Emirates Steel Industries (ESI), formerly Emirates Iron & Steel Factory (EISF) is a wholly owned government factory strategically located at the recently developed Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD). The factory is the largest steel plant in the UAE, utilising the latest rolling mill technology to produce reinforcing bars for the construction industry.

Established in 2001 to satisfy the growing demand for quality steel products for the UAE’s fast developing construction sector, ESI is the only significant domestic supplier of deformed reinforcing steel bars (rebars). The rolling mill has a design capacity of 600,000 tons of rebar per year and the Company is currently running at full capacity.

ESI produced 165,000 tons of rebar in 2002; 385,000 tons in 2003; 500,000 in 2004; and 600,000 in both 2005 and 2006. ESI currently sells 100% of its production within the UAE.