BUOYED by the encouraging response it received at gulfBID last year, RAR Paints of the UAE, will be promoting a wide range of products, including its Ritver, abrasive, oroorginale, Corrida and Ritver Chrome lines at this year’s event.

A subsidiary of Italy-based Ritver Paints, RAR produces decorative paints, industrial paints, wood paints and special effect paints under the Ritver brand name at its production facility in Qussais, Dubai. In addition, it also trades in spray guns and machines, sanding paper, gold and silver leaves and airless machines.
“Last year’s gulfBID turned out successful for us. We received a positive feedback at our stand, and also managed to negotiate some deals,” says Soula Salem, design manager at RAR.
“Besides launching oroorginale (gold and silver leaves) and abrasives (sanding papers) onto the Gulf market at gulfBID, we are participating at the show to help us to further expand into overseas markets. Currently, we see Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain as the main markets in the region for the construction industry,” she adds.
RAR has supplied to many important projects in the Gulf region, such as Izdihar Hotel, Al Arabi Furniture, Saudi Oger and  King Abdullah University in Saudi Arabia; Burj Al Arab, Palm Dubai, Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Crystal Plaza in the UAE; and Pearl Project and Grand Hyatt Hotel in Qatar.
The company strictly adheres to high quality control standards. Hence, to ensure the quality of the raw materials it uses, it operates its own resin plant using state-of-the-art chemical reactors, producing tailor-made resins.
Ritver Paints was established in the 1960s in Milano, Italy, following the merger of a number of international paint manufacturers. The company started as a wood treatments producer and then entered the decorative, industrial and specialties manufacturing sector. It expanded to the UAE in 2000 as well as to many other countries, such as Canada, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Somalia, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Oman and Jordan.
Ritver Paints recently opened a new branch in India in keeping with its expansion strategy.
RAR Paints/Ritver will be exhibiting at Stand No 2C01.