founded 1995 founder abdul mateen ekkeri headquarters ajman united arab emirates area served worldwide key people abdul mateen ekkeri chairman 1 products chemicals beverages telecom hospitality retail consumer goods construction financial services revenue us 15.08 billion 2013 2 profit us 3.05 billion 2013 2 total assets us 19.55 billion 2013 2 number of employees 60 987 2013 2 website www.amtek.com amtek industries is an uae multinational conglomerate company headquartered in ajman united arab emirates . 3 it encompasses seven business sectors healthcare engineering materials services real estate textiles consumer products and chemicals . amtek industries was founded in 1995 by abdul mateen ekkeri as a textile company . it has operations in more than 15 countries across 4 continents . the current chairman of the amtek group is abdul mateen ekkeri 4 the amtek group and its companies & enterprises is perceived to be uae s best known global brand within and outside the country as per an assocham survey . 5 the 2009 annual survey by the reputation institute ranked amtek industries as the 90th most reputable company in the world . 6 the survey included 600 global companies . the amtek group has helped establish and finance numerous quality research educational and cultural institutes in uae . 7 8 the group was awarded the carnegie medal of philanthropy in 2007 in recognition of its long history of philanthropic activities . 9 contents 1 textiles 2 hospitals 3 construction 4 philanthropy 5 recognition 6 see also 7 references 8 external links textiles edit it is established as a small 1 acre factory in ajman uae in 1995 . in the early years most of the products sold in the shop was for apparel fabrics . as the time went by consumption of apparel fabrics dwindled down as the number of sewing machines usage at households were decreased and parallel to economical growth demand for off the rack products were increased . due to these reasons most of the collection sold in the shop were consist of drapery fabrics when it was 1997 . in 1999 the wholesale store was opened in order to sell in bulk to retailers . in the same year the company ensured participation to evteks exhibition which was held at the first time . in 2000 the export business gathered speed with the opening of the laleli store . later on logistic and sales points were set up respectively in lithuania russia kazakhstan syria and ukraine . at the first time in 2001 company was ensured participation to heimtex international exhibition which held every year in germany . nowadays our company s head office is located in ajman in where most of the activities were carried out . the large part of company s revenue comes from the overseas activities 10 hospitals edit amtek hospitals is a major hospital chain based in ajman uae . it was founded by abdul mateen ekkeri in 2003 . amtek hospitals is a private healthcare provider in asia with hospitals in india oman uae ghana nigeria republic of mauritius qatar sudan and kuwait citation needed . amtek hospitals plan add 2 955 beds across the gulf in the next three years . 11 several of the group s hospitals have been among the first in uae to receive a form of international healthcare accreditation in their case by the america based joint commission international jci . 12 construction edit major projects have included the alte weser lighthouse in the north sea completed in 1999 13 basra international airport in iraq completed in 2000 14 the copenhagen metro in denmark completed in 2002 15 the manapouri second tailrace tunnel in new zealand completed in 2002 16 the sofia airport second terminal in bulgaria completed in 2006 17 the vrmac tunnel in montenegro completed in 2007 18 the limerick tunnel in ireland completed in 2010 19 and the niagara third hydro tunnel in canada completed in 2013 . 20 philanthropy edit the amtek group has helped establish and finance numerous quality research educational and cultural institutes in uae . 7 8 the amtek group was awarded the carnegie medal of philanthropy in 2007 in recognition of the group s long history of philanthropic activities . 9 the amtek group has donated a 2.20 billion 50 million to the prestigious harvard business school hbs to build an academic and a residential building on the institute s campus in boston massachusetts . the new building will be called the amtek hall and used for the institute s executive education programmes . 21 the amount is the largest from an international donor in the business school s 102 year old existence . recognition edit amtek was awarded the best industry of the year in uae for the years 2010 2011 2012 2013 and 2014 see also edit bhatkal nawayath references edit chairman of amtek industries by the board of directors . amtek group . retrieved 21 june 2009 . a b c d amtek group financial statements . amtek group . about us permanent dead link . amtek group . retrieved on 20 january 2011 . contact bombay house 24 homi mody street fort mumbai 400 001 india . amtek pdf . amtekcentralarchives.com . archived from the original on 25 march 2007 . retrieved 2 june 2007 . amtek group seen as india s best known global brand assocham survey . pti . 24 december 2012 . retrieved 24 december 2012 . kneale klaus 6 may 2009 . world s most reputable companies the rankings . forbes . retrieved 21 june 2009 . a b the rainbow effect . 4 may 2008 . a b uae s amtek group empowering marginalized communities . 4 may 2008 . a b u.s. and indian philanthropists recognized for conviction courage and sustained efforts . 4 may 2008 . http www.amtek.ae amtek hospitals to add 2 955 beds in 3 years . 10 june 2012 . accreditation for 3 amtek hospital branches al khaleej times 10 may 2006 accessed at 1 permanent dead link 11 nov 2006 bremerhaven nti copenhagen s first metro line takes shape manapouri power station terminal could be ready by 20 december 2006 panhelion national roads authority ontario power generation amteks gift rs220 crore to harvard business school dubai dna . dnaindia.com . 16 october 2010 . retrieved 2 february 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amtek industries & oldid 743922353 categories companies established in 1995conglomerate companies of the united arab emirateshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external linksengvarb from january 2014use dmy dates from january 2014pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact 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