A history of success as hepworth. An even brighter future as corys piping systems.
Established over 40 years ago, CORYS Piping Systems LLC was formerly known as Hepworth PME LLC. With its rich history of manufacturing knowledge and achievements, Hepworth gained a solid reputation throughout the MENA region as a cutting-edge provider of dependable piping solutions.
From villas to super-high-rise towers, from major highways and infrastructure pipelines to golf courses, farms and agritech projects, our business continues to bring the latest innovations to our customers, delivering value and high performing systems to meet the needs of todays’ demanding construction industry.
With major manufacturing sites in the UAE, Qatar and Oman, we trade across the MENA region and internationally through a wide network of authorized distributors.
1973
Abdul Ghaffar Hussain established a relationship with Jotun of Norway.
1975
The first Jotun factory in the Middle East opened in Dubai.
1976
Kangaroo Plastics, one of the region’s first flexible packaging companies, was launched.
1977
Hepworth PME was established as a manufacturer and supplier of piping systems.
1977
Abdul Ghaffar Hussain established Green Coast Enterprises to consolidate his various industrial holdings
1991
Hepworth PME opened its state of the art factory in Nad al Hamar.
1993
The Real Estate arm of the Group was launched.
2001
Hepworth PME established a manufacturing joint venture in Qatar.
2003
Emirates Technopack, a specialized packaging company, was launched.
2004
Hepworth WLL was established in Bahrain.
2006
Abdul Ghaffar Hussain Trading LLC was established in Oman.
2009
Kangaroo Plastics (PME) LLC included Geomembrane to their existing range of products.
2012
Green Coast Investments was established to manage the Group’s existing market investments.
2013
Transfer of the Geomembrane business from Kangaroo Plastics PME to Hepworth PME.
2014
Green Coast Enterprises established Corys Building Materials LLC to manage all of its construction and building materials businesses. At the same time, the new subsidiaries Corys Geosynthetics LLC and Corys Build Centre LLC were established to manage the geosynthetics and retail businesses respectively.
2015
Corys Packaging is established to consolidate the strengths of both Kangaroo Plastics and Emirates Technopack.
2018
State of the art manufacturing factory opened in Sultanate of Oman.
2020
EGFCO, Egypt Gas GF-GF Corys, a pipes and fittings manufacturing joint venture in Egypt.
2022
CORYS Piping Systems is established in order to better manage the business under one unique umbrella company with all leading regional brands, including Hepworth, Dacta, GF & Wavin.