Honeywell signed a deal to open an advanced regional manufacturing center at the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) — Saudi Arabia’s new energy industrial zone, according to a press release.
The new facility will become Honeywell’s eighth site in Saudi Arabia, “reflecting both the company’s strategic growth objectives in the Kingdom and its support for Aramco’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) program to advance local capabilities in research, development and manufacturing of cutting-edge technology,” according to the release.
The facility will include engineering, manufacturing and assembly lines spanning Honeywell’s industrial automation and control equipment, field instruments, rugged mobile computers, gas detection equipment, fire safety systems and building management systems hardware. Additional capacity for potential future manufacturing expansion, as well as customer demonstration facilities, is also planned.
Commenting on the announcement, Abdullah Al-juffali, Honeywell’s president of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain said; “The ground-breaking of our new facility at SPARK represents a significant investment and an important milestone in Honeywell’s long history of partnership Saudi Arabia, which dates back to 1948. We are proud to support Saudi Arabia’s most important companies in localizing and developing innovative technologies to advance critical sectors of the economy. SPARK is the perfect location for us to continue our journey of investment, localization and growth in the Kingdom in-line with its sustainability goals and broader Vision 2030 objectives.”
