Aerated Concrete Industries Company (ACICO) was established in June 1990 as a Kuwait Shareholding Closed Company (K.S.C.C.) under license from Hebel International Germany. In the industrial business, ACICO installed a Dubai-based Emirates Aerated Concrete Industries Company (E-ACICO) plant, for the production of insulated blocks of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) in the Jebel Ali Industrial Area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The plant is owned entirely by ACICO and began its experimental production in April 2005. With its intention of expanding into all countries of the GCC, ACICO contributed a 45% stake in the installment of a plant, S-ACICO, for the production of aerated reinforced and non-reinforced concretes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The project is in its initial stage and is expected to begin production in the first quarter of 2006.