Alkhorayef Industries is the industrial arm of the Alkhorayef Group of Companies, which has been in business since 1957.

Alkhorayef Industries, and the other firms, that comprise the Alkhorayef Group, have been significant contributors to the unparalleled growth and modernisation of the Kingdom's industrial and agricultural sectors.
Alkhorayef Industries is a highly diversified and vertically integrated metalworking business, producing a wide range of industrial products, in several ISO 9000 certified manufacturing facilities.
Mechanised Irrigation Systems Factory
Among the three largest mechanised irrigation systems manufacturers in the world, producing centre pivot irrigation systems and linear irrigation systems, which are sold internationally under the name brand Western.
Polyethylene Lining Systems Factory
This facility utilises a unique patented process to produce irrigation pipes with an integral High Density Polyethylene lining, which are sold under the name brand Permapipe. The range offers the best available solution to salve corrosion problems.
Vertical and Horizontal Centrifugual
Pump Factory
The factory manufactures complete fines of Vertical Turbine Pumps; Submersible Pumps, and Horizontal Centrifugal Pumps sold under the name brand Western, for use in municipal, industrial, commercial and agricultural applications.
This factory also produces Right-Angle Gear Drives, under the internationally recognised name brand Randolph, which ranges in size from 20 Hp to 1500 Hp.
Custom Engineered Products Division
Combines the engineering skills and manufacturing capabilities of the various Alkhorayef Industries Company factories, to design and produce custom metal parts for industry, petroleum businesses and other sectors.
Alkhorayef Industries is the only certified manufacturer in Saudi Arabia for ERW carbon steel pipe manufactured to API 5L standards for 4 and 5 inch diameters.
Alkhorayef ERW Steel Pipe Factory
The Alkhorayef Pipe Factory, in production since 1990, is Saudi Arabia's leading manufacturer of Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) steel pipe in sizes 21/2 inches to 8 5/8 inches diameter and in thicknesses from 2mm- 8.2mm with pipe lengths ranging from 13.1 ft - 44.2 ft.
The factory has an annual capacity of 42, 000MT.
Alkhorayef Pipe Factory utilises the latest in automated pipe manufacturing technology to provide its customers with the best quality at the lowest price available. The pipe is produced in an ISO 9000 certified factory, adhering to the most popular world standards for ERW steel pipe, including:
• API 5L Gr A & B.
• ASTM AS3 Gr A & B.
• Bs 1378
The factory is equipped with a pipe mill manufactured by BAUER, a leading European manufacturer of pipe mills, utilising the latest technology available (High Frequency Induction welding and Heat Treatment of welds on stations produced by Thermatool etc.).
Slitting Line
The pipe factory is equipped with a slitting line, manufactured by Braner USA. The slitting line is capable of slitting Hot Rolled Coil (HRC) with widths up to 1550 mm and thicknesses of up to 10 mm in up to 17 strips.
The line has an annual slitting capacity of 90,000 MT, which is more than required for a pipe factory, and contract-slitting service is available to other manufacturers.
ERW Pipe Production
The manufacture of electric resistance welded (ERW) steel pipe commences with the slitting of a large master coil of hot rolled steel produced by a steel rolling mill to:
a) Remove rolling imperfections from the master coil edges and to provide a precise master tail width and
b) To cut the master tail into several narrower pipe coils with precise widths designed to produce a specific pipe diameter when rolled formed into a pipe arid with good coil edges to facilitate quality pipe welding.
The pipe coils are fed into a pipe mill and through a set of form rails, designed to produce the desired circular shape and size.
The rolled steel farm then feeds through a High Frequency Induction welding station for the ERW welding process which begins with the converging edges of the rolled steel pipe being heated to a glowing red plastic state and then is fed through a forging process utilising squeeze rolls.
The welded pipe is then fed through a station where the under side of the weld bead is removed by means of a scarfing tool maintaining a uniform pipe wall thickens and an unobstructed flow path.
To ensure a quality weld is maintained and that pipes meet all applicable standards, the welded pipe is fed through an annealing station in the pipe mill where the welded zone of the pipe is slowly heated to 900 degrees centigrade using low frequency induction heat following welding in order to restore grain size, to reduce internal stresses and counteract martensite inclusions.
Marketing Plan
To benefit from new opportunities developing in the Saudi Arabian oil and gas sectors, Alkhorayef Industries is focusing an taking advantage of their unique marketing advantage in the Kingdom of being the only manufacturer in the country for ERW carbon steel API SL sizes 4 inches and 5 inches.
Alkhorayef Industries Company has not only been successful with its product in the Kingdom and the Middle East, but has also been successful in penetrating new global markets including the US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China, Middle East and North Africa.
Product applications of Alkhorayef Industries include: oil and gas pipes, irrigation pipes, column pipes, casing pipes, fire-fighting network pipes, water-cooling system pipes and structural pipes.
Alkhorayef quality
Th Alkhorayef Industries Company factory is ISO 900:2000 certified. The QA system not only addresses quality issues, but also addresses safety and environmental issues with particular emphasis on customer satisfaction.
The pipe factory facility has testing facilities for maintaining the quality of its products:
Physical inspection prior to slitting
Tensile test: test characteristics regarding yield, tensile strengths and elongation.
WIP Testing: Eddy current test: for detection of defects at weld seam with reference to a predetermined control limits
Flattening test: to check the integrity of weld, where the sample shall be flattened cold between parallel plates up to 213 OD. The weld shall be placed at 0 and 90 degrees from the direction of the applied force, or as the standard specify.
Hydrostatic Testing: at specified duration and pressure according to standards to reveal the undetected seam weld defects.
Finished Goods Testing:  Finished products are visually inspected for external defects prior to shipment (mainly material handling defects, dents and other damages).
Alkhorayef Industries is emerging as a top tier world player by offering unique technologies like plastic lining of its products to conquer corrosive waters.