do not cause allergy to users and the fact that all the materials used during the different manufacturing stages of Drosh brand name in underwear and dress do not stimulate allergy.
- The company has obtained as well the quality certificate from the Saudi Arabian standardization organization (SASO) to further confirm the quality of Ajlan & Brothers products and compliance with the national and international standards. It was also granted the Swiss environmental certificate, one of the highest awards, indicating that all Ajlan & Brothers products in addition to being of high quality is environment friendly products and not hazardous to human health. This certificate has been awarded to Ajlan & Brothers by this international independent authority upon conducting several test on the products and examined the used materials which was scientifically proved to be suitable and healthy to the child skin which is the most sensitive as well as for adults.
- The Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certificate concerns the dying company which means that all the corporate operations are non-hazardous to the environment or the manpower and all the raw materials used in the corporate operations originate from Oeko-Tex Standard and it further indicates that the company uses all the safety and security measures.
- The Rab international certificate is issued by a non-profit international organization subject to the international, environmental and safety practice standards. It allows wining products to enter all world markets as the manufacturers consider it as “international passport to the western countries”. Furthermore, most customers in the American and European markets prefer dealing with the manufacturer holding the Rab certificate.
Technology
The company is characterized by using the modern IT technology in the field of data transfer and implement the software that enable the administration to deliver information with sufficient speed to different administrative levels to help taking the decisions. Among such software:
- Oracle ERP financial software.
- Back Office dealing with customer accounts and sales being connected to the LAN to transfer data related to sales customer transactions to the program to consolidate the corporate data.
- RMS software which process the sales data and customers of the branches.
- It has updated its website as well to the latest technologies.
In addition to other programs such as Right Fax, SCOM and SMS that help in streamlining the data and administrative process so that all the staff be aware of the manpower affairs.
Corporate Administration
- Sheikh Ajaln bin Abdul Aziz Al Ajlan, board chairman (1979 – to date)
- Sheikh Saad bin Abdul Aziz Al Ajlan, deputy chairman (1980 – deceased)
- Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdul Aziz Al Ajlan, deputy chairman (1981 – to date)
- Sheikh Fahad bin Abdul Aziz Al Ajlan, deputy general manager (1993 – to date)
Press Reports
- Prince of Riyadh honors the company «Ajlan and Brothers» on the graduate day and Job. Administration Institute
- Ajlan & Brothers has been honored for its role in protecting intellectual property rights.
- Ajlan & Brothers family scored 21st rank on the richest Arab list for the year 2014 in the report issued by Forbes ME magazine.
- Ajlan & Brothers Company scored the 25th rank on the list of richest 30 Saudis for 2014 in Arabian Business magazine report.
- Sheikh Ajlan, Sheikh Mohammad and Sheikh Fahad were entered on the list of the Persian Gulf richest people and scored rank 18 in the Arabian Business magazine report.