To deliver reliable, customized refrigeration and manufacturing solutions.
About Everest
Forty-five years of getting one thing right.
Everest Industrial has built commercial refrigeration in Sharjah since 1981. In that time the brands on our shelves have changed, the refrigerants have changed, and the electronics have changed. The discipline has not.
Company overview
From a single assembly line to 86 countries
Everest was founded in 1981 by our Chairman, Mr. Haytham Duwaji, as a manufacturer building bottle coolers for regional beverage bottlers. The first customers wanted one thing: a cabinet that would hold temperature through a Gulf summer, in an outlet where the door opened four hundred times a day.
That constraint shaped everything after it. Everest engineers cabinets for the hardest ambient conditions first, then derates them for cooler markets — which is why units specified for Sharjah behave predictably in Colombo, Cairo and Chennai.
Today the group runs dedicated production lines for chillers — single to quad door, countertop, can and open type — and for horizontal, vertical and countertop freezers, supported by in-house R&D, climate chambers and a regional service network. Four million units have left the plant. The brands on the door are among the largest in the world.
- Founded in Sharjah, UAE
- 1981
- Cabinets delivered
- 4M+
- Export markets
- 86+
Our history
Milestones
The decisions that changed what Everest could build.
1981
Everest is founded in Sharjah
Production begins with bottle coolers for regional beverage bottlers.
1994
First multinational beverage contract
Everest becomes an approved cooler supplier to a global beverage group, and adopts its audit regime plant-wide.
2003
ISO 9001 certification
Quality management is formalised across every line, with batch-level traceability introduced.
2009
In-house R&D and climate chambers
Testing moves on site. Cabinets are validated at 43°C ambient before release.
2014
Freezer line commissioned
The range widens beyond beverage chillers into horizontal and vertical freezers for retail and foodservice.
2018
ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
Environmental and occupational health and safety management certified alongside quality.
2021
EMMD control enters series production
Demand-matched compressor control delivers up to 20% energy savings in field conditions.
2023
R290 platforms released
Low-GWP hydrocarbon refrigerant enters series production across visi and counter-top ranges.
2025
Partnership with Varun Beverages
VBL, one of PepsiCo's largest bottlers, takes a 50% stake in Everest Industrial Lanka; a mega factory partnership in India and an Egypt mega plant expansion follow.
Mission, vision and values
Where precision meets purpose — engineering solutions that move industries forward.
To be the refrigeration partner that global beverage and FMCG brands specify by default across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Core values
Integrity
We do what's right, even when no one is watching.
Innovation
We constantly challenge the status quo to find better ways.
Customer focus
We listen, adapt, and deliver beyond expectations.
Excellence
We take pride in quality and precision at every step.
Sustainability
We build with tomorrow in mind.
Accountability
We own our work and its results.
Teamwork
We collaborate openly and support each other's growth.
Reliability
We deliver consistent, dependable products and service.
Leadership
Meet the directors
The founder and board-level team accountable for strategy, operations and finance across the group.
- HDFounder
Mr. Haytham Duwaji
Founder & Chairman of the Board
Founded Everest Industrial Group in 1981 and has led its growth from a single Sharjah plant into a manufacturer with factories across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, supplying 86 countries.
Name to be confirmed
Managing Director
Leads group strategy, key beverage partnerships including Varun Beverages, and market development across the group's factories and 86 supplied countries.
Name to be confirmed
Director of Operations
Runs manufacturing across the group's plants, capacity planning for 600,000+ units a year and the supply chain behind every national rollout.
Name to be confirmed
Chief Financial Officer
Oversees group finance, investment in new capacity such as the Egypt and India mega plants, and governance across joint ventures.
About Everest
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We walk tendering customers through the production line, the test chambers and the quality gate — in person in Sharjah, or on a documented virtual audit.