The Alam Group was founded in Dubai in 1979 and has offices in Dubai, Jebel Ali Free Zone and Abu Dhabi. It is a building material manufacturing and distribution group supplying steel, cement and timber to the construction, engineering, and fabrication industries in the Middle East.

Alam Traders has two steel divisions: reinforcement bars and structural steel. The rebar division supplies to the construction industry, and the structural division distributes to the engineering procurement construction (EPC), oil and gas, and fabrication firms. Alam Traders' distribution facilities are located in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, Ras Al Khor, and Al Quoz Industrial Zones.