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Who We Are
Hamdi Frères Group of companies (HF Group, Tunisia) started in 1976 with one SME, Les Carrières du Sud, sarl (French for Southern Quarries) in Gabès, Tunisia. It quickly developed into a full-fledged
industrial operation, serving customers in the entire southern region
of Tunisia. In the first two years it operated only one
10-ton dump truck, a few light tools, and it employed no more than 5
workers at a time. Its first crusher was purchased and installed at Mancef site, at midpoint between Gabès and El-Hamma, in 1978 (Richier
Jaw Crusher), for the purpose of supplying pure limestone to the local
chemical industry.
The next important development took
place in 1984 when a larger crushing plant was put in operation through
an innovative lease-to-own transaction approved by Tunisie-Leasing,
the pioneer financial leasing company in Tunisia. By then, HF became a medium size enterprise
with one factory, two quarries, a small number of dump trucks, a couple
of front loaders, and a variety of accessory equipment.
Activities continued apace for six
years. In 1990, the company purchased a new and larger crushing plant. In
mid-1992, this second plant was inaugurated at the Dissa
site, north of Gabès.
In 1997, the company consolidated
ownership and absorbed the Carrière 2000
affiliated unit. Since then, Les Carrières du Sud unit of Hamdi Freres Group has
focused its production activities on clean limestone, and construction
aggregates. As shown in What’s New Section,
HF
Group has significantly expanded
its operations since 1997, particularly since 2005. Now HF Group is the largest producer in southern Tunisia of gravel, silica sand. Since 2006, Minéraux Broyés
du Sud (MBS),
a HF company has been producing pure fine-ground limestone for the
chemical industry. IHF Group also operates a industrial
unit of petroleum tank fabrication, steel construction, and industrial/mechanical
services (G2i,
Inc.).
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