• Bahrain Steel
    Bahrain Steel: Established in 1984, Bahrain Steel, wholly owned by Foulath, is a leading producer of iron-ore pellets used in the production of steel. It operates two pelletizing plants in the Kingdom of Bahrain with a total capacity of 12 million tons per year. It is the largest DR merchant pelletizing producer in the world and the only one located in the Middle East.
  • SULB
    SULB Company B.S.C.:
    In 2009, Foulath formed SULB as a joint venture with the Japanese steel industry Yamato Kogyo and opened its DRI and heavy steel production plant in Bahrain. It acquired a light-to-medium rolling mill in Jubail, which became SULB Saudi Arabia. The two parts of SULB meet the region’s needs for steel sections, with exports made further afield. It is the Middle East region's first fully integrated medium and heavy beams and structural steel sections producer.
  • Foulath Infotech
    Foulath Infotech: In 2019, Bahrain Steel and its sister companies from the Foulath Group engaged in an all-out commitment to a state-of-the-art digitalization transformation programme. Welcome to the start of a new era. Welcome to Foulath 4.0
Home > Investments > Investee Companies > USCO
USCO

United Stainless Steel Company BSC (c) (USCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Foulath, is located at Foulath’s Steel Complex in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Company began commercial operations in the fourth quarter of 2008 and is the first stainless steel re-roller to be established in the Middle East region.

USCO operates a world class internationally accredited mill that has production capacity of 100,000 tons per year of cold rolled stainless steel. Its products are of the highest quality and manufactured through well established processes that incorporate the most advanced technical expertise.

The Company drives further improvement through benchmarking with world class performance levels and identifying, sharing and standardizing best practices within the Company. USCO’s full range of stainless steel products, which meet the most demanding global standards, are sold to customers through the Middle East and worldwide.

The Company’s products include:

304 Stainless Steel
The most widely used steel type because of its good corrosion resistance, thermal resistance, strength at low temperature and mechanical properties and is used for a wide variety of home and commercial applications.

316 Stainless Steel
This contains Molybdenum and is superior to 304 in corrosion resistance, pitting resistance and high-temperature strength.

USCO’s product range includes:
• Wide Coil and Slit Coil
• Sheet (1.0m to 6.0m in length)
• Width range 1000mm, 1219mm and 1250mm
• Gauge range 2.0mm to 0.4mm
• Finishes 2B and polished #4

USCO employs approximately 125 people at its Bahrain facility, of which approximately 85% are Bahraini nationals.