United Holding

UHC is one of the largest groups in the building materials and construction sector in Egypt. We are proudly serving our customers for 30 years in Egypt and the Middle-East. We provide solutions to your greatest construction challenges with expertise in gypsum production, paints, chemicals, construction services and other building materials. UHC is 100% owned by Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) and Moussa’s Family. HISTORY: SCIB was the starting point of this group After investing in lot of construction fields and partnering with big foreign names in this industry, the idea of establishing a new holding company to gather all these investments appears as a result. United Holding Company (UHC) S.A.E. was established at 23/11/2004 and activated in 2007, and registered at the Commercial Registry on 7/12/2004. It participates in establishing companies that issue securities and increasing capitals under Capital Market Law No. 95/1992. The first company joined UHC is Egyptian Gypsum Company (EGC) at 2007. At 2008, three companies joined the new holding company which are A-BUILD, Mesa, and UPC Leasing. BASF Egypt joined the company at 2009. The newest member of the group is United Paints & Chemicals – DryMix which will join UHC very soon. SCIB Paints is a sister company now to UHC with 40% owned by the group