The Jash Group of Companies has reinforced its position as a prime contractor with government agencies and private business operators, winning new lucrative contracts and lending a hand to the industrialisation of Saudi Arabia.

Jash Group executive vice president Bader Saad Al Sullaim has revealed that Jash Technical Services Ltd, the group’s flagship company, recently won a SR200 million ($53.2 million) contract for the Royal Saudi Defence Force’s  (RSADF) command, control and communi-cations technical support programme.
A 100 per cent subsidiary of the group, Energy Engineering Services (EES) signed a contract with a major local company to prepare design and engineering documents for the first phase of a project to manufacture large and heavy boiler dish ends at Jubail Industrial city.
According to details Al Sullaim has provided, EES has allocated an area of 65,000 sq m for the present and future needs of its facilities and is investing SR50 million for the first phase. Designed capacity for that phase is 1,000 dish ends of various kinds per year.  Products emerging from the plant will serve the needs of workshops fabricating pressure vessels in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the GCC states.
The design and engineering contract covers a land survey, tests on the soil, engineering and construction drawings and bills of quantities.
In the first phase of the project, EES will train and employ over 60 Saudi engineers and technicians.
Al Sullaim also said EES was in contact with reputed European and US firms for joint ventures to further its “technical objectives.” 
In the second phase, EES will produce pressure vessels, heat exchangers, columns, reactors and spool piping. The official said the company had plans to invest $130 million over the next 10 to 15 years, indicating that the products it manufactures would serve the needs of a number of companies including Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) that have announced plans to build or expand petrochemical plants.
EES has applied to the Saudi Industrial Development Fund for financing of the project.
Another Jash subsidiary, Desert Fence Company (Defco), is engaged in manufacturing and installing all types of custom-made fencing products. The company plans to expand its services to cover new and promising markets. With that in mind, it recently appointed representatives in Kuwait, Sudan and Yemen and is due to appoint some more for other areas. Defco was established in 1981 at the Riyadh Second Industrial City and is well equipped with some of the most modern machinery. To date, it has manufactured more than 10 million metres of high security industrial chain links, ring lock fences and high-tension wire fences for applications including motorways and farms.
The company recently completed a SR2.04 million fencing contract for the SWCC and a SR 2 million contract for the Ministry of Interior and expects to receive soon a SR1 million contract from MODA.
Other companies within the group are Advanced Electronic Works, a provider of electronic systems and support for the defence sector; Jash Construction Company, which is active in the fields of infrastructure, housing, public services facilities and real estate development, and Jash Investments, which is active in the finance and investment sectors in both domestic and foreign markets.
Another Jash company, Diversified Trading Company (DTC), owns and operates outlets in fashion, children’s ware, accessories, food and beverages and brands management.
DTC is currently finalising franchise and partnership agreements with some leading fashion industry brands from Europe. According to Al Sullaim, this development will establish DTC as a significant operator of commercial brands and products.