Honeywell starts work on manufacturing unit at Saudi energy park

Honeywell starts work on manufacturing unit at Saudi energy park

Global technology major Honeywell has broken ground on its advanced regional manufacturing centre at King Salman Energy Park (Spark), the Saudi Arabia’s new energy industrial zone.

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) programme to advance local capabilities in research, development and manufacturing of cutting-edge technology.

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 being planned, said senior officials from Honeywell at the ground breaking ceremony.

It was attended by a delegation of global and regional Honeywell executives including Vimal Kapur, the President and Chief Operating Officer, John Waldron, the Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Ben Driggs, the President Global High Growth Regions, and Mohammed Mohaisen, the President and CEO, Honeywell Middle East and North Africa, as well as other top Spark and Aramco executives.

On the new facility, Abdullah Al juffali, Honeywell’s President of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain said: