Azbil to establish control valves plant firm in Saudi

The new company will be established in Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, and Tetsuya Kurasawa, Director of International Business Headquarters of Azbil Corporation, will be appointed President. It will manufacture and sell control valves, sell Azbil Corporation's process automation and factory automation products/systems, and provide engineering and related services.

At the same time as the establishment of the company, the construction of its factory will begin, with production scheduled to start in October 2013. Production will begin with the assembly of large-bore control valves, and in the future, the company will expand its business to offer total solutions covering the entire product life cycle. Also, to live up to the Saudi Arabian government's and local customers' expectations for human resources development, the company will provide training facilities and systems to enhance local capabilities for plant instrumentation.

Azbil Corporation held a solo exhibition of plant life cycle solutions in March in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. In addition, it has been accepting and training Saudi students in Japan through its internship program so that they become a key part of the human resources in Saudi Arabia.

Tharawat, the partner of the joint venture, has good relationships with many petrochemical companies in the Middle East. Through these networks, the new company will sell products not only within Saudi Arabia but also to neighboring countries and has set a sales target of SR100m (Approx. $28m) for 2015.