1951
Sheikh Ali Mohammed Alhamrani begins his journey to establish a legacy for the nation and his family.
1952
Alhamrani & Alsulaiman – Enter a partnership with the Nissan Motor Company and become the first importer dealership network in the Kingdom.
1960
Becomes the exclusive dealer franchise network for the Central Region
1973
Alhamrani Group develops its first industrial business (Alhamrani Industrial Group) to expand beyond the motor sales industry.
1974
AIG opens its first steel drum and industrial packaging factory in Jeddah
1975
Alhamrani & Asulaiman begin a partnership to distribute Gulf Oil products in Saudi Arabia.
AIG discovers extensive Red Clay deposits in Asfan and begins extractions lasting fifty years.
1979
Alhamrani Group opens its first construction business supporting the growth of commercial and domestic developments.
1981
The group establishes Alhamrani Universal Company (Now AU) – the business operates as a financial and high technology division of the group. It issued over 35000 debit cards, installed 3000 ATMs, and handled over 3000 transactions per month within five years.
1982
AIG opens a second factory in Riyadh
1987
Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOC) begins servicing a growing demand for products and technical support.
AU becomes the dominant force in electronic banking in the GCC
1988
Production facilities at Yanbu begin production with a capacity of 75000 metric tons per year.
1989
Alhamrani FUCHS Petroleum Saudi Arabia Limited (FUCHS) formed – a joint venture with FUCHS Petrolub AG to manufacture and distribute the full range of FUCHS products.
1991
FUCHS commissions a modern grease production plant at Yanbu.
Then commissions a 30000 square-meter grease production plant with a capacity of 4500 metric tons per annum.
1992
Responding to the rapid expansion of infrastructure in the Kingdom, Alhamrani Real Estate forms.
Alhamrani Group acquires 50 per cent equity in Gulf Oil Middle East Limited (GOIMEL).
1993
AIG opens its third factory in Al-Jubail
AIGOIMEL commissions a state-of-the-art production facility in Jabel Ali, Dubai, with a capacity of 25000 metric tons per year.
AUC is appointed sole agent of International Verifact Inc across the Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan for their range of Point-of-Sale products.
October sees AUC become the exclusive distributor of Nintendo Video Games in Saudi Arabia.
1994
AIG introduces a range of complete Fiber Glass solutions to customers throughout the Gulf
1996
AU aligned with International Verifact Inc to pioneer ePayments terminals, boosting multi-lane ePayments requirements.
2008
The first EMV transactions in Saudi Arabia are conducted and performed by a Hypercom ePOS terminal powered by AU.
2014
AU becomes the first vendor capable of accepting contactless payment transactions in Saudi Arabia.
2016
AU is the first to introduce Multi-Function Banking Kiosks, which issue and print ATM cards on the spot.
2021
Focus Zukunft awards Alhamrani Fuchs the coveted 100% Carbon Neutral Operations Emissions status.