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Kassab International Investments and Trading Company is one of
the longest-standing and founding companies in the Outdoor industry
founded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
One of Kassab's first ventures was a modern art gallery within their
offices. The company's subsequent move into Outdoor, could be viewed
as a natural one as posters and billboards have also been compared
with street art.
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earliest days of Outdoor advertising in Saudi Arabia saw a plethora
of small operators and signage of various sizes and quality. Kassab
revolutionised Outdoor systems in 1995 through its investment in
the installation of the Megacom system, nationwide. Kassab had to
negotiate with a hundreds of landowners in order to do this. Federal
law was changed in response to this action and Kassab was faced
with the task of dismantling their signage, negotiating with the
individual Municipalities and reinstalling the hardware.
In the meantime Kassab faced the challenge of providing a high quality
of Outdoor advertising in the climate of the Middle East.
Kassab set up businesses to provide the specialised illumination
and print technology which is essential for meeting the climatic
needs of the medium in this region. Kassab developed a patented
lighting system - essential to ensure effectiveness in the shortened
daylight hours of the Middle East. Another obstacle that the company
overcame was to find special pasting glues that would withstand
extremes of temperature.
Posting is a specialist art and Kassab's view was that this could
not be entrusted to a sub-contractor. Its highly-trained posting
teams are the best in the region.
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