The company was formed in January 2002 following the merger of Dar Hail Printing, Publication and Packaging and Al-Ashigga Printing and Publication. Dar Hail Printing, Publication and Packaging was established in 1999 in an area of 2,600 sq.m. Al-Ashigga Printing and Publication was established in 1982 in 11,170 sq.m.
Al-Ashigga Printing, Publication and Distribution Co. Ltd. is a leading company in its field in terms of its resources. It has the capability to cover more than 70% of the market needs. Since the establishment it has grown steadily. Currently it has a share market of more than 30% of total printing and publication market.

The company replaced its old machineries by the most modern one. That helps the company to has technologies and service quality which are not available for the other competitors such as:

1. Heat Set technology

2. Computer To Plate (CTP)

3. Rate of printing speed for the news paper and the number of colored pages for each news paper (8 colored out of 24 pages)

4. Graphic and photographic 5– Rotogravure printing technology .

The company is a holder of the ISO – 9001: 2000. It delivers a wide rang of services and products such as:

1. The Holly Quraan

2. News Prints

3. Books

4. Exercise

5. BooksPosters

6. Commercial Prints

7. Files 8- Note Books