IIS started its operations in 2007 under the name (GSS) Gulf Smart Services as a supplier of the following industrial materials and equipment in the GCC region such as Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel, Duplex Stainless Steel, Alloy Steel, Exotic Metals & Alloys, Piping & Pipe Fittings, Flanges, Heat Exchangers, Valves, Pumps and Compressors. IIS’s founders and partners possess a combined range of over twenty years of experience in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and mining industries with well-established, solid national and international business relationships and connections within these industries. Moreover, IIS operates on decisive short- and long-term strategies to be one of the top 10 companies within the GCC, and to bring the highest level of expertise and the latest technology to the region to support industrial growth. Since its formation, IIS has experienced phenomenal growth, and expanded its operations, and has become a leading service provider to several world-renowned companies in the oil and gas, petrochemical, and mining industries such as Saudi Aramco, SABIC, MA'ADEN, Petro Rabigh, Royal Commission for Juabil & Yanbu, Royal Saudi Naval Forces, SIPCHEM, TASNEE, MARAFIQ, Chemanol and SAMSUNG Saudi Arabia. In addition to industrial supply, IIS has expanded its business to include industrial services and contracting and has forged strong, successful business relationships with world-class leaders in engineering and EPC contracting.