Automated underground waste collection systems specialist, Envac, has promoted James Fullerton to Managing Director Middle East as part of a restructure.

In this role, Fullerton will lead the organisation’s regional business to align and strengthen its delivery capability and create a solid foundation to address Saudi Vision 2030, which is heavily focused on smart cities and sustainability. 

Envac’s Middle East operation, which currently employs 57 people and has a turnover of $13 million, has merged to become part of a new EMEA macro division, which will include the company’s activities in Europe and Africa.

The newly-formed Envac EMEA regional division will generate an annual business volume of around $37 million. It employs 200 people and operates and maintains almost 100 facilities across the Middle East, Spain, Portugal, France and Italy. Inventor of the pneumatic waste collection system, Envac is the global leader in delivering sustainable urban development through highly efficient waste management systems and has been present in the region since 2007.

It recently won contracts worth $8 million for two new stations in Doha, renewed several maintenance contracts in Dubai and is completing a further $46 million in projects in Mecca and Riyadh, including King Abdullah Financial District.