AARICO, as Saudi Arabia’s leading manufacturer of pressure and temperature indicators, is well-ensconced as a leading supplier to all major petrochemical industries.

The abbreviation stands for Ashcroft Al-Rushaid Instrument Company Ltd, an exibitor at Gulf Industry Fair.
An AARICO spokesman provided a brief background of the company and its capabilities.
“Products under the Ashcroft brand were first manufactured and marketed in 1985 by Dresser Al-Rushaid Valve & Instrument Company Ltd (Darvico) under a joint venture agreement between Al-Rushaid Investment Co Ltd and Dresser Industries Inc (USA),” he said.
“As part of Dresser’s global restructuring and the subsequent sale of Ashcroft Inc to Nagano Keiki of Japan, the Ashcroft product line manufactured in the kingdom will now be managed by AARICO.
“Ashcroft products have been widely chosen and preferred by most customers for many years and all that you come to expect from Ashcroft will not change.”
The spokesman said that Ashcroft products supplied to customers within Saudi Arabia came from the facility in Jubail Industrial City.
The facility has trained and certified manpower to perform assembly, testing and calibration in conformity with national and international standards, he said.
The plant is equipped with modern manufacturing and assembly test stands and also holds sufficient inventory of parts to produce 2,500-3,500 pressure gauges, 400-500 thermometers and 250-300 pressure switches on a monthly basis.
“In addition to the products being manufactured in our production plant, a number of other Ashcroft products can be provided from AARICO via Ashcroft’s worldwide manufacturing facilities,” the spokesman said.
These products include pressure gauge accessories, diaphragm seals, thermowells, test gauges, low- pressure gauges, stainless steel gauges, commercial gauges, temperature switches, differential pressure gauges and digital gauges.
To meet customers’ requirements, a wide variety of standard gauges are in stock for quick delivery.
The plant is certified to ISO 9001:2000 and possesses Saso certification for products manufactured in the kingdom. The components and raw materials for the production of gauges are supplied through Ashcroft’s quality departments around the world.
All products produced in Jubail adhere to strict quality standards required by Ashcroft.