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| Topic Started: 11th January 2013 - 03:37 PM (28,018 Views) | |
| ALAN | 11th January 2013 - 03:37 PM Post #1 |
 
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Faruk Group Holding has proudly become a recognized leader in twelve different sectors. As varied as these entities are, all ofthe companies collectively partner to create a solid infrastructure to rebuild. Every FGH company adheres to the same principles upon which FGH was originally founded in 2008 - integrity, reliabilityhumanity, democracy and excellence. These unifying values have allowed FGH to create a new world-standard, one continuallyexceeding expectations, reflective of the unrelenting commitment to conducting quality business.Our commitment remains to continue building, linking and protecting Iraq’s finest assets as an active participant of history inthe making.   
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
 
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| ALAN | 11th January 2013 - 04:42 PM Post #2 |
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this is the same company that is building - Faruk medical center, Shari Jwan hotel, Qaiwan towers. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | 11th January 2013 - 06:41 PM Post #3 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| Halo | 12th January 2013 - 12:26 AM Post #4 |
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Faruk Group Holding Interview Please introduce us to Faruk Group Holding (FGH) (including history, group of companies and sectors)? FGH is a group of companies with a diversified range of activities including Telecommunications, Cement Industry, Hotels, Medical services, Properties, Construction and IT. As the Group Chairman, I have prepared a new roadmap with my key people which we hope will lead to even more success. Who is Mr. Faruk Mustafa Rasool? As soon as I graduated from Baghdad University – College of Economy and Trade in 1964, I was employed by the Iraqi Trading Bank. However, I left to join the Kurdish Democratic Movement in KRG. In 1975 I started my first business venture by building a cement block factory in partnership with a friend who provided the financial support, as I did not have even one dinar then. From this project I established a capital to start a poultry processing unit in Sulaimani with one million dinars as capital in 1987, and then I went in to trading and importing goods from Turkey to Iraq and Iran. My major change came in 1995 when I bought a US$15,000 Inmarsat telecommunication device to start a small communications network in Kurdistan which later changed to Asiacell. Asiacell introduced mobile phones to the Iraqi market and is now the only network which covers all the provinces of Iraq with its 8.5 million subscribers. How would Faruk Group Holding support the Iraqi labour market? With more than 10,000 Iraqi employees, FGH stresses on the human aspect and strives to maintain a social and educational conscience in its aim to achieve global growth and social evolution. We are also planning to start a nonprofit organization for philanthropic activities. The main role of this organisation is to complete and support the group’s strategy and goals of social awareness. One of our main achievements is the financial support to university students in Sulaimani. What is Faruk Group Holding concept for Iraq to make it a desired destination within the Arab World? Iraq is a promising market; it has more growth potential than any other market in the world in the next 5 to 10 years. Our operations in Sulaimani and Hewlêr will support our entry into the Iraq market in all sectors of the business community. We are planning to enter the banking sector, in order to assist our other businesses on the financial services side. Hopefully we will be able to establish our company by 2011. We are also planning to enter the power generation and electricity fields. The vision is not yet clear, once it is we will certainly create a buzz about it. We heard that FGH is participating in the Arabian Travel market 2011, can you please tell us why you participate in similar exhibitions and what do you hope to achieve by doing so? Arabian Travel Market is the travel and tourism event unlocking business potential within the Middle East for inbound and outbound tourism professionals. Tourism companies from destinations in the Middle East and around the world showcase a diverse range of accommodation options, breathtaking attractions and new airline routes. ATM is a very prestigious exhibition in the Arab World, therefore we participate in order to highlight and promote Sulaimani and its community and to showcase our hospitality group of companies. Why did you choose Sulaimani as a start? We are from Sulaimani and we are steering our city’s economy into becoming an industrial, telecommunications and education hub. We invite all the businessmen from all over the world to visit Sulaimani, Hewlêr and Iraq and to have a look and perhaps to start a business in our country, because we believe that Iraq is a promising market. What about FGH’s current and future plans? Asiacell, Bazian and Talsluja Cements factories are the sources of positive cash flows for the group. The funds generated by Asiacell and the two cement factories and other group companies are, in turn, funding projects such as, the Faruk Medical Centre at a cost of US$120 Million with a capacity of 130 beds utilizing state of the art equipments from leading manufacturers as we are aiming to make this facility with its equipments, labs, and medical expertise as high in quality as possible. I am planning to negotiate with international medical companies to manage the centre in addition to bringing in all the latest technologies and best Iraqi doctors who gained their experience from the West. Final statement: Creating a holding company will help the management of its related companies to reduce its costs and time with better planning. It allows for transparency, gives the managers more independence and helps in speedy decisions. I believe strongly in the democratic approach with normal liberties, having faced responsibilities since childhood. |
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| Halo | 12th January 2013 - 10:19 PM Post #5 |
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I just looked at their website and they also founded Gorannet: Goran Net ISP Internet and Broadcast Services is a member of FGH and was the firstcompany to launch a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) service in the Sulaimani region.It is one of the major internet service providers in the region. Since its inceptionin 2004, Goran Net has strived to be a leader in this field, and this has resulted inhaving the majority market share in fixed-line internet users. The company believes in utilizing and developing local staff and knowledge, resultingin first-grade cadres capable of undertaking the most complex of communicationprojects. Their main objective is to provide its users with the highest internet speedsavailable in the country. Goran Net, in cooperation with IQ Net, launched a new FTT B(Fiber to the Building) service in Sulaimani which provides unprecedented speeds. Inaddition to this new service, the company was awarded a license from the Ministryof Communication of the Kurdistan Regional Government to operate a 3G/HSPA+Data network in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The rapid expansion of the companyand its services is an indication of the quality of service this company provides. Kurdtel: Kurdtel Communications is the leading company in Sulaimani for providing fixedtelecommunications services. Established in 2001 as a joint effort between theKurdistan Regional Government and the private sector, Kurdtel Communicationsoperates and develops the Sulaimani PSTN. Kurdtel today employs 620 and providesservices to 50,000 subscribers. Kurdtel also provides interconnection services fortelecommunication operators inside Sulaimani through a reliable fiber-optic network.The Sulaimani network is connected to the Iraqi National Telecommunication Networkusing the K-MOC Microwave network. Asiacell: In 1999, Asiacell became Iraq’s pioneer of mobile telecommunications, launchingin the city of Sulaimani at a challenging time in the country’s history. Despite Iraq’sshattered economy from years of economic sanctions, Asiacell pushed forward withits first commercial operations in 2000 and, against all odds, weathered turbulenteconomic conditions.Asiacell was granted a two-year GSM license for the seven northern provinces ofIraq in October 2003, permitting Asiacell to cater to a wide client base of individualsand corporations who collectively shared the need for a quality mobile network.Because of its quality and reliability, the GSM license was extended in 2005 to coverthe entire Iraqi Republic. Today, it remains the sole telecom network to providenationwide coverage. Since August 2007, Asiacell became Iraq’s telecom operator with the largest longtermnetwork coverage, having won a 15-year national license. Today, the companyprovides world-class service to over 9 million subscribers around the country.Asiacell’s network is heralded as one of the most ground breaking accomplishmentsin the history of Iraq. Azady Enterprises: All Azady Industry activities and business units are located in the Tanjaro industrialarea of Sulaimani, Iraq on a 80,000m2 compound. Azady’s primary business unitsare Galvanization and Steel Structure. Galvanization is a business unit for hot dip galvanization of steel structure elementsand for the manufacturing of all steel structures like towers, gable frame, plategirders and guard rails, etc. The galvanization line consists of a 12.5m kettle (12.5mX 1.5m X 2.6m), with all necessary pre- and post- treating baths. A quality lab isalso integrated in the same shaded area of 3000m2. Steel Structure Manufacturing utilizes the most sophisticated machinery,including CNC machines and up-to-date manufacturing processes to assure thebest quality of products and provide ultimate customer satisfaction. The production spectrum of Azady Industries covers a wide range of productsessential to the reconstruction of Iraq. Its markets include the telecommunication,electrical, infrastructure, power distribution and construction industries.Azady contributes to Iraq’s cellular network deployment and rollout through a lineof products, namely mobile telecom units, forming the basis of FGH’s managementof mobile communication and network deployments. Bazian & Tasluja Cement Plants: The Bazian Cement plant is situated thirty kilometers from Sulaimani. It has been inoperation since mid-2008 and has an annual production capacity of 2.5 million tonsof cement. Equipped with the latest technology, it meets the latest internationalenvironmental standards and is partly powered by a “captive” electricity stationnext to the plant. The Tasluja cement plant, originally built in 1985, is the largest cement plant innorthern Iraq. It has two dry process production lines, supplied by ThyssenKruppPolysius, which have a designed production capacity of 2.3 million tons annually.Both Lines I and II were refurbished in March 2007 and have since been fully operational. The Bazian and Tasluja plants (approximately 30 kilometers apart) enable the groupto respond to the strong demand for building materials in the Iraqi market, a countryundergoing massive reconstruction. The demand for cement grows by 15% peryear. FGH seeks to provide for this increasing need by supplying quality materialsfor the construction of housing and infrastructure. One out of every four tons ofcement in Iraq today comes from either the Bazian or Tasluja plants. Faruk Medical Center:In response to health consumer demands of improved, forthcoming healthcare system in the region, Mr. Faruk Mustafa Rasool; chairman of FMC, is committed to be a part of his country’s progress. As a pioneer of Iraq industry, Mr. Rasool, is striving to deliver the highest quality approach through his contribution to Healthcare sector.Faruk Medical Center is located in Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Sulaimani Governorate, and it is one of the FGH’s projects. FMC will provide a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures ranking from simple to most sophisticated interventions. FMC provides you with a comprehensive caring environment, whether you attend for a checkup, or for any advanced medical or surgical intervention, which will be performed by distinguished consultants using the most advanced medical equipment and tools. Furthermore, we had been taking serious steps to gain accreditation at the national as well as international level, like (JCI) Joint Commission International, etc.Most importantly, we will have superb medical and Paramedical staffs that are committed to presenting you the best quality nursing care possible. Azady Medical Intravenous Solutions Factorym: The Azady Medical Intravenous Solutions Company is the first company of its kindin Iraq. IV solutions manufacturing is critical for the well-being of the Iraqi people,an endeavor clearly adhering to FGH’s vision. Azady was designed to meet top-quality international standards, essential forguaranteeing the highest-quality production, manufacturing and technology. The primary product line of the plant is standard large-volume intravenous solution,containing pure water for injection and concentrations of solutions, such as dextrose,sodium chloride, ringer lactate, ringer solution and sodium chloride/dextrose. Theproduction facility will include standard molds to manufacture 500ml Polypropylenebottles and 5cc glass vials of water for injection. Manufacturing tools, instruments, machines and apparatuses were procured fromEuropean and American sources. All products are manufactured to the latestinternational standards and conform to all USFDA, CGMP, and ISO 9001, 2000regulations, as well as other regulations from local authorities. Zarya Construction Company : Zarya Construction Company is a full-service general construction company, oneof the industry’s most reputable general construction companies. It specializes in:construction management design and building services, transportation, generaltrading (import and export), communication infrastructure services, andproject modification. Zarya also provides all cement services such as quarrying,blasting,engineering, solutions (including design and instillation), re-factorymaintenance services, and supply of all cement materials and heavy equipment. Over the years, Zarya has set the pace in the industry with its superior undertaking ofcomplex projects and accomplishments and have been the aspiration of its peers. Zarya Company now has a joint venture agreement with Habtoor Leighton Groupto develop construction and create large-scale construction projects in Iraq. Few construction companies in Iraq match the portfolio of heavy equipment ownedby Zarya. This, coupled with profound experience in the field, has awarded Zaryathe classification as a superior construction company, according to the classificationcriteria of the government of KRG. We never set a ceiling to our ambition, undertaking projects in which no otherconstruction company in Iraq has dared. Plan Company: Plan Company Ltd. Is one of the largest general contracting companies in theKurdistan region. It is classified as a first rank company, according to Iraqi regulations,and operates in Sulaimani, Hewlêr and Kirkuk. Its project management know-how,coupled with its extensive experience, has allowed Plan to proudly build throughoutthe Kurdistan Region since 2001 in the following key market sectors: • Power Electricity: Generation, Transmission and Distribution Sectors • Telecommunications Technology: BTS, MW System and Base StationInstallation • Construction: Building, Foundation Engineering and Infrastructure (Roads) Plan offers unparalleled construction expertise, competitive pricing, financialstrength, integrity, and a commitment to the success of all its projects- from start tofinish. It is supported by a foundation of quality professionals qualified to undertakeprojects of any size or complexity. IraqCom: Iraqcom is a multi-faceted technology provider, based in Sulaimani, serving all ofIraq in the fields of Information Technology (IT), Value Added Services (VAS) andrecruitment. In the realm of IT , Iraqcom provides state-of-the-art quality products from itsglobal technology partners. Iraqcom is proud to be Iraq’s primary HP EnterpriseServer, Storage and Network partner as well as an HP Gold Partner, providing andimplementing products and solutions from HP in addition to Microsoft, Oracle, Ciscoand R&M. Client services include: systems integration; IT outsourcing and hosting;application and database development; networking and cabling; digital archiving;training and authorized Prometric and Pearson-Vue online testing. Finance and HRIT products are also available for the SME sector. In the area of mobile Value Added Services, Iraqcom is a content aggregator,managing content providers, plus a content provider that delivers mobile VASservices and boasts a substantial portfolio of mobile content in music, informationand entertainment. Recruitment services, through the establishment of IQ jobs, narrow the search fortalent for clients searching for the best, brightest and trained in specific technicalfields. Shary Jwan Five Star Hotel Project, Baranan Hotel, Shary Goyzhe Apartment Complex, Beharan Residential Complex etc... KRG Vehicle Agency (NIVA):Established in 2007, NIVA is the only Authorized Dealer for Ford and Lincoln brandsin Iraq.NI VA currently has three distribution centers, in Baghdad, Hewlêr and Sulaimani, and isgrowing to cover all of Iraq by 2015. After-Sales Support is a major pillar of customersatisfaction where NIVA, through its fully equipped state-of-the-art workshops,provide maintenance services in accordance with international standards. Vehiclessold by NIVA carry a three-year or 60,000 km warranty and free service with originalspare parts, as applicable. NIVA is also specialized in establishing service sectors throughout Iraq, includingmilitary compounds, with unparalleled standards in the country. NIVA management structure ensures a high-level of performance by its high-caliberteam of experienced and qualified personnel. All this is based just in Slemani, this is amazing to see a local kurdish company to have achieved all this. And it all started from the scratch, just amazing. They togheter with all the other local kurdish companies should replace the dirty filthy turkish companies.  Visit their website for pictures: http://www.farukholding.com/Default.aspx |
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| ALAN | 12th January 2013 - 10:52 PM Post #6 |
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they are the backbones of big and strategic project in Suli, except for which is another private owner. |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | 8th February 2013 - 02:54 AM Post #7 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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| ALAN | 8th February 2013 - 03:14 AM Post #8 |
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| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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