Unique Group is a subsea technology and engineering company headquartered in the Hamriyah Free Zone in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It supplies equipment, engineered systems and project support to offshore oil and gas, renewables, maritime and defence customers, working from more than 18 locations and combining its own manufacturing with agencies for third-party industry brands.
From a Sharjah garage to a global supplier
The company dates its start to 1993, when Harry Gandhi founded it in a garage in Sharjah with three employees, signing its first marine and subsea agency agreement two years later. Its own timeline records acquisitions that built out the business: Hydra Marine in 2000, which brought diving and life support manufacturing in Cape Town; Seaflex, the airlift buoyancy bag and water load test weight specialist, in 2011; Wellube in 2012, adding hot tapping and line stopping; GSE Rentals and Oceanwide Safety at Sea in 2015; Water Weights in 2018; the marine division of Western Advance in Australia in 2020; and Subsea Innovation in 2024, which added mechanical systems, structural design and mission equipment engineering. Blue Water Energy took a strategic investment in the group in 2014, and in 2022 the company introduced a new corporate identity and logo.
Divisions and product lines
- Unmanned surface vessels - survey USVs including the Uni-Mini, Uni-Pact, Uni-Max and EchoBoat-160.
- Survey equipment - side scan sonar, multibeam echosounders, non-destructive testing kit, tide gauges, ROV systems and subsea positioning, for sale or rental.
- Diving and life support - commercial diving equipment, containerised dive systems and self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats.
- Seaflex buoyancy and Water Weights - inflatable buoyancy products and load-testing water weight bags.
- Lifting and mooring - a division launched in 2023 covering lifting hardware, including brands such as Green Pin, FBR, LMS and William Hackett.
- Mechanical solutions and bespoke engineering - in-house design and manufacture of subsea and offshore equipment, supported by an R and D team.
Manufacturing bases and regional offices
The group manufactures in the UAE, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Its Sharjah headquarters site, occupied since 2006, covers about 14,000 square metres in the Hamriyah Free Zone. Beyond the UAE the company lists offices in Saudi Arabia and Qatar; Aberdeen, Great Yarmouth, the Isle of Wight and Jersey in the United Kingdom; Werkendam in the Netherlands; Cape Town in South Africa; Mumbai and Vadodara in India; Singapore, Perth and Brisbane in Australia; and Maryland, Washington, Georgia, California, Louisiana and Texas in the United States.
Leadership change and recent activity
Sahil Gandhi became chief executive in 2023 when founder Harry Gandhi moved to the role of chairman, and on 1 July 2026 the group announced the appointment of Giovanni Corbetta as chief executive. Activity announced during 2026 includes a partnership with The USV Group to expand commercial uncrewed survey capability, a multi-million dollar investment in the subsea mechanical division, an A-frame contract with DeepOcean, the opening of an in-house calibration laboratory in Aberdeen, a partnership with Rovtech Solutions covering remotely operated vehicles, three ABS-classed air dive systems delivered to Gulf Cooperation Council clients within three months, and subsea engineering work on an open-ocean human habitat project in the United States. In December 2025 the company announced a partnership with RenOcean covering subsea cutting and decommissioning.
Getting in touch
The UAE headquarters is at Plot 1D/07A, near Roundabout 2, Phase 1, Hamriyah Free Zone, Sharjah, telephone +971 6 5130333. The group publishes a single general address, [email protected], alongside regional sales addresses for the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, India, Australia, the Far East, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Netherlands, plus dedicated addresses for buoyancy and ballast enquiries and Aberdeen quotations.