Construction & Building Materials
Unicom’s exposure to the Construction sector is extensive. Our objective is to provide customers with quality assured, technically advanced raw materials, derived from exhaustive research and the Company’s decades of involvement with the industry
Silica Fume, or Microsilica, is supplied to concrete admixture companies, readymix concrete producers, civil contractors, shotcrete and fiber cement manufacturers. Silica Fume is an important tool in High Performance Concrete, and is noted for its strength and durability enhancing characteristics.
For the Drymix industry, Unicom supplies many raw materials including Calcium Aluminate Cement, CSA cement, Anhydrite, Tartaric retarders, anti-crack fibers, re-dispersible powders, expansive agents and Lithium compounds. Lithium has an important role to play in the mitigation of Alkali Silica Reactivity (ASR), and as an accelerator in Alumina based cementitious systems.
Production of gypsum plasterboard is growing throughout Asia and the Middle East. We supply the plasterboard industry with various inputs including foaming agents, formaldehyde free fluidity modifiers, accelerators, retarders and raw materials for the manufacture of fire resistant board
Agrichemicals
Our Company’s constant aim is to provide quality assured product from world class manufacturers, supported by full technical attestation.
With experience and long-term producer associations in the global fertiliser sector, Unicom has access to a substantial range of key raw materials as well as emerging fertiliser technologies and suppliers. For our customers, this innovation is a significant feature of Unicom’s service.
Aluminum
Aluminium production throughout the Middle East has grown dramatically in recent years, as local and international aluminium groups have positioned themselves to derive advantage from the attractive energy costs on offer. With its long established local presence, and a range of high quality, technically advanced materials on offer, Unicom is well placed to service the requirements of this exciting market. Unicom understands Aluminium Smelters and our wide experience can assist both our smelter customers, and manufacturers of new products for application in Aluminium Production utilities.
Ceramics
Unicom supplies a carefully selected range of raw material products for Ceramicware and Brick manufacture. This includes refined clays of various types, feldspars, silica flour, lithium based materials such as petalite, and ceramic rollers. We also supply ceramic pigments including manganese umber, red and black oxides for use in brick and tile production. Our objective is to supply our customers with outstanding quality products supported by local stock.
Forging
Unicom supplies steel feed stock for all forging requirements and applications, including mining, power generation, deep sea oil and gas exploration and general engineering. Steel grades available range from mild steel through to super duplex stainless, VOD, ESR and VAR steels.
Oil Well Drilling
Unicom have a range of innovative products for drilling, extraction & cementing of wells.
Unicom’s portfolio in this field comprises products for oil well establishment as well as chemicals for continuous and cost-efficient production of valuable oil and gas resources.
Unicom offers dispersants / water reducers, cements, fillers, flocculants, corrosion inhibitors, de-foamers, and scale inhibitors.
Products such as Lignosulfonate, Poly Naphthalene Sulfonate, Melamine Formaldehyde Condensate and Polycarboxylates can be used as dispersants / water reducers.
Following successful drilling, the steel casing is anchored firmly in the ground with special cement. More and more frequently the cement mixture has to be pumped over long distances. Unicom’s state-of-the-art dispersants improve the flow characteristics of the cement slurry with low water content, so it can be pumped without setting too soon.
CAC & CSA Cements are used for wellbore cementing, to increase the speed of the set time and the density of the concrete by introducing an Ettringite based system. This makes the cementitious matrix less permeable and increases its strength, while also imparting higher thermal resistance.
Silica Fume is an efficient pozzolan that yields higher strengths, improved pumpability and reduced permeability.
Microspheres allow for density reduction whilst maintaining acceptable strength.
Accelerators such as Lithium compounds for Alumina based systems and Calcium Nitrate for Portland cements are available.
Our retarder range includes Sodium Gluconate and Tartaric compound.
Plastics & Rubber
we supply high purity Aluminium Hydroxide (ATH) and Magnesium Hydroxide (MDH) into both plastic and rubber-based systems.
A comprehensive range of grades is available with density, sizing and surface treatment characteristics tailored to specific requirements. Major applications include electric cables, automotive products, conveyor belting, cast synthetic surfaces, and rigid foam. Unicom is continuing expansion of our Plastic and Rubber range. We are committed to providing our customers with access to leading edge technologies in this fast changing industry sector.