The Alessa group was founded by Hamad Abdullah Alessa in 1935. Today Alessa group is known as the Alessa Industries Company (AIC). Alessa is an integrated group in the business. It include distributing appliances, electronics and manufacturing refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and air handling units, as well as contracting and installation of personnel and commercial air conditioners and air handling units. The international department in Alessa supplies the Middle East and Africa markets with a full range of air conditioners and other products, such as chest freezers, refrigerators. AIC has exclusive brand distributorships and manufacturing brand under licence, marketing, service divisions and R&D.