Jan 20 2011
Saudi FAL and Emerson Process Management have opened a new production plant in Jubail. This is part of Saudi Arabia Government’s initiative to support foreign investment, create new jobs and encourage local production.
The new plant covers an area of 9,000 square meters, offering a broad range of industrial services. The new facility is expected to manufacture 6,000 Rosemount transmitters and 2,500 Fisher control valves per annum. It also enables assembling and analyzing of around 3,600 valves. It can service around 6,200 transmitters and 12,500 valves in a year. The plant also features a process systems staging and integration location, supporting more than 100 cabinets and carrying out completely integrated factory acceptance assessment for more than 60,000 I/O systems.
Dr. Kamel Boustany, General Manager of Saudi FAL, has stated that for the past 25 years they have been serving as the Saudi Arabian business collaborators of Emerson, offering sales and engineering services. He mentioned that they are dedicated to the collaboration and future clients. He added that the new facility will enable them to offer superior solutions as well as high-end service to their clients.
According to Dave Tredinnick, President of Emerson Process Management, Middle East & Africa, the new plant will enable them to meet the requirements for their solutions in Saudi Arabia. He added that their plants in Al Khobar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Johannesburg will help them to effectively serve not only the Kingdom clients as well as clients across the region.
The organizations that helped Emerson in opening the new facility are the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Aramco New Business Development, Saudi Electric Company, Jubail Civil Defense Department and the Labor Department.
The new plant is located nearby Jubail Industrial College and Emerson has made a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the college. An Emerson PlantWeb Cruiser was offered to the college for offering real-time experience of the operations of a process plant to the students. The company will also offer technical training to the staff regarding the maintenance and use of the simulator.
Source: http://www.emersonprocess.com