RAK Ceramics

RAK Ceramics was established in Ras Al Khaimah in 1989 by H.H. Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, who aspired to have the best machinery with the latest technology to produce the best products possible for sale in the world.

In 1991 RAK Ceramics first tile plant began operating with an annual output of 1,825,000 square meters of tiles.

In 1993 RAK Ceramics opened its first sanitaryware plant in Ras Al Khaimah with an annual output of 350,000 pieces of sanitaryware.

By the year 2000, the company had opened its first overseas plant in Bangladesh.

From 2000 to 2004, RAK Ceramics invested heavily, expanding the company, and exporting to almost 120 countries by 2004.

2004 RAK Luminous, ability to glow in the dark & RAK Slim, a thickness of just 4.5mm are introduced.

2006 RAK Ceramics opened it’s 10th UAE tile plant with an annual output of 16,425,000 square meters of tiles.

2007 Kludi RAK was established, producing exquisite designer and water saving faucets.

In 2010 RAK Ceramics becomes the world’s largest ceramics manufacturer. By 2012, RAK Ceramics had supplied 1 billion square metres of tiles to projects around the world since the company began.

2013 RAK Ceramics Launched Maximus Mega Slab, a super-sized slab.

2016 The launch of the new RAK Ceramics global brand identity from a leading manufacturer to a global lifestyle solution provider.

2019 RAK Ceramics partners with leading sanitaryware designers.

2020 RAK Ceramics celebrates 30 years of success.

2021 RAK Ceramics collaborates with international fashion brand ELIE SAAB to launch bathroom and surface collection.

2022 RAK Ceramics inks 100% KLUDI acquisition deal.

The largest shareholder of RAK Ceramics is now Falcon Investments with a 20.4% stake in the business. Other shareholders include Al Rajhi Partners LLC; the Government of Ras Al Khaimah; etc. [2]

In addition to its production facilities in Ras Al Khaimah, RAK Ceramics operates plants in Bangladesh, India and Iran. In August 2015 the company acquired the remaining 20% minority share of its Iran facility, making RAK Iran a wholly-owned subsidiary of RAK Ceramics. In October 2015 the company acquired the remaining 8% minority share of its India facility, making RAK India a wholly-owned subsidiary of RAK Ceramics.

In 2015 RAK Ceramics focused on acquisitions aimed at strengthening the control of the Group over its subsidiaries, acquiring 100% of its subsidiaries in Iran and India, and in early, 2016 RAK Ceramics acquired the remaining shares in its subsidiaries in the UK, Italy, Germany and Australia.

Raw materials are sourced locally (sand, quartz and feldspar) as well as from all over the world (kaolin, ball clay and feldspar).[3]

A wide range of technologies are used at the company’s plants some of which include digital printing technology, continua+, chroma, slim, anti-microbial, glow in the dark, double charge, roll feed and other technologies.

In tiles, RAK Ceramics offers one of the largest collections of ceramic wall and floor tiles, gres porcelain and super-sized slabs in the industry. Offering more than 6,000 production models, tiles are manufactured in various sizes, from the smallest 10x10cm up to the largest in the region at 135x305cm, the widest range offered in the ceramics field.

Today RAK Ceramics is one of the largest Ceramics’ manufacturers in the world with a global production capacity of 118 million square meters of tiles, 5.7 million pieces of sanitaryware, 26 million pieces of porcelain tableware and 2.6 million pieces of faucets per year.

GLOBAL PRODUCTION RAK Ceramics has 23 state-of-the-art plants including 10 tiles, 2 sanitaryware, 1 tableware and 1 faucets in UAE, 3 faucet plants in Europe, 3 tile and 1 sanitaryware plant in India, 1 tile and 1 sanitaryware plant in Bangladesh.

Since its creation in 1989, RAK Ceramics has provided employment for approximately 6,000 Asian migrant workers. At present, around 8,000 employees work for the company in the UAE and a total of 15,000 worldwide.

The company employs staff from all over the world including the UAE, Lebanon, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, China, Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Armenia, Syria, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, and other countries at the headquarters in Ras Al Khaimah.

3. Ceramic industry make to double turnover by 2021