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Company Profile

AL Azhar Trading Co. LLC is a proactive vendor with numerous UN Agencies and organizations, successfully delivering quality goods and services worldwide. We specialize in international trade, mining operations, and strategic partnerships with global industry leaders.

Having mastered the art of conducting business with the United Nations, Al Azhar Trading Co. LLC began providing consultancy services to international businesses and airlines seeking to register as UN vendors. We have successfully advised clients including:

  • Kenya Airways
  • SpiceJet
  • SriLankan Airlines
  • Etihad Airways

Al Azhar Trading Co. LLC is also a supplier of newsprint, paper, electronic components, and allied products to major OEMs, publication houses, and newspaper publishers worldwide.

For the past three years, the company has collaborated with Stork Group (headquartered in Vienna, Austria) to explore, mine, and trade in ilmenite, rutile, zircon, titanium sponge, milled products, ferroalloys, heavy engineering equipment, and master alloys for the titanium industry.

To strengthen this partnership, we hold shares in ORKA International FZ-LLC and Sohar Titanium, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stork Group GmbH.

Sohar Titanium will be the first facility in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to produce titanium sponge/sludge. Leading global firms such as E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) and Tronox (USA) will procure these materials from Sohar Titanium.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we partnered with -

1. Dutch Health BV, a prominent Dutch medical equipment provider, to supply hospitals and diagnostic centers. We also assisted NGOs and charitable institutions in India by sourcing, procuring, and delivering critical supplies, including:

  • Handheld contactless thermometers
  • Disposable PPE kits, masks, and gloves
  • Hand sanitizers
  • Oximeters
  • Oxygen concentrators
  • Hospital-grade ventilators


2. Link Middle East Group, with over 37 years of experience, is a prominent fully integrated manufacturer of a wide range of Wire and Wire products consisting of but not limited to -

  • INSTOMAT Defence Barriers, Welded-mesh & Hexagonal-mesh Gabions
  • Concertina Razor Tape & Barbed Wire
  • High Security Perimeter Fencing Systems and Components
  • Highway Guard Rail Systems & Crash Barriers
  • Steel Fabrications & other specialized products as listed on their website - Link Middle East

With numerous international certifications, their products have been exported to over 75+ countries till date.

Strategic Partnerships

Stork Group Collaboration

For 3+ years partnering with Vienna-based Stork Group in:

  • Mining & trading of ilmenite, Rutile, Zircon
  • Titanium sponge production
  • Ferroalloys manufacturing
  • Heavy engineering equipment

Strategic Investments

  • Shareholding in ORKA International FZ-LLC
  • Participation in Sohar Titanium (STORK Group subsidiary)

Sohar Titanium: First GCC-based titanium sponge producer supplying to:

  • E. I du Pont de Nemours and Company
  • Tronox (USA)

COVID-19 Response

Partnerships
  • Dutch Health BV collaboration
  • Medical equipment supply chain management
Supplies Delivered
  • Contactless temperature recorders
  • PPE kits & masks
  • Hand sanitizers
  • Oximeters
  • Oxygen concentrators
  • Hospital ventilators

Supported NGOs and charitable institutions across India with critical medical supplies during the pandemic

UN Agencies & Organizations

ADB - Asian Development Bank
CTBTO - Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
ILO - International Labor Organization
ITC - International Trade Centre
ITU International Telecommunication Union
OPCW - Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
PAHO - The Pan American Health Organization
UN Secretariat United Nations Secretariat
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNHCR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UN-Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
WFP World Food Programme
WHO World Health Organization
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO World Meteorological Organization
WTO World Trade Organization

UN Procurement Details

UNMIS (United Nations Mission in South Sudan)
UNAMID (United Nations Mission in Darfur)
MONUSCO (United Nations Mission in the DRC)
MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara)
UNLB (United Nations Logistic Base in Brindisi)
ONUCI (United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire)
UNIFIL (The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon)
UNAMA (United Nations Mission in Afghanistan)
MINUSCA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic)
UNPD (United Nations Procurement Division)
MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali)
UNISFA (United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei)
UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus)
UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)
UNAMI (United Nations Mission in Iraq)

Airline Clients

Kenya Airways
Spice Jet
SriLanka Airlines
Etihad Airways

Contact Us

Al Azhar Trading Co. L.L.C.
Office # O-208, Al Yasmeen Building, Salahuddin Road
Hor-Al-Anz P O Box 4556, Dubai (UAE)
Tel: +971-4 268 2234
Mob: +971-50 653 9142
Email: azhardxb@emirates.net.ae