As Saudi Arabia is facing unprecedented demand for reliable sources of water,
GE is building on its growing commitment to provide critical water solutions to
the Kingdom with the opening of a near $10 million GE Saudi Water & Process
Technology Center.
The new facility, inaugurated on June 23, 2009 in Dammam, has been established to better serve industrial customers in Saudi Arabia and in the wider region. The new technology center incorporates a blending plant for water treatment chemicals and offers advanced water, water reuse, wastewater and process solutions to local and regional customers. It is the second GE Water facility in the Gulf, following a recently opened manufacturing facility and office complex in Dubai, UAE. The new center is a joint venture between GE and Al Tamimi Group, a leading Saudi Arabian engineering and construction firm with which GE has had a relationship since 1957.
“This technology center exemplifies our commitment to partner in the infrastructure development of Saudi Arabia. GE has been a successful growth partner for the public and private sector companies in the country since 1942. Today, GE is more than 600 people strong and we continue to invest in the Kingdom as part of our company’s localization initiative,” said Glen Messina, CEO of the Chemicals & Monitoring Solutions business for GE Water, a business unit of GE Energy.
“The center provides two important benefits to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to the Gulf Region,” Messina added. “It helps to ensure that the growing industrial sector will have continuing access to the clean water supplies necessary for operation and it also will support a reliable, efficient and flexible supply chain, better serving our local customers’ growing demand for water treatment solutions and technologies.”
The 7,500 m2 facility will add more than 10,000 tons of new chemical production capability and an additional 1,150 m2 of chemical and equipment storage. The facility will initially blend a number of chemical products used in many industries, including power, refinery, petrochemical, mining and manufacturing. The facility also will serve the municipal water and wastewater sector.
The new facility, inaugurated on June 23, 2009 in Dammam, has been established to better serve industrial customers in Saudi Arabia and in the wider region. The new technology center incorporates a blending plant for water treatment chemicals and offers advanced water, water reuse, wastewater and process solutions to local and regional customers. It is the second GE Water facility in the Gulf, following a recently opened manufacturing facility and office complex in Dubai, UAE. The new center is a joint venture between GE and Al Tamimi Group, a leading Saudi Arabian engineering and construction firm with which GE has had a relationship since 1957.
“This technology center exemplifies our commitment to partner in the infrastructure development of Saudi Arabia. GE has been a successful growth partner for the public and private sector companies in the country since 1942. Today, GE is more than 600 people strong and we continue to invest in the Kingdom as part of our company’s localization initiative,” said Glen Messina, CEO of the Chemicals & Monitoring Solutions business for GE Water, a business unit of GE Energy.
“The center provides two important benefits to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to the Gulf Region,” Messina added. “It helps to ensure that the growing industrial sector will have continuing access to the clean water supplies necessary for operation and it also will support a reliable, efficient and flexible supply chain, better serving our local customers’ growing demand for water treatment solutions and technologies.”
The 7,500 m2 facility will add more than 10,000 tons of new chemical production capability and an additional 1,150 m2 of chemical and equipment storage. The facility will initially blend a number of chemical products used in many industries, including power, refinery, petrochemical, mining and manufacturing. The facility also will serve the municipal water and wastewater sector.
