By Piyush Pankaj Srivastava
Albanna Group is committed to building healthier communities and improving the quality of people’s life in Iraq.
Albanna Group was established in 1953 in Baghdad as an import and distributor of a wide range of products. Since its inception, Albanna Group has been recognized as a major provider of quality, reliability, and excellence. The group has a consistent track record of delivering and catering to clients’ needs.
The group has a proven expertise in project marketing, project conceptualization and development strategies.
Albanna Group’s Clientele include the Iraqi government, private sectors across Iraq, medical equipment & pharmaceutical companies, industrial-manufacturing, construction, water management, insurance & reinsurance, information technology, oil & gas management and telecommunication services.
High quality products, instant fulfillment of market demand through international collaborations and best after sales services have given the group a name to reckon with.
Albanna Group is helping build a diverse workforce, invest in the need for more data scientists, revitalize primary care and improve existing workforce capacity.
Driven by the motto – “Customer is the King” – Albanna Group , since its inception, has focused on offering Best products and services at a competitive price.
Working relentlessly to achieve its long term goal, the Albanna Group, with its top-end services and well-maintained product supply system, never fails in startling its clients by continuously filling the gap in the market demand with best quality products.
We remain focused on shared value creation, which is how we address unmet societal needs through business models and initiatives. It contributes to the commercial success of Albanna Group.
Albanna Group is committed to a culture of safety to support our associates, customers, vendors and the healthcare supply chain.
Taking Care of Those We Serve
Albanna Group always maintains up-to-date legal licenses as required by its business activities.
The group believes that one must:
At Albanna, we view sustainability as a portfolio of complementary initiatives and actions that help us achieve our purpose of advancing the world of health in Iraq.
We see the modern social and environmental challenges our world faces as opportunities to make a difference while strengthening our company.
Our business methodology is simple – keep the customers satisfied by offering them best possible personalized solution at a competitive cost.
Constant improvement in our sales & marketing force coupled with the integration of latest technology has helped us to provide best possible services to our customers.
Resources
Albanna Group focuses on customer relationship management (CRM) and customer-focused business strategies that dynamically integrate sales, Marketing and customer care services in order to create and add value to the group and its customers.
Resources include:
Albanna Group, provides excellent support maintenance, service and repair solutions. Besides, it also supports a number of additional services in order to meet the requirement of its clients.
The additional services offered by the Albanna Group include:
The group provides excellent product support, after-sales service, and technical support.
In addition to the above services, the group also offers any service which is important and essential for achieving customer satisfaction and maintaining a good long-term relationships.
Our vision is to successfully provide a wide range of trusted products to the Iraqi people and become a leading importer & distributor in Iraq’s market through Innovation, Quality & Competence..
We envisage a world where its products and solutions help in betterment of people’s life.
We leverage who we are as people and what we do as professionals to provide products when and where our customers need them.
Albanna Group promotes clinical excellence by providing various resources on best practices, clinical innovations and industry trends in healthcare today.
Our newsletter on the industry and on our offerings gives you information you can use to continue striving for excellence.
Achieve excellence in maintaining product standards, on-time service delivery, and adopting best practices to honestly meet and exceed client expectations.
Being in the business of helping to improve people’s lives may sound simple, but sometimes it proves to be the otherwise. Tough issues can get in our way.
Our Code of Conduct is intended to help resolve ethics and compliance issues by providing the information, tools and resources necessary to make good decisions.
When faced with business decisions that may affect the reputation of Albanna Group, we use the framework below:
Natural answers to these questions help guide our thought process when faced with tough decisions.
However, no code can give answers for every situation that may arise.
Practically, “We do what is right” is the cornerstone of our Code of conduct. To do what is right, we follow the laws, rules, and company policies that apply to us.
We follow the highest ethical standards, even when there’s no specific law or policy.
We understand that we are all accountable and keep us updated every day. We help each other to be able to offer the best possible services to our clients.
This Code applies to everyone in the group, including the Board of Directors and all colleagues. The same high ethical standards apply to all, regardless of job or level in the organization.
Also, in certain circumstances, our code of conduct applies to contractors and temporary colleagues.
It is the responsibility of our every colleague to be familiar with all policies and procedures relevant to their job functions.
Compliance with the Law and the Highest Ethical Standards
Albanna Group is committed to upholding the highest ethical standards and complying with applicable laws and regulations and any other policies or requirements.
“Customer First” being our guiding force, we as a group religiously follow a number ethical norms to keep ourselves moving with confidence in the Iraq’s health care market.
Excellence
We always endeavor to offer best value for money and surpass client’s expectations by keeping us up-to-date and well connected with the world market.
Integrity
Honesty, transparency and consistency are not just three words but soul of our Group’s philosophy. It has always won us our revered clients’ trust and added value to the group’s unparalleled services.
Commitment
Our well trained and highly experienced staff is always at the disposal of our clients. Their hard work, dedication and efficiency bring exceptional value to each of the services we offer to our customers.
Adaptability
In order to meet the ever changing market expectations, our team always remains on its toes to adapt new trends and innovations without affecting the quality of our services.
Innovation
We demonstrate openness, curiosity and creativity in the relentless pursuit of delivering excellence in every sphere that we deal with.
Collaboration
We share and partner with people to explore and create things that we could not do on our own.
Caring
We Treat people with respect and compassion so they feel valued and appreciated.
Integrity
We timely deliver on our promises; do what we say and what is right.
Accountability
We take personal ownership for our actions and their results.
Here is a Quick snapshot of the Albanna Groups Growth
1953
Establishment of Electrical trading Company
1956
Establishment of Watch trading Company
1962
Agency as an official distributor of Saab Automobiles
1965
Agency as an official distributor of Bauer Gmbh, an irrigation products manufacturer
1968
Foundation of Albanna’s own commercial watch retail stores
1970
Establishment of Eye Glass Factory
1971
Beirut / Lebanon Offices established for Medical Disposables and Medical Diagnostics
1972
Establishment of Watch Factory
1975
Cairo / Egypt offices established for Laundry and Sewing Machines
1978
Establishment of Albanna’s own Optical Stores and Retail Chains throughout Iraq
1985
Agency as an official distributor in Iraq of Konica Minolta
1986
Montreal ( Canada ) office established for Real Estate and Fast Food Chain Business
1994
Medical Equipment Division Expands in Iraq
2003
Dubai / UAE office established for IT and Telecom Business
2004
Amman / Jordan office established for General trading
2005
Setup a new Insurance Division within Albanna Group in Iraq
2008
Opened Erbil Kurdistan office for Pharmaceutical and Medical Trading
2009
Established a new international trading office in Europe for Health Care Solutions & Services
2010
Setup a new Pharmaceutical Division within Albanna Group in Iraq
2011
Strategic Partnership with Al Moudawi Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Trading Company in Erbil, Kurdistan region, Iraq
2019
Established state-of-the art Warehouse with GSDP Accreditation.
Albanna Group specializes in seven major divisions – Medical Equipment, Pharmaceutical, General Trading, Insurance, IT & Telecom, Water Treatment & Waste Management, Oil & Gas Management Divisions.
Albanna Group, with its hard work and dedication to provide best of the products and services, ranks among the top players in Iraq.
It has shown equal consistency in work even during the toughest of the times and has never failed to fulfill the customers demand.
Uninterrupted Supply
With its international collaborations, Albanna Group has always won hearts of its customers by supplying medical equipment and their installation at hospitals/health care clinics even when there is very low supply and high demand.
Wide Variety
With its holistic approach, Albanna Group offers a wide variety of medical equipment to government hospitals and private clinics.
Turn-Key Projects
The group also takes up turn key projects with direct participation in public and private sector hospitals and clinics offering best suited solutions at a highly competitive cost.
High Quality Equipment
Having worked with a large number of top notch clients in Iraq’s medical industry, Albanna Group specializes in distribution of high quality medical equipment which ranges from Capital Medical Equipment to Operational consumables.
Albanna Group offers best equipment solutions for Ophthalmology, Gynecology, Urology, OPD, OT and laboratory.
Our Edge
We maintain a vast portfolio to cover all aspects of modern medical business needs so that our clients get everything under one umbrella without worrying for the product cost or quality.
Highlights
Major Products
Albanna Group’s ever expanding portfolio is quite impressive and offers an array of superior quality medical products. Our major products include :
Our additional services include:
Providing Authentic and quality products through innovations, precision and diligence
Albanna Scientific Bureau, recognized as one of the most reliable pharmaceutical companies in Iraq, endeavors to provide full satisfaction to its clients by offering best quality and most reliable pharmaceutical products.
Novel Medical Products
Guided by ethical considerations, and well supported by its innovative and strategic collaborations, the company has introduced an array of novel medical products into the Iraq’s market.
Regulatory Department
The company also boasts of its highly specialized regulatory department, dedicated to registrations, permits and any other documentation necessary to ensure smooth transportation, distribution or resale of drugs under the umbrella of Ministry of Health.
Dedicated Sales Team
Working round the clock, Albanna Group has evolved a large team of well qualified and hardworking sales & marketing representatives.
Our team ensures fast and efficient support to the group’s highly revered clients.
Albanna Group is at the forefront of Pharmaceutical Supply. The Group Covers Multiple Therapeutic Areas like :
Today, Albanna Group is recognized as an industry leader in providing health care solutions to hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, surgeries, dental practices, and health care authorities & professionals.
Albanna Group’s General Trade Division, driven with the thought of enhancing the life of Iraq consumer by providing quality medical products at a reasonable cost, has fast grown to be a leader in the industry.
Buyers’ Trust
Well supported by its high technology based Personal Care Storage Facility, ability to import best and wide variety of products from its global associations and smooth distribution system has helped the group to build a long lasting trust among its buyers.
Leading Distributor
The group’s ever growing list of loyal customers speaks a lot of its success in the Iraq region.
Undoubtedly, Albanna Group, over the years, has emerged as a leading distributor in the region.
Specialized Solutions
The Albanna Group staff has the expertise to work with clients from the planning stage.
“Our employees are well-trained and follow all the industry standards to assure that our clients receive the best medical equipment solutions”, says Director, Albanna Group.
We Build Relationships
We care about delivering the right products at the right time to build an everlasting, strong relationship with our clients.
What do we Offer?
We offer :
Albanna Group’s operates water and wastewater services on behalf of public authorities and companies.
It also designs the technical solutions and builds the facilities needed to provide those services.
The Division covers the entire water cycle with a constant focus on protecting resources and saving water.
The group’s activities range from raw water withdrawal from the environment to production and distribution of drinking water and industrial process water, and from the collection and transportation of wastewater to treatment for subsequent recycling or discharge back into the environment.
Albanna Group is dedicated to providing solutions for the specific challenges of water and wastewater treatment in the oil and gas industry.
Onshore and offshore producers throughout the world put their faith in the group’s global expertise for oil & gas management.
With several decades of experience and over 500 references in this market, our worldwide team supports developments for both upstream (onshore and offshore) and downstream clients.
Albanna Group’s comprehensive portfolio for water treatment of upstream productions consists of reliable, innovative, efficient and environmentally-sustainable systems and solutions for both onshore and offshore applications.
The group offers solutions to its customers with a global network of experts to develop highly integrated solutions as a single source supplier.
Albanna Group is a market leader in the provisioning of the state-of the art “ICT solutions” . The group has all the necessary resources to offer complete turnkey solutions to its customers.
The IT & Telecom division offers services in all sectors with a focus on Finance, Telecommunication, Public Sector, Education, Industry and Energy.
In addition to the above, the group also offers its specialized services in Infrastructures, Networks Management (LAN/WAN), Administration / Supervision, Internet Security / Intranet / Extranet, Messaging, Database, ERP and Business Applications.
The group also deals in retail & distribution of a wide range from Hardware & Tools, Wireless Networking & Software Products to Electrical & Electronics Equipment.
The commercial and technical expertise, the entrepreneurship and the ability of Albanna Group’s team to adapt to the needs and expectations of different markets largely contribute to the Division’s development.
Furthermore, the group’s unparalleled growth owes much to its customers’ trust which has developed over the years of its hard work and dedication.
Albanna Group’s Insurance Division offers the best and internationally accepted solutions at exceptionally low rates.
It specializes in insurance for goods carriage, vessels & airplane hulls, properties & funds, engineering, personal vehicle & merchandise carriers and agricultural and public accidents.
With its diversified portfolio of insurance products, the group has created a reliable name and strong base for itself throughout the region.
The Division started to implement its marketing plan in the first quarter of 2005 by offering its insurance services and “risk management” services for public and private shareholding companies.
Besides, the group also offers its services to civil society organizations such as trade unions, associations and diplomatic missions in Iraq.
The Division is associated with the Arab General Union of insurance, the Afro-Asian Insurance Association in the Republic of Egypt and the Fund for the Insurance of War Risks in the Kingdom Of Bahrain.
Albanna Group proudly maintains state-of-the art, GSDP certified storage facility at Baghdad and Erbil.
The Group enforces strict quality control measures for storing all of its medical products.
Precisely controlled Temperature & Humidity
Our high quality refrigeration rooms ( +2 to +8*C), Controlled Ambient Areas ( +15 to +25*C ), Thermal Mapping and Calibrated Equipment enable us to maintain the highest international standards of product storage facility.
Designated Storage Zone and Drug Vaults
Special zones for Quarantine, Product Return and Counterfeit products provide us complete transparency and help us in comprehensive product management.
The group also maintains dedicated drug vaults for regulated and hazardous pharmaceuticals.
Counterfeit Management
Each and every batch of medicine is tested, applied with duel holograms, and stored safely to guarantee best quality.
The group strictly follows its protocols for identifying, monitoring and reporting of counterfeit products. It also maintains modern system to control product packaging.
Logistics & Distribution
Validated Fleet with special vehicles and use of latest track & Trace Technology are at the core to strengthen our services.
Vigilance
Dedicated and Qualified PV officers are kept well informed and regularly trained to cope up with any eventuality.
Stock Control
First Expiry First Out System ( FEFO ) is the key to ensure proper stock control.
What makes us Unique?
All our warehouses are GSDP Compliant.
We are proud to have calibrated and high quality refrigeration warehouses and distribution fleet.
Our warehouses are well equipped with perfect control over temperature and humidity.
With our specialized storage zones and controlled drug vaults, we are well equipped to store any type of supplies.
State-of-the art Video surveillance System and Access Control Management.
We take a unique and customized approach of holographic labels as an extra security and compliance measure.
We follow First Expired First Out ( FEFO ) Model.
Quarantine, recall, return, damaged & counterfeit.
ERP System. Latest Track and Trace Technology.
With its commitment to ensure supply of best of international medical products to Iraqi consumers, Albanna Group has developed a strong network to deliver its products in an efficient, reliable, and safe manner.
The Albanna Group’s GSDP compliant supply chain management system has earned a high reputation among the registered whole sellers, pharmacies, drug stores & government hospitals.
Main Features
Goods Movement
Albanna Group has built a strong portfolio of internationally reputed healthcare companies. It helps the group to serve the Iraqi Healthcare market as a leader. The major healthcare partners are:
Partnership with Sanofi
In 2019, the group started business with Sanofi as their legal non-exclusive representative for a good share of their portfolio, including:
This cooperation covers a holistic scope of business in Iraq territory such as: storage, distribution, marketing, and regulatory.
Together with Sanofi, the group also remain on the lookout for any potential opportunity that may help it to further grow its business in Iraqi healthcare market.
Albanna Group takes pride in its highly experienced sales and technical team. The group takes extra care while recruiting its manpower with dedication to work hard and attitude to serve the people being the top criteria.
The group’s staff specializes in networking, information systems, biomedical engineering, pharmacology, mechanical & electrical engineering, and computer science fields.
The group maintains specialized teams for each of its business entities with focus on Engineering Services, Labor and Supervision, Equipment / Spare Parts Servicing and After Sales Service.
Albanna Group ensures that every project is completed with optimum efficiency.
Albanna Group, strategy is to target the Market from its top. The group has a general networking campaign in place with the higher officials in the Ministry of Health.
In today’s Iraq, knowledge and trust of the persons who are selling a product is crucial to its success in the market.
The group’s Sales and Medical Representatives force works simultaneously to ensure a swift and powerful entry into the public and private sector markets.
The group also applies specific tactics based on the information and research obtained regarding each drug, and depending on its stronghold on the different medical sub-sectors in the local Iraqi market.
Albanna Group boasts of a long list of its august clientele:
Let us Grow Together
We firmly believe that progress is never achieved alone. It is always a result of working together with people having similar aspirations and goals.
Our success owns much to our workforce and distributor network. We are always on the lookout for hardworking, dedicated distributors who have a presence in their local market and are willing to grow with us.
Why to join us?
With a population of over 40 million (equivalent to 0.52% of the total world population), Iraq offers great potential for the global pharmaceutical manufacturers who are willing to expand their business to such a huge, untapped market. Our proven track record of over 30 years in the health care industry, achieved through highly efficient workforce, state-of-the-art storage facility, and proactive distribution network, make us the most reliable business partner in Iraq.
We are a progressive group where we are always thinking about our next goal. We are very much transparent in our dealing which has always won us the loyalty of our associates and customers.
Driven by our passion to help people live healthier lives, we are always on the lookout for new global associations and expand our health care services to further strengthen our presence as a leader in Iraq’s health care sector.
We welcome the like-minded, global players in the health care sector to join hands and be a part of our success journey. As is well said by Henry Ford, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success” , let us grow together. Your interest matters a lot to us.
We are just a phone call away: 08169945853 .
You can also contact us at: partner@albanna.com.
Albanna Group has been certified by a large number of national and international companies of repute for its services.
The long list of such certifications includes such companies as Staar Surgical, Micromind, Alcon, HAAG Streit Surgical and Agon.
Hassan Albanna
Chairman of the Board
Samir Albanna
Vice Chairman
Nabil Albanna
Managing Director
Board Member
Firas Albanna
IT Procurement Director
Board Member
Alaa Mahmood Khalil
Public Relations Director
Board Member
Rasool Albanna
Business Development &
Marketing Director
Board Member
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased with our achievement in successfully executing our strategic priorities last year.
We have set a clear path to be the most consumer-centric health care company in Iraq and are committed to provide products and services in every health-related field at a competitive cost.
We are powered by our unmatched global collaborations and market-focused approach, offering need-based solutions.
We have also chalked out our plan for developing an advanced and integrated community care system that provides medical care, nursing care, and other services within local communities in Iraq.
Reliable, safe, and sincere business practices have always been a part of our work culture. Today, we are well placed to lead the transformation of health care services in Iraq.
I would like to thank everyone for being a part of our success story. Your encouragement and hard work helped us to remain focused on our goal even during tough times.
Sincerely,
CEO
Albanna Group
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