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Who We Are
Hamdi Frères Group of companies (HF Group, Tunisia) includes the following units:
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Les Carrières du Sud,
Tunisia: Quarry Products
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G2i, Tunisia (Generale Industrielle et d’Ingenierie):
Steel Manufacture & Construction, Industrial Services
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MBS, Tunisia (Mineraux Broyes du Sud): Fine-Ground Limestone
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FORACHEM: Oil Drilling Minerals
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Immobilière Les 3 Axes: Real Estate
HF Group started in 1976 with one unit,
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, west of Gabès, 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 quarry products.
As shown in What’s
New Section, HF Group has
significantly expanded its operations since 1997, particularly in the
last few years. Now HF Group is the
largest producer in southern Tunisia of gravel, fine-ground limestone, silica sand,
and drilling minerals. Since 2006, Minéraux Broyés
du Sud (MBS),
a HF company, has been producing pure fine-ground limestone for the
chemical industry. HF Group also operates a
industrial unit of petroleum tank fabrication, steel construction, and
industrial/mechanical services (G2i, Inc.).
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