For over 10 years, Royal Gulf – a Dubai-based specialist in the sales and application engineering of HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) products – has been strengthening a partnership with the Al Basti and Muktha Group of companies that has been mutually beneficial and given it a sway over the local markets.

A veteran in the UAE’s vibrant and competitive HVAC sector, Royal Gulf has been a major supplier to the ABM group over the years, says a company spokesman.
Royal Gulf – a member of Al Aqili Group of Companies, one of the leading groups in the UAE and Iran – represents major manufacturers from across the globe.
“We have an installation base of more than 100 projects. Our success has been achieved through selling products, supported by accurate application engineering that complies to the specifications of consultants,” he adds.
“Customer satisfaction has always been the bedrock on which we have based our success. Performance, services and product reliability are the three principles which have helped us in expanding our customer base and brought us among the top few HVAC sales and service establishments in the UAE. We are a team of focused engineers and technicians and are dedicated towards the sales and marketing of innovative and cutting edge HVAC products in the country,” he points out.
Royal Gulf started its service facility as an in-house workshop for warranty and after-sales services. The company has since then grown to be a full-fledged HVAC service centre, providing warranty and after-sales service for products and equipment supplied by the company, HVAC annual maintenance contracts, installation and commissioning of equipment, upgrading and modification of air handling units and supply and replacement of spare parts.
In addition, Royal Gulf has a pre-insulated air duct fabrication unit. Managed by a team of highly skilled technical staff – who have been extensively trained by the company’s various principals – this 4,000 sq ft service centre is equipped with pneumatic machines, cutting machines and automated spraying systems.
“The ability of the company to offer the entire range of HVAC service solutions under one roof with strong application engineering support and customer service through mobile teams, has given it a definite edge over the competition,” he points out.
Over the years, Royal Gulf has accumulated an impressive project portfolio and has been associated with a number of prestigious projects including, the, Hilton Beach Club, new exhibition halls at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Emirates Engineering Training Centre, Burj Al Arab, Wafi Mall, Sharjah City Centre, Ajman City Centre, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Nad Al Sheba, Bank Melli Iran, Madinat Jumeirah, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Grosvenor House Dubai, Sheraton Hotel, Dubai Marina, Emirates Hills, among others.
Royal Gulf represents some of the reputable brands in the HVAC sector including Mekar, Wesper, Novovent, Kruger, Decsa Cooling Towers, Airwell Split AC System, Hodgson & Hodgson Group, Europan, Christie & Grey (UK). “These manufacturers are world-renowned and have a presence in many countries,” says the spokesman.
Mekar of Italy, with over 30 years of experience in the manufacturing, marketing and servicing of air-conditioning airside equipment (air handling units and fan coil units), brings to the market a broad and balanced, end-to-end line of airside equipment for commercial, institutional and industrial use in varied applications and in the widest variety of climates around the world. Mekar’s product range includes central station air handling units, large-capacity fan coil units, room fan coil units and special air handling units. Its major international projects include the Alitalia, Italian Airways offices in Italy, the Italian National Nuclear Research Council (Italy), Baghdad University and Masirah Palace in Oman. Royal Gulf has supplied Mekar equipment to several projects in the UAE. One of the most prestigious orders was the supply of 500 air-handling units and all the fan coil units to the Burj Al Arab Hotel.
Wesper, a French air-conditioning and heating equipment specialist, has a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility equipped with the latest production equipment such as digital control machines, thermal and acoustic laboratory testing equipment, computerised cutting and bending machines. The company offers high-quality chillers, air handling units and fan coil units.
Swiss manufacturer Kruger & Company, another ventilation fans specialist, represented by Royal Gulf, also has manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Malaysia and UK, and a global distribution network.
Decsa Cooling Towers, Italy brings a complete range of cooling towers with metallic and FRP (fibre-reinforced plastic) construction of forced and induced draft cooling towers including closed-circuit evaporative cooling towers. Decsa has been in operation for over 30 years.
Royal Gulf is also marketing and servicing the product range of Airwell, one of the European leaders in the air-conditioning industry for more than 50 years. The French manufacturer offers a range of air-conditioning units, and has a portfolio of 250 products. The group has a production capacity of 1.2 million units per year.
The Hodgson & Hodgson Group is also pushing its products in the UAE through Royal Gulf. The group, which is renowned for the design and supply of thermal and acoustic components for all types of applications, provides a comprehensive range of customised packages that are designed to meet the operational requirements of its clients’ acoustic and thermal needs. Major applications include special-purpose buildings and rooms such as cinemas, theatres, and industrial or domestic thermal or noise-related areas etc.
Europan, a leading manufacturer of pre-insulated ducts (PIR foam), provides sandwich panels and accessories to fabricate ducts. Its latest product in the market – the Praktico series of panels – renders the ducts to be stronger than those offered by other manufacturers, the spokesman claims.
Christie & Grey (UK) one of the first companies in the world to specialise in structure-borne noise, shock and vibration control, offers a comprehensive range of standard and special-purpose products that utilise all the principle media for vibration and shock isolation. These include steel springs, natural and synthetic elastomers and air springs, which are backed by a computer design facility, he concludes.