Endress+Hauser moves closer to customers in Saudi ArabiaEndress+Hauser opens state-of-the-art calibration and training center
Endress+Hauser has invested around €3 million in a state-of-the-art calibration and training center in the industrial city of Jubail, Saudi Arabia, strengthening direct contact with customers in the Middle East while supporting the country's economic development.
Saudi Arabia wants to develop the private sector and become less dependent on oil production, two key objectives of the Vision 2030 program. "It is this vision that inspired us to create the new calibration and training center," says Mohammed Abdellah, Managing Director of Endress+Hauser Saudi Arabia, at the inauguration ceremony. "With this new center, we support the country in achieving these reforms and can also increase local value added by offering local solutions," he adds.
Practical training programs
The training center includes a classroom with interactive technology, a well-equipped workshop and a fieldbus training lab. It offers hands-on training programs designed to impart knowledge of measurement technologies and digital control systems, which are in demand in the oil and gas, energy, water and wastewater sectors.
Young Saudi engineers and university graduates will be able to use the facility to acquire technical know-how that meets the latest international standards. Local technical resources can improve their knowledge and remain competitive through the customized training offered at the center.
Cost-effective calibration services
The 2,700-square-meter facility houses a modern calibration center, the only vendor-operated gravimetric calibration center in the region, from which Endress+Hauser will offer manufacturer-independent calibration services for measuring instruments. Endress+Hauser also offers reliable on-site calibration, reducing costs and production downtime.
"It is important for us to be able to respond flexibly to our customers' needs and to ensure that they are managed optimally," says Matthias Altendorf, Managing Director of the Endress+Hauser Group.
A strong presence in the Middle East
The new calibration and training center is part of the Group's strategy. Endress+Hauser is active all over the world and is constantly expanding its international presence. For almost two decades, Endress+Hauser has been represented in Saudi Arabia by a local representative, Anasia Industrial Agencies. In order to optimize the support of its customers in the region, Endress+Hauser created a joint venture with Anasia in 2012, allowing the Group to be directly present and close to its customers in the region.
Endress+Hauser Saudi Arabia currently employs 50 people. The aim of this new investment is to strengthen the Group's presence in the important Saudi Arabian market, as well as in the Middle East as a whole.
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