Eraf links up with Creation
Saudi Arabia’s Eraf Industries has joined hands with Creation UK to develop and build the latter’s family of Zephyr multirole vehicles in the kingdom.
The two firms hope the arrangement will lead to contracts with the Saudi armed forces, which have a requirement for such vehicles. The joint venture will mark a leap into vehicle production for Eraf, which specialises in armoured vehicle upgrades and refurbishments.
Creation UK has been working on the development of the Zephyr for five years.
A four-wheel-drive variant of the Zephyr will be delivered to Eraf by the end of this year under current plans, with a six-wheel variant to follow in 2012.
B+K MEC to open second plant
Plastic packaging solutions provider B+K MEC has announced it plans to open a second plant in the Rabigh petrochemicals complex supplementing production at the company’s first factory in Al Khobar.
“We are profiting from the petrochemical industry’s strong growth and our outstanding reputation in the region,” explains Dr Volker Pfennig, managing director of the B+K-Group.
Pidilite plans Saudi plant
Pidilite Industries Ltd, the company which owns the adhesive brand Fevicol, plans to set up a manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia to shore up the contribution of its sales from overseas market to 10 per cent.
Overseas operations now account for about six-to-seven per cent of its total turnover, said Manab Ghosh, president for business development, Fevicol Division, Pidilite Industries. The company has manufacturing facilities in Bangladesh, Dubai and Egypt at present.
Pidilite has a presence in 55 countries.
T3 Motion makes first shipment
T3 Motion, Inc, a producer of clean tech/green tech electric personal mobility vehicles, has announced that the first shipment of T3 Series Electric Stand-up Vehicles (ESV) of $117,600 has been shipped to Luxury Carts, exclusive T3 ESV distributor in Saudi Arabia.
Luxury Carts placed a blanket purchase order to purchase multiple T3 ESVs for up to $1,881,000. The vehicles are meant for law enforcement agencies and security companies throughout Saudi Arabia. Luxury Carts may purchase the additional T3 ESVs through August 31, 2012.
Distributors anticipate that the ESVs will be used for the first time during Saudi Arabia’s Haj season.
