It gives us immense pride and pleasure to share with you all that our group CEO - Mr. Hussein Fares has been selected for the cover page of the prestigious "The CEO Magazine Global - June 2023 Edition". Through this premium feature story, Mr. Fares has shared his valuable experience with Abdulla Fouad Group, and current and past achievements in tune with our Founder and Shareholders Vision and Mission.

We are delighted to announce that Abdulla Fouad Group - InfoTech has acquired the Cyber Security pioneers in KSA I(TS)² to strategically enhance InfoTech.

I(TS)² just celebrated its 20th year anniversary this quarter and is a very well-known and respected Cyber Security brand in the Kingdom. I(TS)² has long term client contracts; this demonstrates the quality of services provided as well as the trust clients place in its people and brand. I(TS)² boasts a wide portfolio of solutions and services, which is provided to a client base across sectors including Government, Banking, Insurance, Finance, and Oil & Gas. I(TS)² has been investing in the development of cyber talent for 20 years and has a vast number of alumni, clients and students supporting clients across all sectors within the Kingdom and throughout the region. Security Empowerment through Security Education has been a long-standing slogan of the company. The company has achieved many international certifications, vendor/alliance program awards and individual honors during its history. With this acquisition Abdulla Fouad Group - InfoTech will significantly enhance its portfolio of Cyber Security resources, services, solutions, and training.

We are thrilled to announce the strategic partnership between Abdulla Fouad Group, ORYX Isotopes, and AlMoosa Specialized Hospital to build the first private pharmaceuticals production facility (Cyclotron) in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Cyclotrons are used for the preparation of a wide variety of radionuclides that find application in single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as well as in positron emission tomography (PET).

Therefore, Radiopharmaceutical Production using Cyclotron produced radioisotopes is one of the areas that is in high demand in Saudi Arabia. This Pharmaceuticals Production Facility will serve Oncology Departments and hospitals specifically in the Eastern Province by delivering quality diagnostic and therapy solutions for patients. With Abdulla Fouad Medical Supplies and Services - AFMS extensive experience of more than 35 years in serving Nuclear Medicine customers in Saudi Arabia; We are definite that this partnership will have a positive impact on all parties and will enhance the quality of care and health outcomes.

In cooperation with Ministry of Health, Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies and Services Company – AFMS arranged a pure scientific Blood Bank Workshop in Jeddah Regional Lab on 19 March 2023, which covered all blood bank sectors. More than fifty attendees including Blood Bank Doctors, Blood Bank Medical Technologists, and Quality Assurance attended from Makkah, Taif, and Jeddah, and shared their experience in the workshop. AFMS is continuously interested in arranging and supporting such workshops in various regions of Saudi Arabia.

Abdulla Fouad Group Chairman, Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad and Group CEO Mr. Hussein Fares visited CERAWeek in Houston on 06 & 07 March as part of AF Group’s Oil & Gas Portfolio expansion along with Saudi Aramco Overseas (USA) participation in the event. CERAWeek is the biggest global Energy meet that happens annually in USA which is hosted by S&P Global with keynote speakers from Industry Leaders, Govt Policy makers, and Oil & Gas Executives globally.

The theme of this year’s event is “Navigating a Turbulent World: Energy, Climate and Security” with emphasis on Renewables, CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage), Circular Economy and alternative to Steel (Non-Metallics).

Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies & Services Company AFMS - and Cepheid joined forces this year with the Saudi Society of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in the fight against Ant-Microbial Resistance through awareness and active participation in the 17th Annual Conference for SSMMID held in Jeddah.

AMR is an increased threat to patients' management and the healthcare system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as The Middle East is considered an endemic region for CPE strains.

AFMS and #Cepheid are partnering in Saudi Arabia to deliver a better way to improve patient outcomes by enabling access to molecular diagnostic testing everywhere.

During MedLab 2023 exhibition in Dubai, held between 5 – 9 February 2023, Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies & Services Company AFMS proudly received a special recognition and appreciation from Beckman Coulter Diagnosticse to the high performance delivered during 2022 in relation to Microbiology.

AFMS – Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies & Services was pleased to be part of the 34th Saudi Surgical conference SU34, where we presented advanced surgical solution which we provide from our partners GIMMI & BOWA. Many thanks to all guests who visited our booth during the two days exhibition

INFOTECH - Abdulla Fouad Information Technology participated in part of the booth of partner Dell Technology in LEAP; the biggest information technology gathering in Saudi Arabia which took place between 6-9 Feb 2023, where we introduced solutions and services we provide to customers and partners and enhanced the relationships bonds by meeting to customers visiting from deferent regions and explore future business opportunities.

INFOTECH worked on several agreements with vendors such as Oracle, HPE, Cisco, Redington, VMWare, Nutanix, Dell Technology, Lenovo, Fortinet, Huawei. LEAP was a wonderful opportunity to witness many new innovations presented and hosted by technology vendors and telecommunications companies from all over the region.

Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies & Services Company AFMS participated in the MedLab 2023 exhibition held in Dubai between 5-9 February 2023, with distinguished presence for Abdulla Fouad Group Chairman Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad and Group CEO Mr. Hussein Fares while GM Mr. Asem Manasra led commercial team activity meetings with partners,

to discuss business updates and how both parties could partake towards a strong healthcare future for Saudi Arabia. AFMS was proudly awarded with many awards from partners due to its great achievements in the year 2022. AFMS is always committed to provide the best healthcare solutions to the Saudi Market by improving patient care and safety.

Fortinet XPERTS Summits - ME are tailored; hands-on training events designed for highly skilled engineering partners. These summits help partners learn new skills and gain technical training that, in turn, helps them differentiate themselves in a competitive market. In these training events, partners had the opportunity to work with a variety of Fortinet technology offerings to ensure they are up to speed on the latest and greatest, including Secure SD-WAN, SASE, ZTNA, EDR and The Ultimate Fabric Challenge.

We are pleased to announce that Abdulla Fouad Energy Services Co. held a signing ceremony today with LoneStar Triplefast UK, at the IKTVA 2023 forum and Exhibition, to set up a JV company for in-Kingdom manufacturing of high-performance fasteners, sealing, and precision engineered components. We hope to bring about a lot of market opportunities and continue to stride in the energy market of Saudi Arabia.

We were honored to welcome our visitors in Abdulla Fouad Group booth #DP01- Platinum Sponsor of the Digital Pavilion - at iktva 2023 Forum and Exhibition today and looking forward to welcoming you the coming days.

Abdulla Fouad Group participated in IKTVA 2023 Forum & Exhibition as a Platinum Sponsor. Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Eastern Province, the event which takes place in Dhahran Expo between 30 Jan & 2 Feb 2023, aims to drive domestic value creation by promoting local content and localising technology and industry. Abdulla Fouad Group is proud to be part of the initiative which maximizes long-term economic growth and diversification in the Kingdom.

We are pleased to announce the opening of Al Hokama Eye Specialist Center in Jazan, the third branch in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The opening took place in the presence of the CEO of Abdulla Fouad Group, Mr. Hussein Fares, and under the supervision of Dr. Mustafa Wasali.

Abdulla Fouad Group and Arsal by AlMajdouie signed a three-year contract for total facility management to improve the quality of Facility Management Services.

Arsal offers very professional level of service and high maintenance standards that will no doubt add even more value to AFG properties.

This strategic relationship between the two companies will lead to further cooperations in the future.

Abdulla Fouad Group in collaboration with Maison Consulting & Solutions, delivers another commitment to Rawabi Integrated Gas Co Integrated, and implements first phase of Business Applications from Microsoft Dynamics 365 ecosystem.

Rawabi Integrated Gas Co., a fully owned subsidiary of Rawabi Holding, was conceptualized to serve the ever-demanding industrial sector of Saudi Arabia. RIG is the top agent and distributor for a vast portfolio of prominent, internationally recognized manufacturers in Oil and Gas Sector.

Just in 4 months, Abdulla Fouad Company’s professional team of consultants have delivered an optimized solution and meet the target date to Go Live.

Mr. Osman Ibrahim along with other prestige top management members appreciated whole team for meeting the tight deadline and delivering an optimized solution. It was another inspiring success story for an amazing team

Prince Muhammad bin Fahd University and the Abdulla Fouad & Family Charity Foundation sign an agreement to support students who are unable to complete their academic studies. A memorandum of understanding was signed, by Mr. Faisal bin Abdulla Fouad Abubshait, CEO of the Abdulla Fouad & Family Charity Foundation and Dr. Issa bin Hassan Al-Ansari, President of Prince Muhammad bin Fahd University, which states that the two parties shall cooperate with each other to provide the necessary support to students by providing scholarships for those who meet the required conditions to complete their university studies and to obtain an academic certification from Prince Muhammad bin Fahd University. Aiming to provide knowledge for those who are unable to pay the tuition fees. which is the basis of the scholarship fund at the university, and a contribution from Abdulla Fouad & Family Charity Foundation to support and prepare future leaders.

Abdulla Fouad - Advanced Industrial Instruments Co. along with our channel partner Guided Ultrasonics Limited (GUL) had organized ASNT- SAS Technical dinner meeting on 28th November 2022. Dr. Keith Vine from GUL presented QSR1. The QSR1® is GUL’s quantitative short range (QSR) device, incorporating the latest guided wave technology and hardware. The system is designed to semi‑automatically scan predefined sections of straight pipelines for corrosion under pipe supports (CUPS). Technical dinner meeting had excellent participation form NDT inspection companies and Saudi Aramco inspection department.

Abdulla Fouad - Advanced Industrial instruments Co. had participated in Operation Inspection Excellence Forum, held on December 1, 2022, under the theme of “Inspection Smart Solutions and Technologies” at ITHRA-Plaza Conference Center.

The forum was hosted by Saudi Aramco Inspection Department, introducing new technologies and case studies of smart solutions from Aramco and JV asset owners. Opening remarks was given by Mr. Bader A Al Busbait, Saudi Aramco Inspection Department Manager followed by seminars and exhibition.

AIIC had the privilege to exhibit smart technologies from our channel partners Flyability and Guided Ultrasonics Ltd (GUL) for visual inspections in confined spaces and corrosion under pipe supports (CUPS) respectively .

Abdulla Fouad Group and its partner Dividend Gate Capital announced the acquisition of the largest percentage in Al Hokama Eye Specialized Center, which is a unique center for its comprehensive coverage in different fields of Ophthalmology specialties in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

It is noteworthy that Al Hokama Eye Center was established in 2009 and is accredited by the Joint Commission International for Health Service Quality "JCI", which is the largest accreditation body for health care institutions in the United States of America. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has realized the importance of this sector, as the health sector comes in second place after the education sector in the Kingdom in terms of the volume of spending in the general budget, especially after placing this sector among the Kingdom’s interests to achieve Vision 2030.

Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad Abubshait, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abdulla Fouad Group, stated, “The acquisition falls within the framework of a vision and strategic plan adopted by the group to expand and diversify its activities and investment portfolio, in a way that helps strengthen the group’s position as a strong economic pillar that serves the national economy and contributes effectively to achieving Kingdom's Vision 2030.

“Seeing is believing” AFMS with partners from MOH and Ministry of defense visited Grifols to get to see the portfolio of the production of the latest up to date medical products. Presence of Chairman, CEO and AFMS GM from Abdullah Fouad Group added an excellent value for both end users and Grifols Management. The visit included visiting Grifols HQ, Blood transfusion services WH & manufacturer, Grifols Museum, and Barcelona Blood Bank Center. It was a wonderful experience for all with positive feedback from all attendees.

Abdulla Fouad Group has participated in the SPICONX 2022 Saudi Pipeline International Conference and Exhibition as a “Silver Sponsor” at Dhahran Expo in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on 4-6 October 2022. The primary objective of SPICONX is to establish a professional environment which facilitates the exchange of pipelines industry best practices, to allow attendees to exchange knowledge and expertise which can be used to optimize pipelines design and operational strategies. In addition, new models and technologies were presented allowing participants to acquire up-to-date knowledge and awareness of industry evolution.

Abdulla Fouad Advanced Industrial Instruments Co participated in the Asset Maintenance & Reliability 4.0 Conference as an “Associate Sponsor”, held in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia on 27th-29th September 2022. The event focused on Asset management challenges and offering targeted and effective reliability solutions such as condition monitoring, machinery diagnostics, field services engineering, as well as insight on how enterprise digital transformation can be deployed and utilized to enhance plant efficiency and reduce or eliminate unplanned downtime by identifying risks, and taking a proactive approach to mobilize relevant solutions mitigate negative impact on operations.

Our Partners Bently Nevada delivered a great presentation on “Integrated Asset Performance Management – achieving the last digital mile on the path to predictable performance” Delivered jointly by Munir Qureshi - APM Product Manager, Bently Nevada & Stephen Reeve - GM Enterprise Reliability, ARMS Reliability”

Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies & Services Company AFMS has participated in the Global Health Exhibition 2022 held at Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center (RICEC) from 9 to 11 October 2022 which focused on 'Transformation in the Healthcare Sector’.

AFMS was honored by the visit of his Excellency the Minister of Health, Mr. Fahd Al-Jalajel to the booth, and many other visitors and delegates from both government and private healthcare sectors who expressed their interest in AFMS services and solutions in healthcare and benefit from AFMS extensive expertise.

Abdulla Fouad Company celebrated the 92nd Saudi National Day on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 in an exciting atmosphere, where five wonderful speakers were hosted to accompany us on their journey towards achieving success, growth, ambition, determination, and optimism, which were inspired from five meanings of the official identity of the 92nd Saudi National Day.

The lectures were held in Fouad Auditorium at the company's headquarters and were transmitted directly by video conference to all regions of the Kingdom.

Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies & Services Company AFMS is proud to announce that they successfully achieved the certification for ISO13485:2016.

ISO 13485:2016 is an internationally recognized quality standard specific to the medical device industry that ensures the quality of medical device design, production & distribution.

AFMS achieved this milestone with the help of certification partner SGS Company.

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity.

InfoTech was honored to receive the MPS Resilience Award from HP during the annual Amplify Elevate 2022 events.

InfoTech division received the award of Lenovo IDG T1 Platinum Partner of the year, as well as ISG T1 Gold Partner of the year award during the Lenovo 2022 Channel Awards event this year. Thanks to Lenovo Saudi team and AFC team.

AFMS is glad to announce the opening of the Pipette calibration center with the partnership of Eppendorf. The center is one of its kind in Saudi Arabia and aims to provide its services for a very accurate and certified calibration for Pipettes.

“Our Kingdom Has Rooted Deep into History”, with this motto Abdulla Fouad Company and employees celebrated with loyalty and pride the Saudi Founding Day on Monday, Feb. 21st. We were founded from firm roots and high we stand.

Exchanging medical experience will always remain one of the best tools to enrich our healthcare society and believing in our role to support hospitals across KSA , AFMS has introduced Dr. Klaus Görlinger - former Senior Consultant for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine at University Hospital Essen, Germany, to discuss one of the most recently needed topic ( Patient Blood Management – PBM ) due to the global demand on blood transfusion and the risks related to the unneeded transfusion. For almost a week from 22nd – 26th of November 2021 and across the main 3 cities ( Riyadh , Dammam & Jeddah), Dr Klaus has delivered very successful roadshows in collaboration with Saudi Society of Aesthesia , King Faisal specialist hospital , King Fahd specialist Hospital and National Guard Health affairs , transferring the German experience in BPM and answering quaestiones related to implementing ROTEM guided therapy in several surgical specialties such as Cardiac surgery , liver transplant , Gynecology & Trauma

During this event , almost 154 live attendees and 69 virtual attendees from different medical specialties ( anthesis , hematology , surgery , ICU/ER , and POCT ) have enjoyed evidence based medical practice and listened to the recent clinical trials of global entities that clearly showed the benefits of applying PBM into their acute care settings

AFMS will always be a lighthouse for medical practice , leading the way to better healthcare service across all the region , committed to the credo of our founder.

AF Group CEO Mr. Hussein Fares visited ADIPEC 2021 Exhibition in Abu Dhabi along with AFIC/AIC GM Mr. Aadil Amin, AFES GM Mr. Samer Al Kurdi and AFIC team. It was a fruitful visit.

AF Management look forward to positive opportunities arising from this visit for AFIC, AIC & AFES growth trajectory in the coming years.

AF Group presented by its CEO Mr. Hussein Fares, AFMS GM Mr. Asem Manasra and IHB Business Unit Manager Omar Nofal along with the IHB team visited the ArabLAB 2021—the most powerful annual show for the global laboratory and analytical industry. The event was held on November 15-17, 2021, at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

We are glad to have this opportunity to showcase our great partnership with all our partners participating in excellent and fruitful meetings looking for presenting the latest innovations for medical and industrial laboratory equipment and services in the Saudi Arabia market

Abdulla Fouad Company sponsored an honoring ceremony in the primary health care centers in the Dammam sector of the Ministry of Health for health heroes on the front lines, for their efforts in confronting the Corona epidemic, where the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Abdulla Fouad Company, Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad, was honored by the Ministry of Health.

Within the deep business relationship between AFMS & our strategic partner WERFEN, we had the pleasure of WERFEN top management team visit in person after long time of COVID restrictions.

Mr. Pepe Zamora – (WERFEN business director) & Mr. Oscar Marquez – (MEA Country Manager), on 12th – 14th of October visited Riyadh Office and during the visit several meetings were directed with Mr. Hussein Fares (CEO - AFC), and AFMS top management, discussing the current business achievements and future growth plans, and agreed on the importance of strengthening our partnership in all aspects during their visit, some market meetings were conducted to key customers such as PSMMC, KSMC, where they touched the great efforts made by AFMS team and felt the value delivered to KSA clients such activities had impacted in a very positive way for both sides and resulted in a solid roadmap for future successes.

The cooperation between Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies and Services Company” AFMS” and DiaSorin to improve the awareness about the importance of COVID-19 serology testing and to know the latest update about this technology according to international guidelines , we conducted a webinar in Monday 20th of September 2021 about “New Insights in Covid-19 Serology Testing” presented by Dr. Sonia Allibardi - Corporate Marketing Director Respiratory Diseases in DiaSorin who explained about Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Testing in Recipients of COVID-19 Vaccination “Why, When and How”, also shared the Role of the SARS-CoV-2 TrimericS IgG antibody assay in the immune response monitoring in post-vaccination, post-infection. The outcomes were more than 800 registrations and around 500 attendees.

The LIAISON®️ SARS-CoV-2 TrimericS IgG assay uses chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) technology for the quantitative determination of anti-trimeric spike protein specific IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human serum or plasma samples. The assay is intended as an aid in the diagnosis of CoVID-19 and to support the study of the immune status of infected patients by providing an indication of the presence of neutralizing IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.

Wednesday 22nd September. Abdulla Fouad Company celebrated the 91st Saudi National Day in an atmosphere of joy and happiness on this special day close to the hearts of Saudis.

It included a group of people performed traditional and national songs, in which employees of all departments of the company participated. These celebrations occurred across all the branches of the company.

Taking into consideration the commitment to preventive and precautionary measures.

“Abdulla Fouad Infotech Company and the Institute of Research and Studies at the Saudi Electronic University signed a memorandum of understanding towards a strategic partnership to provide consultation and support to serve the Saudi Arabian technology sector.

Mr. Ashraf Asaker Infotech General Manager signed the contract with Dr. Abdullah Alsayed, the Dean of the Institute of Research and Studies. This comes to expand the partnership between the Saudi Electronic University and the private sector.”

Abdulla Fouad Company, represented by the Chairman, Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Dammam Health Network Administration in the Eastern Province, which aims to equip Al Baraka Center in Dammam, to be one of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination centers in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

He was the one who had the passion to diversify,” he tells, adding that this has been achieved over the years through local and international investment and some strategic joint venture partnerships, particularly in the oil and gas division.

If any further encouragement was needed, there’s also Saudi Vision 2030 to consider, the strategy of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman designed to offset the kingdom’s reliance on the oil industry and encourage economic growth and investment in sectors such as education, tourism, health and infrastructure.

We’re looking at different possibilities,” Hussein acknowledges. “We are looking to further expand into health care through a public–private partnership program with the government.

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We are pleased to announce a new partnership between Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies and Services (AFMSS) and Thermo Fisher Scientific – MSD EM.The partnership agreement has been signed in the presence of Abdulla Fouad Group Chairman Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad, CEO Mr. Hussein Fares, and Thermo Fisher Sales Director of EMEA Mr. Boris Van Gurp and Sr. Business Development Manager of Saudi Arabia Mr. Ahmed Al-Saleh in addition to respected mangers from both parties.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies and services enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

AFMS and Thermo Fisher Scientific – MSD EM are aiming to expand and improve the services for all customers and users of Thermo Fisher Electron Microscopy products. Whether our customers are accelerating life science or materials science research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity and quality control in their laboratories, we look forward to working together to support them.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Electron Microscopy will add great value to our portfolio in AFMSS and we are very delighted for starting this great partnership.

Abdulla Fouad company opened its new Riyadh Offices in Thursday 28Th January , Grand opening was with the presence of Our chairman Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad , our CEO Mr. Hussein Fares and group of Managers from Head office attended the ceremony.

The new office located in the heart of Riyadh city with total area over 2000 square meters , furnished and equipped with state of the best facilities and technologies to enhance our support and services to our valued customers and give Abdulla Fouad Riyadh team the positive joyful environment to operate .

Abdulla Fouad owners and Management always striving to provide all possible facilities and tools for all its group members to maintain the vision of our company in leading diversified industries and exceed expectations of our customers.

Abdulla Fouad Impalloy Ltd. Co. AFIC is proud recipient of Quality Excellence Award 2020 from Saudi Aramco in Small and Medium Manufacturers category.

This award is a true testament of the Team’s sheer determination, hard work, dedication and perseverance during the challenging times (Pandemic) this year.

Kudos to the team and our moto “One Team One Goal” and belief in GEEP

LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies and Service Company AFMS to introduce LabVantage Medical Suite to the Saudi Arabia market. This strategic partnership will bring AFMS an expansion of its healthcare product portfolio and will increase LabVantage’s footprint in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

LabVantage Medical Suite is entering the local market as a Laboratory Information System (LIS) that integrates all medical laboratory disciplines from chemistry and hematology, pathology and genomics to microbiology and other general lab functions in one platform. LabVantage Medical Suite is proven in more than 50 hospital and healthcare settings, to streamline the entire laboratory operation, automate routine tasks and processes, reduce errors and overall costs.

About LabVantage Solutions:

LabVantage Solutions, Inc. is the leading global laboratory informatics provider. Our LI(M)S solutions and world-class services are the result of 35+ years of experience in laboratory informatics. LabVantage offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services that enable our customers to improve quality, achieve accurate recordkeeping and comply with regulatory requirements. The LabVantage informatics platform is highly configurable, integrated across a common architecture, and 100% browser-based to support hundreds of concurrent users. For more information.

Based on the 2030 vision, which stipulates enabling people with disabilities to obtain suitable job opportunities that guarantee their independence and integration as active members in society.

We assure everyone that the inclusion of people with disabilities in our work environments is one of our vital priorities and values ​​in the "Abdullah Fouad Company", considering them an integral part of the natural human diversity.

We believe that diversity and inclusiveness will contribute to a productive work environment, we also affirm our full commitment to the employment processes free from any discrimination on the basis of disability, and we will strive to provide all the necessary arrangements for them to help them achieve success.

Finally, as we have entrusted our employees with their support and commitment to the company's values, we commend the importance of containing and providing support to ensure the continuity of success of a work environment free from barriers.

Hussein Nawaf Al Fares has been appointed as the new CEO of Abdulla Fouad Group effective August 1 2020.

Al Fares brings with him more than three decades of experience in business development. Exhibiting strong leadership qualities, he practices high ethics and is a great team player.

Having lived in Saudi Arabia for the last 46 years, Al Fares strengths lie in his deep knowledge of the Saudi culture and mindset and strong market contacts.

Al Fares previous position was Senior General Manager at Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies and Services Company. Before that he has served as Service Manager for Saudi Arabia & Bahrain and Hematology Product Manager at Abbott Diagnostics Division, and on various positions at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Al Fares was instrumental in increasing revenues by more than 10 times at Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies and & Services Company. He achieved this by undertaking major re-structuring and creating new business units, including HR, training, relocation, improving profitability, and creating P&L system, cost controls, etc.

Al Fares has an MBA MSc-Health Management degree from Swiss Business School, Switzerland, and a bachelor’s in in Clinical Laboratory Sciences from the King Saud University College of Allied Medical Sciences Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abdulla Fouad Group participated as a Platinum Sponsor and were awarded the "Best Exhibitor Award" at the 17^th Middle East Corrosion Conference & Exhibition held at Bahrain International Exhibition Center on 1st-3rd Oct.

AFG along with our partners showcased a diverse range of Corrosion Prevention & Mitigation Solutions including:

• Cathodic Protection Solutions
• Internal Corrosion Monitoring Products
• Corrosion Modeling
• Non Destructive Testing Equipment
• Nitrogen Services
• Internal Girth Weld Coating Services
• Pipeline Coupling Solutions

17^th Middle East Corrosion Conference

Abdulla Fouad is proud to announce our participation at the upcoming 17^th Middle East Corrosion Conference as a Platinum Sponsor.

Together with several of our partners, we will be showcasing a variety of tailored solutions & services that are designed to cater to your business requirements related to Corrosion Prevention & Mitigation.

We invite you to come and visit us at Exhibit Booth #A19, looking forward to meeting you there!

AFIC’s ISO 9001: 2015 (certificate upgraded)

AFIC is proud to announce that we cleared the ISO surveillance audit and achieved the upgrade of ISO 9001 certification to the latest 2015 standard.

Both AFIC’s branches at Saudi Arabia, Dammam and United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi achieved this milestone.

InfoTech-SADAFCO QAD Traceability Project

We are pleased to announce that Abdulla Fouad InfoTech team ( Mr. Yasir Pirzada as Project Manager and Mr. Muhammad Khalid as Implementation Manager), has successfully implemented QAD Traceability Project for new stocking site of SADAFCO Riyadh Regional Distribution Center (RRDC).This site is interfaced with RRDC’s automated warehouse with electronic Advanced Shipping Notices. This is the major SADAFCO milestone business achievement which has enhanced the Frozen stock holding capacities at a central location in KSA.

DELL EMC Titanium Partner

Abdulla Fouad Company - InfoTech Division are proud to announce that our partnership level with DELL EMC has been upgraded from Platinum to Titanium for exceptional performance.

The Titanium level partnership with Dell EMC is the highest level any organization can achieve.

Abdulla Fouad Company is committed to delivering world class solutions, and superior services that Exceed the Expectations of our customers and partners.

Saudi Airlines' counter at the new KAIA Jeddah Terminal

Abdulla Fouad Company - InfoTech Division secured a contract with Saudi Airlines to deliver, install and configure various IT requirements to operate their airline counters and various other facilities at the Saudi Airline Terminal at the new King Abdulaziz International Airport Terminal in Jeddah.

The project includes End User Equipment, Passport Scanners, Barcode Scanners, Bag Tag Printers, Computers, Printers, Network Switches, Security Firewalls, Access Control, CCTV, IPT and Hyper-Converged Data Systems.

AFC would like to express our sincere appreciation to Saudi Airlines for their confidence and trust in our capabilities to deliver high quality turnkey solutions for their operational requirements.

Employee Football League Finals

Abdullah Fouad Group organized the final football league for employees in 13 May, 2018, which consisted from 4 teams by participating 52 employees from various departments & business units. This initiative is one of many that we conduct to the strength the sports spirit between employees, enhancing the teamwork, and employees’ wellness.

Industrial Equipment & Services Lab Division Seminar

On Thursday March 22nd 2018, Industrial Equipment & Services Lab Division hosted a seminar in AF-Auditorium in conjunction with our partners.

Hitachi-Oxford presented the key advantages of their XRF/LIBS analyzer and OES spectrometer, Tinius Olsen promoted their material testing equipment, and STRUERS showcased their metallography sample preparation solutions.

Over 50 of our valued clients representatives attended the seminar, consisting of stakeholders from a wide range of industries such as Industrial & Commercial Laboratories, Pipe & Metal manufacturers, Inspection companies, as well as representatives from Saudi Aramco & Sabic. We are now a turnkey solution provider for any material testing labs.

We would like to thank all attendees for their time spent with us, and would like to extend a special thanks to Mr. Miro – Hitachi, Mr. Haissam – Struers for their informative presentations.

4^th Technical Forum on Radiation Protection & NDT

Abdulla Fouad NDT Division hosted the 4th Technical Forum on Radiation Protection & Non Destructive Testing in conjunction with Saudi Aramco.

The forum was held at Sheraton Hotel, Dammam on 11th March 2018, where various speakers from Saudi Aramco, GE, and Abdulla Fouad presented updates on the Importance of Radiation Protection & latest NDT Inspection Technologies.

The Technical Forum was well attended by more than 150 attendees from major NDT Service Providers, Educational Institutes, governmental entities, and operators such as Saudi Aramco, SABIC, SADARA, KFUPM, Saudi Customs, and Ministry of Interior.

Showcased at the event were the latest NDT Technologies including Digital Radiography, Robotic Inspection, Predictive Corrosion Management, On-line Corrosion Monitoring, 3D Laser Technology, Remote Visual Inspection and Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing Solutions.

We would like to thank all attendees and speakers, especially Senior officials from the Ministry of Interior, Saudi Aramco, and SABIC for their participation and we hope to host you again soon.

For more information please contact binu.baby@abdulla-fouad.com

Congratulations Mr. Hamad Bin Mohammed Albuali

It is with Great Pleasure we announce that, Hamad Bin Mohammed Albuali (General Manager – Consumer and Real Estate) has been elected as a Vice-Chairman of the Eastern Region Chamber of Commerce.

Hamad Bin Mohammed Albuali has been elected as a Vice-Chairman of the Eastern Region Chamber of Commerce, after a phenomenal win in General Elections with 3,608 votes in the industry category, the highest number obtained by a candidate in the history of Saudi Chambers of Commerce.

Hamad Albuai is the grandson of the founder of Abdulla Fouad Group and holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the College of Industrial Management, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran. He holds a commercial membership in several large companies and various social associations in Saudi Arabia.

Hamad Albuali’s electoral campaign has been highly interactive as he aimed to garner the support of young people, promising to build on their efforts and ideas, and empowering young entrepreneurs in line with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030.

It is also worth mentioning that the new Board of Directors of the Chamber has elected Abdul Hakeem Bin Hamad Al-Ammar Al-Khalidi as Chairman of the Board of Directors, and elected two vice chairman (Hamad Albuali and Bader bin Sulaiman Al-Rizea).

We wish Hamad AlBuali a great success ahead in his future endeavor.

Negotiation and Influencing Skills Training

In the current dynamic and challenging business market, acquiring advanced skills to handle difficult negotiations has become inevitable. Therefore, AF HR Dept has arranged a training program on “Negotiation and Influencing Skills” that was held in Abdulla Fouad Head Office on February 15, 2018. 18 employees attended from 9 of AFGs Business Units. The objective of this training was to provide the employees with various aids, techniques and skills to help them handle tough negotiations with customers and/or vendors successfully.

An Awareness Training Session on ISO 9001:2015

In continuation to Abdulla Fouad commitment to meet the international quality standards and keep the quality management team updated with the latest changes in ISO standards, AF HR Dept has arranged a 2-day training program on transformation from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015 in Abdulla Fouad head office on 11th & 12th of February, 2018. 15 AF-Quality Representatives attended the training to acquire the essential knowledge to be able to convert from ISO 9001:2008 to ISO 9001:2015.

Negotiation and Influencing Skills Training

In the current dynamic and challenging business market, acquiring advanced skills to handle difficult negotiations has become inevitable. Therefore, AF HR Dept has arranged a training program on “Negotiation and Influencing Skills” that was held in Abdulla Fouad Head Office on February 15, 2018. 18 employees attended from 9 of AFGs Business Units. The objective of this training was to provide the employees with various aids, techniques and skills to help them handle tough negotiations with customers and/or vendors successfully.

AFC Sponsors Fourth Employee Umra Trip

On Feb 22, 2018, Abdulla Fouad Company sponsored 50 of our hard-working employees to a weekend trip to Umra, it is the fourth trip out of a series of trips meant to extend our appreciation to our employees. Chaperons from HR and AFCC were present to guide and facilitate the journey in which everything went smoothly. This initiative was developed by AF Young Leaders & Approved by AF Board of Directors.

QAD Annual Roadshow

Abdulla Fouad InfoTech Division along with its partner QAD held its annual Roadshow event in Movenpick Hotel Jeddah on the 23rd January 2018.

QAD, based out of Santa Barbara, USA is specialized in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions catering to the manufacturing industry across a broad range of sectors such as Life Sciences, Automotive, High Tech, Industrial, Consumer and Food & Beverage sectors.

The theme of this year’s Roadshow event was about “Quality Manufacturing and Supply Chain Challenges”, focusing on market challenges faced by manufacturing industries. QAD has specialized modules, such as Quality Management System and Demand & Supply Chain Planning which help organizations in executing and optimizing their global supply chain.

Customer case studies were also highlighted where organizations faced challenges in forecasting, and effectively planning their sourcing requirements and how QAD ERP solution helped them overcome these challenges.

For more information on QAD ERP Solutions please contact infotech@abdulla-fouad.com

Abdulla Fouad Auctioneers GCC Auction

Abdulla Fouad Auctioneers are proud to announce the upcoming auction for Gulf Consolidated Contractors Co. Ltd. The Auction will be held on the 10th and 11th of January 2018, at the Gulf Consolidated Contractors Co. Yard, Dammam Old Abqaiq Road opposite SCECO stores, beside Nesma Co.

For more information on the list of Equipment / Items up for auction please call: 013-8177750 / 0556162051 / 0595070690 email: soudqi.khateeb@abdulla-fouad.com or visit us online: www.abdullafouadauction.net

Abdulla Fouad NDT Division & GE Seminar

Abdulla Fouad NDT Division along with GE hosted a one day seminar at Sheraton Hotel, Bahrain on 14th of December, 2017.

The event showcased the latest developments within the portfolio of GE Inspection Technologies including, Predictive & High Precision Corrosion Management Solutions, Ultra Sonic Testing & Remote Visual Inspection Solutions, Reciprocating Compressor Solutions, Over Speed Protection Systems, Portable Data Collectors & Electrical Condition Monitoring Solutions.

We would like to thank all representatives from BANAGAS, ALBA, BAPCO, GPIC, TATWEER PETROLEUM, MOI, Gulf Air, NDT Service Providers and our other Guests for taking the time to attend. Special Thanks to GE Team represented by, Ahmed Mazloum, Mohammed Haitham, Essam Al Ghamdi, Mohammed Batta, Elie Saba, Khalil AlKhateeb.

IES & GE Seminar

Abdulla Fouad Industrial Equipment & Services Division together with GE Measurement & Control, recently conducted a seminar that showcased the latest CT Scan Technologies for Industrial 3D Failure Analysis and Dimensional Production Process Control. The seminar was held in InterContinental Riyadh and was attended by operating companies within different sectors such as KSU, KACST, TVTC, SASO, Educational Institutes, Steel, Spare parts Manufactures and NDT Service Providers.

We would like to thank our partners & guests for their participation, we look forward to hosting you again in the future.

WADAEF Job Fair

In line with our strategy in contributing towards the Kingdom 2030 vision, AFG participated as a Golden Sponsor in the WADAEF Job Fair.

The job fair was held in Dhahran International Exhibition from October 24 - 26, 2017. This event was arranged by Asharqia Chamber of Commerce and Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF), to bring together recent graduates, job seekers and human resource officials of organizations, to facilitate & promote the recruitment of local talent.

Our participation in WADAEF job fair has already shown signs of success, as we were able to identify talented individuals for existing openings at Abdulla Fouad and were able to enrich our recruitment database with CVs of qualified candidates for various positions across a broad range of industries.

If you are a dynamic and talented professional and are seeking a new career opportunity please email your CV to: careers@abdulla-fouad.com

Primavera Project Planner (P6)

As part of AFG’s role in developing the employees and enhancing their skills, a training program on “Primavera Project Planner P6” has been conducted for TAQQAT team in Dammam Head Office on September 25, 2017. This training provided the trainees with valuable knowledge which will enhance their project planning skills. We would like to thank all attendees for their participation and Mr. Othman Al-Othman, TAQQAT Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, for his valuable support in motivating and developing TAQQAT employees.

Basic Life Support Training

In AFG we believe that it is of utmost importance to provide our employees and guests with a safe workplace environment. Which is why AFG have arranged two training programs on “Basic Life Support – As per American Heart Association standards” for our AF Safety Champions in Dammam on 20th and 21st of September, 2017. The participant learned the basic skills of saving lives with a focus on how to provide High-Quality CPR, how to operate an automated external defibrillator and working as a team to save lives. We are proud to announce our AF safety champions have become certified by the Saudi Heart Association (SHA).

Effective Sales Skills Workshops in Riyadh & Jeddah

As part of AFG’s role in training and developing our employees and enhancing their skills, two training sessions on “Effective Sales Skills” have been conducted for AFG sales teams in Riyadh on September 16, 2017 and in Jeddah on September 30, 2017. We are committed to continuously train our staff on core competencies to ensure our customers are catered to with the highest level of quality and service.

HMIS Design & Installation Project for Al Salam Specialist Hospital, Bahrain

Abdulla Fouad InfoTech Division is proud to announce the Hospital Management & Information System (HMIS) Design and Installation Project for Al Salam Specialist Hospital, Bahrain. Al Salam Specialist Hospital, Bahrain is a 100-bedded state of the art multispecialty hospital, designed to comply with National Health regulatory Authority (NHRA) and international patient safety standards.

Al Salam Specialist Hospital selected our HMIS solution, an Enterprise-Scale solution that links all the components within the healthcare ecosystem securely, accurately and in real time into an integrated HIMS. Another unique feature of this project was the application of Healthcare Information & Communication Technology (HICT) Project Management principles to ensure the successful implementation of the project. It is to be noted that number of HICT projects implemented in the region will end up as failure due to lack of application of HICT Project Management principles.

For more information and for site visit for live demo please contact: infotech@abdulla-fouad.com

Contract Signing between TAQQAT and SEC

TAQQAT is pleased to announce the signing of a new contract with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC).
TAQQAT shall perform on Lump Sum Turnkey basis the shifting of all 69kV feeders from old Dhahran central to new Dhahran central.
The contract was signed by TAQQAT Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Othman Al-Othman and SEC Contracting Representative-EOA - Roberto Manansala.
The CEO expressed his sincere appreciation and commitment to SEC, to ensure the project is executed to the highest quality standards and completed ahead of schedule.

For more information please contact: info@taqqat.com

AFES & Petroleum Geo Services Arabia Seminar

Abdulla Fouad Energy Services and Petroleum Geo Services Arabia (PGSA) recently conducted a seminar in Saudi Aramco. The event showcased the latest PGS technologies, capabilities and demonstrated their competitive position with regards to exploration services. The seminar was attended by Saudi Aramco’s Geophysical Data Acquisition Department (GDAD), Red Sea Exploration Department, Geo Scientists and Geo Consultants. For any inquires on technologies showcased during the event, please write us at energyservices@abdulla-fouad.com or call (+966) 013 814 1414.

Digital Transformation Microsoft Dynamics 365

Abdulla Fouad Holding Co. along with its strategic partner MAISON Consulting, recently held the “Digital Transformation Microsoft Dynamics 365 Launch”. Three separate Launch Events were held Kingdom wide, attracting attendees from a wide range of Industry Verticals like, Manufacturing, Education, Financing Organizations and Trading. For more information on how your organization can benefit from Microsoft Dynamics 365 please contact infotech@abdulla-fouad.com

Best of AACC Middle East Conference

Abdulla Fouad Medical Supplies Division recently participated as a Bronze Sponsor in the first “Best of AACC Middle East Conference” which was held at the Rosewood Hotel, Abu Dhabi on 23rd and 24th of March.

The highly successful conference, spearheaded by Al Borg Laboratories and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, provided delegates a way to stay up-to-date on the latest research, technology, regulations and management practices, and stay connected with global experts and peers in laboratory science and applications to healthcare.

Thank you to those who visited our booth, We look forward to meeting you all again next year!

For any inquires on products and solutions showcased during the event, please write us at (Please put a email ID related to MSD) or call (+966) 013 814 1414.

Abdulla Fouad Auctioneers Dammam Consignor Auction

Abdulla Fouad Auctioneers announces the Dammam Consignor Auction to be held on 26 to 30 March 2017 at AF Auction yard, Dammam-Jubail Highway, behind Dammam TV Station.

Items to be sold in Auction: Head Trucks, Dump Bodies, Cement Bulkers, Flat Bed, Low Bed, Tankers, Loaders, Dozers, Excavators, Back-hoe Loaders, Rollers, Fork Lifts, Bobcat, Dumpers, Welding Machines, Generators, Air Compressors, Industrial Tools, Water Pumps, Engines, Hand Tools and Large Quantity of Small Cars.

For More info please contact : 013-8177750 / 0505883665 / 0502552252 / 0559154224 / 0556162051 / 0501889903

AF IES Division Product Launch

AF Industial Equipment Services Division (IES) hosted a 1 day seminar at Abdulla Fouad Auditorium on 21st Feb.

IES showcased new offerings such as:

• Vulcan – PMI handheld LIBS from Oxford Instruments
• Material Testing solutions from Tinus Olsen
• Materialographic sample preparation solutions from Struers

It was a great event with 80 attendees from operating companies within different sectors such as Saudi Aramco, Sabic & affiliates, Saudi Electricity Company, Educational Institutes and NDT service providers.

We would like to thank our partners & guests for their participation, we look forward to hosting you again in the future.

For more information please contact: mohan.gage@abdulla-fouad.com

SABIC “Seal Bid Sale”

Abdulla Fouad Auctioneers would like to invite you to the SABIC “Seal Bid Sale”.

Bid on items located in Sabic Warehouses in Dammam and Riyadh https://lnkd.in/geS4CqG .

Bidding ends on March 6 and sealed bids will be opened on the next day: March 7, 2017. For More information please call: 013-8177750 / 0502552252 / 0559154224/ 0505873018

GMS New Long Term Contract Award

Abdulla Fouad Energy Services Co is pleased to announce a new long term contract award to their Joint Venture Partner Gulf Marine Services (LSE: GMS), the leading provider of advanced self-propelled, self-elevating support vessels serving the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy sectors for one of its Mid Size Class vessels. The vessel will be supporting a national oil company in the MENA region. The new charter is for three years and is scheduled to commence in early Q1 2017.

For more information with regards to GMS service offerings please contact: energyservices@abdulla-fouad.com

Gulf Marine Services Contract Awards

Abdulla Fouad Energy Services Co is pleased to announce two new contract awards to their Joint Venture Partner Gulf Marine Services (LSE: GMS), the leading provider of advanced self-propelled, self-elevating support vessels serving the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, for one of its Large Class vessels. The vessel will be supporting an engineering, procurement and construction contractor (EPC) in Saudi Arabia under two separate charters totaling seven months, with the first contract commencing in Q1 2017.

Contact energyservices@abdulla-fouad.com for more information.

Abdulla Fouad Auctioneers’ Auction for GACA Dammam

Abdulla Fouad Auctioneers Announces the Auction for General Authority of Civil Aviation King Fahad International Airport, Dammam to be held on 7th & 8th Feb 2017.

Items to be sold in Auction: Cars, Trucks, Spare Parts, Materials & More!
Location: Logistics Warehouse Area, King Fahad International Airport, Dammam

For More information please call: 013-8177750 / 0502552252 / 0559154224

AFIC & ADCO, Abu Dhabi Contract

Abdulla Fouad Impalloy Co Ltd, (AFIC) is proud to announce the recent award of a long term contract (3 years + 2 optional years) by ADCO, Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Petroleum Operations Ltd.) for Provision of Cathodic Protection Services for ON OFF Plot Pipeline & storage tanks. This contract award is a testament of AFIC’s capability and commitment towards providing monitoring, maintenance and rehabilitation solutions for the energy infrastructure in the GCC.

For more information regarding AFIC product & service offerings please contact:afic@abdulla-fouad.com

Contract Signing of KFIPJ Project

TAQQAT is pleased to announce the signing of a new contract for King Fahd Industrial Port Jubail (KFIPJ) on January 10, 2017 at the General Manager office in Jubail.

The contract was signed and witnessed by TAQQAT Business Units Head Manager Ashraf Abdul Bakky, Project Manager Khamis Shehata and King Fahd Industrial Port Jubail General Manager Adnan Bin Mahna Bin Mohamed Al-Muabid.

TAQQAT Managing Director & CEO Othman Al Othman express his sincere happiness and appreciation to all the teams who worked on this tender to make it possible. He encourage the project team to execute the project professionally to save more money during the execution period and to complete the project ahead of schedule.

Abdulla Fouad Ethics and Values Award

HRH Prince Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of the Eastern Region, patronized the annual ceremony of the Eastern Region's Education Administration in Sheraton Hotel Dammam on Sunday 25th of December 2016.

As part of our Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives, AFG has participated by offering the “Abdulla Fouad Ethics and Values Award”, as a contribution to support the development of the local community / talent. The Abdulla Fouad Ethics and Values Award is awarded based on the evaluation of the Education Administration.

Our chairman Faisal Abdulla Fouad attended the event to honor, support and congratulate the winners on behalf of Abdulla Fouad family and shareholders.

InfoTech - Annual QAD Roadshow 2016

Abdulla Fouad InfoTech held its annual QAD (Enterprise Resource Planning) roadshow at Le Meridien Hotel in Al Khobar on the 6th of December 2016.

The purpose of this annual key roadshow event was to provide latest developments within the QAD Application and popular topics on demand such as Enterprise Assets Management, Tax processes, QAD Planning & Scheduling Workbenches and QAD on Cloud.

We would like to thank all Executives, IT Managers, Finance and Manufacturing Heads that attended this event. Looking forward to host you all again in 2017.

Abdulla Fouad Impalloy Ltd. Co. (AFIC) is pleased to announce the ATEX Certification of its Cathodic Protection Oil Immersed Transformer Rectifiers.

All six variants (300Amps, 150A, 100A, 75A, 50A, 30A) have been certified to comply with International Industry Standards, and the Essential Health and Safety Requirements relating to the design & construction of equipment & protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

Collection Skills Training

With help of Chamber of Commerce, a "Collection Skills Training" was delivered to all of Abdulla Fouad Collection Team. The training was conducted in Head Office – Training Room on 16th and 17th of November.

The trainees mastered the main collection skills through role plays and scenarios. They also received up-to-date techniques of dealing with objections of customers.

Sixteen collector attended this course. The training was successfully presented and the attendees provided a great feedback.

Corrosion Management 2016

We're proud to announce our participation as sponsors in the upcoming 5th Annual Corrosion Management Summit.

The event, which runs from November 28-29 in Sofitel Hotel Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, will feature presentations by Key corrosion management experts/stakeholders from major oil & gas companies from the Region. At this year's edition of CMS, AFHC will be showcasing a range of “Innovative Corrosion Prevention & Mitigation Solutions”

Thank you for visiting us at the 12th SABIC TECHNICAL CONFERENCE (STC-12) Exhibition in Jubail!

Congratulations to all involved in the STC-12 Exhibition. It was a successful event for Abdulla Fouad Group in terms of both leads and visitors. We would like to thank all who visited our booth, we enjoyed your positive energy and meeting you in person, and a special thanks to Sabic and affiliates! For any inquires on our products and services please write us at info@abdulla-fouad.com or call (+966) 92001 2100.

We look forward to meeting you all again, Thank you once more for coming!

MSD-BD participated in the conference held and organized by King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMR).

The 2016 stem cell conference entitled, “New Frontiers in Stem Cell Basic Research, Translation and Clinical Application, in Association with the International Placenta Stem Cell Society (IV IPLASS MEETING)” featured keynote speakers, symposia, posters and new investigator sessions. Emphasis was given on the latest advances in the basic science of stem cells, cord blood banking, stem cell transplantation, disease modelling, tissue bioengineering, bone marrow donor registry and HLA typing.

Successfully attracting clinicians, Research Scientist, Doctors and other medical physicians, locally and worldwide, the 3 day event was held in KSAU-HS Convention Center- Riyadh on September 19-21, 2016.

Abdulla Fouad Holding Group was represented by Mr. Omar Nofal of MSD-BD and members of MSD sales team, who demonstrated the latest equipment in Flow Cytometry specifically, FC Analyzers from Accuri and the BD FacsSec cell sorter.

TAQQAT and Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) signed a new contract for the addition of 33kV Circuit Breakers in Nabaj Switching Station in Tabarjal at the Contracting Department, SEC-EOA Office in Dammam on July 13, 2016.

TAQQAT shall perform on Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) contract, installation of eight (8) 33kV switchgears and execute necessary modification in control, protection, SCADA, communication, HVAC system, fire alarm system and associated works at the source substation.

The contract was signed by TAQQAT Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Othman Al-Othman and SEC Exec. Director for Distribution & Customer Services-EOA - Mr. Abdulhamid A. Al-Nuaim, SEC Contracting Representatives-EOA - Mr. Abdullah Al-Reziza & Mr. Feras Al-Shaikh Hussain. TAQQAT SCADA Business Unit Manager – Mr. Sobhi Ali was also present on this momentous event.

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AF-InfoTech win DELL Distribution Channels Award

InfoTech has received the Award for Best contribution to the growth of DELL Distribution Channels. This award was received by Aftab Alam Regional Manager Central Region on behalf of InfoTech.

Infotech was recognized as a result of securing strategically important contracts with Petro Rabigh, Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ) and Advance Electronics Company (AEC) in Western Province, ARASCO in Central Province and Crystal Lease Contract, Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic (SPSP), and Al Yamama Contractors in Eastern Province.

As per our corporate mission we always strive to “Exceed Expectations” of our customers, and partners.

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It is another momentous event for TAQQAT under the leadership of our Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Othman Al Othman. TAQQAT & CHINT Electric Co. Ltd have joined hands after signing an Exclusive Distributor Agreement on May 18, 2016 at Abdulla Fouad Headquarter Building in Dammam.

Founded in 1984, CHINT heads the list of China’s Top 500 private enterprises in comprehensive strength. CHINT from the word Chin indicated China and T represents tomorrow proclaiming its meaning “Tomorrow of China”.

CHINT Electric Co. Ltd. business ranges from Low-Voltage Electrical Products to Power Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services, Instruments and Meters, Building Appliances, Automobile parts, Industrial Automation, PV Power Generation, Equipment Manufacturing, etc. CHINT, are the largest clean energy supplier and energy efficiency management solution provider with the most complete product ranges in China, serving more than 100 countries and regions including Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa. CHINT was represented by Ms. Tina Wu - Sales Director of MEA and Mr. Andy Hua - Middle East Regional Manager.

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Abdulla Fouad Holding Co, has participated as a gold sponsor in the 16th Middle East Corrosion Conference and Exhibition (MECC), which was held in the Gulf International Convention Center, Kingdom of Bahrain from February 8th-11th 2016.

The 16th MECC was organized by NACE Dhahran Saudi Arabia Section and the Bahrain Society of Engineers, this biennial corrosion conference and exhibition and is the largest of its kind in the Gulf Region.

The MECC is recognized as a prime venue for sharing knowledge and latest technologies among professionals in all areas of corrosion mitigation. Including technical program, lectures, and workshop sessions given by distinguished world authority figures.

The 16th MECC showed progressive growth in terms of registration, sponsorship, exhibitors and the presentation of first class technical papers, with more than 600 registered delegates and 80 exhibitors.

Namely 3 AFHCO subsidiaries had participated including:

AFIC, Faisalco, IES, and AFES JV partner Continuous Nitrogen Services Arabia (CNSA).

Additionally Two Technical Papers were presented at the Conference by Pankaj Panchal, Engineering Manager, AFIC.

1. Cathodic Protection Design for Multiple Well Casings at Abu Dhabi Offshore.
2. Pipeline External Corrosion Assessment – Changing Perspectives.

Abdulla Fouad Auctioneers Announces the Grand Auction for Abdulla A. AlDossary Holding Co. to be held on 24 to 28 Jan 2016 at AF Auction Yard, Dammam.

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It was an opportunity for IES - NDT to raise its ‘NDT’ as well as ‘Bently Nevada Conditioning Monitoring Systems’ profiles in SABTANK (an affiliate of SABIC), to contribute to technical discussions and acquire knowledge about new ideas, and to connect with industry peers. This event was very significant to our business as this presented us with an opportunity to meet with the key people in the Industry and to affirm our commitment to this business and understand the customer requirements.

AF NDT team was represented by Mr. Binu. Baby and the NDT Sales Team, who demonstrated the latest equipment in Computed Radiography, On-Line Corrosion Monitoring, 3D Laser Technology, Remote Visual Inspection, Phased Array Advanced Ultrasonic Testing and Bently Nevada Conditioning monitoring system, Bently Nevada Offline Vibration Analyzers.

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ABDULLA FOUAD HOLDING CO. AUCTION DIVISION SIGNED TODAY October 11, 2015 A MAJOR 5 YEAR AUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT WITH SABIC AT THEIR JUBAIL HEAD QUARTER.THE AUCTION SERVICES WILL BE EXTENDED TO ALL SABIC AFFLLIATES KINGDOM WIDE.

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IES – NDT Participated in 7th Middle East NDT Conference & Exhibition held at Bahrain from 13th to 16th September 2015.

This four-day conference and Exhibition brought together a diversity of the most influential Non Destructive Testing decision makers from major manufacturers across the Globe and Testing companies in in the GCC. It was an opportunity for IES-NDT to raise its profile in the NDT industry, to contribute to technical discussions and acquire knowledge about new ideas, and to connect with industry peers. This event was very significant to our business as this presented us an opportunity to meet with most of the valued NDT suppliers in the Middle East and to re-affirm our commitment to this business and understand the customer requirements.

We are honored with the visit of His Excellency Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Bahrain in our booth. Thanks to the MENDT Team and all the support team involved to make this happen.

AF NDT team was represented by Mr. Binu P. Baby and the NDT Sales Team, who demonstrated the latest equipment in Computed Radiography, On-Line Corrosion Monitoring, 3D Laser Technology, Remote Visual Inspection and Phased Array Advanced Ultrasonic Testing.

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IES conducted a very successful Seminar on OXFORD instruments – Germany by Mr Erkis serdel, Tinius Olsen –UK by Mr Tahir Naseer

A total of twenty (65) Customers consist of Managers, Engineers and Technicians attended the presentation which was showed on 1st June 2015 at AF HQ Auditorium, Mr. Anas Afash, GM and Mr. Mohan Gage , Regional Manager introduced our division activities and assured customers with the highest quality of services.

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MSD has participated in 3rd WERFEN EEMEAI Meeting which was held in Stresa (VB) -Italy from 20 – 22th May 2015. MSD General Manager Mr. Hussein Fares along with Group CEO Mr. Zahid Khawaja, Product Manager Mr. Nasser Al Yahya attended the event. AF-MSD has been awarded “Best distributor in EMEA Region" during the event.

The event was attended by Werfen/Biokit distributors from all over the world. It was a great opportunity to meet Werfen/Biokit distributors and affiliates and share interesting information about the Serology ID product lines, especially for their chemiluminescent system BIO-FLASH.

For more than 50 years, Werfen has been developing innovative in vitro diagnostic (IVD) solutions to improve efficiency and enhance patient care. Their ongoing commitment to this mission has led to their global leadership in the specialized IVD fields of Haemostasis, Critical Care and Autoimmunity.

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His royal highness, Governor of the Eastern Province, Prince Saud bin Nayef has recognized Abdulla Fouad Group President Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad for his generosity sponsoring the Eastern coast festival.

The company’s sponsorship to all of the activities of the festival came in very supportive to society responsibilities’ concepts that best serves the region. All this was spoken of and published in the domestic newspaper such as: Al-Yaum newspaper, Al-Riyadh newspaper, Al-Jazeera newspaper and Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper.

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This year, Abdulla Fouad Group has celebrated its 66th Annual Ceremony. On July 8, 2014, 550 people including employees and managers, gathered at Sheraton Dammam to celebrate their hard work throughout the year. Employees were recognized and appreciated for their hard work, loyalty and dedication in their long years of service, and effort to participate in the expansion and success of this group. Honorary to the ceremony was the presence of our President Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad.

The ceremony began with a warm opening by Mr. Asim Baig, followed by a beautiful recitation of the holy Quran by M. Obadah Khoder. The opening Speech was presented also by Mr. Asim Baig.

After that Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad proceeded with Board of Director’s speech.

As a token of appreciation, the Board of Directors presented service certificates, trophies, and service awards to the employees. Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad began by honoring the first, second, third, and fourth group of the awardees which included the 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 Years Award for the number of years completed in service respectively.

This year, Abdulla Fouad Group had three employees receiving the 30 Years’ experience Award. These loyal employees have shown dedication and hard work throughout their long years of service.

Third, came the “Man of the Division” awards for the year 2013 which were given out to the employees by Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad. Finally, the last award, the “Division of the Year 2013 Award”, was presented to FTC.

The ceremony ended by thanking President Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad, the executives, and members of the organizing committee, followed by a dinner buffet.

Abdulla Fouad Group acquires Saudi Arabian portfolio to expand its footprint in the country’s fast growing oil and gas sector

Al-Khobar – [14th of October,2014] – Abdulla Fouad Group (AFG) announces the acquisition of a number of oil and gas joint ventures, agencies and facilities from the Shoaibi Group (SG) to expand its presence in serving the Saudi Arabian energy market.

AFG has successfully reached an agreement with the SG to acquire, subject to certain consents and regulatory approvals, a wide ranging portfolio of joint ventures offering products, services and facilities to the Saudi Arabian energy market. The portfolio represents an established local footprint with strong international partners participating in the unprecedented investment and development program currently underway in Saudi Arabia.

The acquired portfolio consists of many world-renowned companies in their respective areas of operations which include, testing and inspection, off-shore support vessels & services, dredging & reclamation, seismic survey, geotechnical services, reservoir analysis and optimization, exploration & production and oil & gas field equipment & supplies. The transaction also includes the acquisition of a 50,000m2 state of the art industrial park located in the second industrial city in Dammam, which serves as a base for the newly added ventures.

AFG chairman Sheikh Abdulla Fouad congratulated the Shoaibi Family and thanked all parties involved for successfully closing this transaction. He said “we have been involved in the O & G sector since our inception, and it gives me great joy to see that our aspiration of increasing our footprint in the sector has materialized”.

Mr. Zahid Khawaja, Chief Executive Officer of AFG stated, “This acquisition represents an important milestone in our growth plans through increased exposure to the Saudi Arabian oil and gas market, which continues to be robust and poised for unprecedented growth over the next few years. This acquisition also provides a strong platform to encourage more leading international product and services providers to partner with AFG at this exciting time in the market”.

Mr. Mark Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer of SG stated “I am pleased that as a result of this portfolio sale SG will be able to further its diversification strategy and expand its investment in renewables, education, training, recruitment, healthcare and food retail; as well as continuing to participate in the oil, gas, petrochemical, telecoms and insurance markets. I wish Zahid and his team every success in the growth of AFG; a company with an outstanding history and reputation.”


About Abdulla Fouad Group

Led by its founder and Chairman Sheikh Abdulla Fouad; AFG has served the Saudi Arabian economy for over 66 years through its diverse commercial base encompassing operating businesses and investments in the energy, industrial, information technology, medical, construction, consumer and real estate sectors.

For further information:

Abdulla AlDossary
Group Strategy Manager
Abdulla Fouad Group
Tel: +966 13 810 1506
Email: a.aldossary@abdulla-fouad.com


About Shoaibi Group

SG is a wholly-owned Saudi Arabian organisation established in 1973 to develop and carry out industrial and commercial activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Group headquarters are in Al-Khobar Saudi Arabia with the group’s focus on investments in the developing markets of renewables, education, training, recruitment, healthcare and food retail; in addition to long term interests in oil and gas, petrochemicals, insurance and telecoms.

For further information:

Mark Jenkins
Shoaibi Group
Abdulla Fouad Group
Tel: +966 13 894 1700
Email: mark.jenkins@shoaibigroup.com

Abdulla Fouad Group announced today that they signed an agreement with Toshiba Motors & Drives division to supply the LV/MV Motors to the Saudi market. AFG is looking to setup a service center for Toshiba to be able to accommodate the requirements of the market. Furthermore, looking at also the possibility to establish a manufacturing facility for Toshiba in the Kingdom, which will not only benefit our valued customers, but also help to contribute to the Kingdoms economy by creating job opportunities. “This is only the beginning” said Mr. Zahid Khawaja, Group CEO”, we are commited to satisfying the industrial sector service requirements, and we will continue to enhance the groups value proposition to become a source of complete solutions and major player in the kingdom.

“Headquartered in the UK, EnerMech employs 2400 staff and has a presence in 20 countries, covering all the major international oil and gas producing hubs. Annual turnover is projected to be in excess of £260 million ($408 million) for 2014.

AFG will facilitate EnerMech’s Saudi Arabian operations and provide essential technical support and marketing services under the agreement.

AFG CEO, Zahid Khawaja said: “This agreement further strengthens our footprint in the oil and gas sector and we are delighted to collaborate with EnerMech and jointly develop the business in Saudi Arabia. By leveraging our combined strengths and creating a common platform to pool our expertise, the venture is bound to be successful.”

EnerMech Chief Executive Officer, Doug Duguid, said: “We have been operating in Saudi Arabia for more than two years and our partnership with AFG is an important step forward in allowing us to utilise our full potential in this important energy region.”

Bob Lee, General Manager of EnerMech’s Saudi Arabian operations, said: “This important joint venture agreement will give us access to a customer base and excellent opportunities which will fast forward EnerMech’s growth in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries. We have people and equipment in-country and are looking forward to growing our business in the region alongside our new partner.”

EnerMech already enjoys a strong presence in the Middle East with operational bases in Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Ras al Khaimah.”

Abdulla Fouad Group (AFHC) is proud to announce it participated as a Gold Sponsor at the 15th Middle East Corrosion Conference and Exhibition held in Feb 2014 in Gulf Hotel Bahrain.

AFHC showcased a variety of tailored solutions and services, as well as presented 2 technical papers, authored by Mr Pankaj Panchal & Mr Arsalan Khan, that are designed to cater to our client’s business requirements, in the fields of Cathodic Protection.

• Presentation was given by AFIC Business Development, Engineering and R&D Departments.
• AFIC presented our Company Background, highlighting history of major Cathodic Protection projects completed, especially with Sabic.
• New R&D Developmental work was presented.
• All new C.R, Chamber and government related documents were presented.
• At the end of the presentation AFIC escorted SABIC Team through a Tour of AFIC Facilities & Plant.

KBR-AMCDE is world renowned Engineering company. AFIC have been supporting KBR-AMCDE for many years with their Cathodic Protection Design, Engineering & Solutions. AFIC General Manager along with Business Development Manager visited KBR and invited them for a complementary Cathodic Protection Seminar to broaden KBR’s Engineering Team knowledge with respect to cathodic protection. The presentations of the seminar were given by AFIC’s Business Development, Engineering & R&D Departments on 13th August in Fouad Auditorium located in Abdulla Fouad Group building in order to enhance business relation with KBR & AFIC.

The Sadara Chemical Company “SADARA” is a newly formed joint venture by Saudi Aramco and the Dow Chemical Company. Sadara will be a world-scale integrated chemicals complex, in Jubail Industrial City. AFIC business development department visited SADARA and invited them to their facility for the approval.

Sadara require Cathodic Protections monitoring of their tanks and plants and prior to the invitation for proposal. Sadara requested to provide information and documents about AFIC in order to evaluate your company’s capability and to qualify us based on the required scope. Business Development Department gave a presentation to SADARA’s Team followed by a plant & facilities tour guided by our Plant Manager where they were entertained during the visit.

AFIC Participated in SABIC's Sabtank Reliability Campaign What is RCM

• RCM is a process used to determine the maintenance requirements of any physical asset it its operating context.
• RCM is a method which identifies applicable and effective maintenance task needed to maintain the inherent reliability of equipment at minimum cost.
• Reliability centered maintenance is the optimum mix of reactive, time or interval based, conditional based and proactive maintenance practices. These principal maintenance strategies, rather than being applied independently, are being integrated to take advantage of their respective strengths in order to maximize facility and equipment reliability while minimizing Life-cycle cost.

• The primary goal of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) should therefore be to insure that the right maintenance activity is performed at the right time with the right people, and that the equipment is operated in a way that maximizes its opportunity to achieve a reliability level that is consistent with the safety, environmental, operational, and profit goals of the organization.

Abdulla Fouad International Auctioneers provides complete services to its customers, for selling their surplus assets and generate the maximum revenue within short time.

Abdulla Fouad International Auctioneers. has successfully provided the following sale methods. The services includes but not limited.

• Sale Through Microphone Auctions at Clients Door Step / AF Auction Yard
• Sale through SEAL Bids
• Sale Through VIDEO show
• Appraisal Services for Heavy Equipment’s / Vehicles / Machineries / Factories & Companies Assets Etc.

In the Year 2014. We have signed 3 Years Contract with Saudi Railways Organization and also extended our previous contract with SABIC for another 5 years.

We have successfully conducted Grand Auctions for the below mentioned Clients. Some of these Auctions were conducted through Microphone at Clients door step as well as AF Auction yard. We also conducted the sales through Video Show and Seal Bid Sale.

We have signed 3 Years Contract with Saudi Railways Organization and also extended the contract with SABIC-Jubail & Yanbu for another 5 years

• Eastern Provinces Contractors Co.
• Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Co. (Yanked) – SABIC
• A.A. Al-Khodari & Sons Co.
• AlMajoudie Group
• Saudi National Est. (SNE)
• Schlumberger Middle East Co.
• Saudi Railways Organization
• Consolidated Contractors Co. (CCC)
• Abdulla Fouad Consignors Auction

Upcoming Auctions detail from September to December 2014 as Follows.

• Madi Askar Al-Hajri Trading & Contracting Co. (September)
• Nassir Hazza & Brothers (October)
• A.A. Al-Khodari & Sons Co. (October)
• Rashed Al-Rashed Group (November)
• King AbdulAziz Air Base (December)
• IBN RUSHD –YANBU (SABIC) (December)

For further information please Contact the below:-

Abdulla Fouad Group (Auction Division)
Tel: 96613- 8177750
Fax: 96613- 8174224
Mobile: 966-5050883665, 5050873018, 0502552252, 0559154224
E-mail: auction@abdulla-fouad.com
Web: www.abdullafouadauction.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/afauction.net
Twitter: www.twitter.com/af_auction

On March 6, 2014, the continuing Certificate of Registration for ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System was issued by Intertek, with the validity up to 05 March 2017. Associated to maintaining the certificate is surveillance – evaluation, the latest being conducted this 20th August 2014. The Surveillance – Evaluation was for the conformance and effectiveness of the management system with applicable standard(s) for the purpose of continuing the certification, as well as evaluation of the effectiveness of the management system to ensure the client organization is continually meeting its specified objectives. The audit went fine with no record of non-conformity observed and raised.

Faisalco GM, Engr. Andy Princena and key personnel at Faisalco are by profession in the discipline of Mechanical Engineering. Engr. Princena believes the continuing participations to industry related seminars can contribute to adeptness to the modern methods and information in this chosen field. Engr. Andy is an active member of the Philippines Society of Mechanical Engineers, and recently attended the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers 22nd Technical Symposium on the theme of: Best Practices in Petroleum Engineering last August 20, 2014.

In Faisalco, safety is everybody’s business. Safety awareness is very vital to our crew and operations. In our effort to maintain a high level of awareness, we ensure that Faisalco crew is constantly receiving training of international standards. For this reason, we appointed Human Assets Training Center Saudi Arabia to review and update our trainings in the aspects of Machine Guarding and Safety as per OSHA 29 CFR 1910.212, which is well suited to the nature of work that Faisalco crew are exposed to. Site Supervisors, Engineers and Technicians all received the same training advices in pursuit of best safety practices. The training update was conducted on 13 October 2013, and received the certificate of training completion valid up to 12 October 2015.

Abdulla Fouad- IES division recently signed a dealership agreement with GE Measurement & Control Solutions, for its Bently Nevada (BN) Asset Condition Monitoring Products.

GE's Bently Nevada product line has been synonymous with machinery protection and condition monitoring for more than 50 years. Bently Nevada Asset Condition Monitoring offers trusted and proven vibration monitoring equipment and a comprehensive services portfolio to help improve the reliability and performance of production assets like turbines, compressors, motors, generators, and everything in between.

The new Product line will boost the division’s business in the petrochemical, infrastructure, power & water Segments.

We have been successfully representing IMR Germany manufacturer of continuous stack Gas analyzers, Gas flow meters, since last 5 years

• IMR 100 Flow monitoring System for Industrial Applications,
• IMR 1400 diga Portable gas analyser diesel engines in underground application,
• IMR 1600 Portable gas analyzer for spot measurement,TUEV approved,
• IMR 4000 Highly developed multi component flue gas analyzer.
• IMR 5000 Continuous emission multicomponent monitor,
• IMR 7500 Continuous gas monitor for emission monitoring in power,

IES Projects team has attended training from Kewaunee (Lab. manufacturer). Kewaunee’s strategic alliance with AFHCO is part of AFHCO’s vision as Total lab. solution planner designer and provider. Training was conducted by Mr. Srinivas (General Manager) and Mohammed Abdul Bari (Projects Department Head) from AFHCO. Kewaunee is a total lab. solution provider with excellent engineering and technical capabilities that makes them stand out in the market with AFHCO which has completed its 65 trading years in the market. Kewaunee designs, provides consultancy, installs and provides all HVAC and scrubber engineering that’s of the most important concern to all laboratory users today. AFHCO has recently such complex projects at New England University (Morocco), Marafiq Yanbu and Industrial city Jubail.

After IES (Industrial Equipment Service ) division success in various parts of the kingdom for setting up and offering turnkey solutions for laboratories. IES has now been nominated to setup Ebola routine testing lab. in various hospitals of the kingdom. The lab. is setup on international standards in respect to Ministry of Health directive to prepare kingdom for any such epidemic. The testing labs were first setup in Jeddah preventing itself for any such epidemic outbreak during Hajj season.

When TAQQAT came out as the bid winner for SRO project, the result wasn’t easy as it goes time after time, months after months without any concrete results of Contract award but with TAQQAT’s patience and constant follow-ups has not given up nor lose any hope as its always believes of the saying “Standing on a street corner waiting for no one is Power” … and true enough TAQQAT secured the long-awaited Contract as can be seen in the above Contract signing held yesterday (19-Oct-2014) at SRO Headquarters, Dammam. The historic signing was witnessed by the President.

OptaSense® is the world’s technology leader in the field of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and will be TAQQAT’s technology partner for this prestigious project. The project consist of Acoustic Intrusion Detection (AID) System. The project is being run to provide an intruder detection capability on the two railway lines running from Dammam to Riyadh. The system shall monitor the buried fiber optic cable to detect, classify and identify intrusions with range of the cable deployed along the railway track.

TAQQAT consider this project another milestone in its portfolio of accomplishment and are confident with the guidance of its energetic CEO, Mr. Othman Al Othman who is always on the “move” spirit will execute the project on time that makes... TAQQAT smile again!

TAQQAT Global Co. Ltd. successful completed and handed-over to Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) the work for Reinforcement of Musadiyah, Qarah, Al-Adarah & Hudayb 33/13.8kv Substations.

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) requires to reinforce existing Musadiyah, Qarah, Al-Adarah & Hudayb 33/13.8kv Substations by utilizing two transformers 20/30 MVA available in Rafha Old Power Plant. The two transformers from Rafha substation will be dismantled and shifted to Musadiyah substation likewise the existing two transformers 15/18 MVA from Musadiyah substation will be dismantled and shifted to Qarah substation, and also, the existing two transformers 12.5 MVA each from Qarah substation will be dismantled and shifted, one to Hudayb and the other to Al-Adarah substation.

Other works includes rehabilitation of transformer foundations in all substations to accommodate the relocated transformers which is larger in size than the existing.

TAQQAT Global Co. Ltd. performed on Lump Sum Turnkey (LSTK) basis, design, engineering, material procurement, quality management, factory inspection/testing, transport and delivery to site, construction, site inspection, testing and commissioning and all associated work and services as specified in the Scope of Work and Technical Specifications.

The said project was started last January 2014 and estimated to be completed within seven months but due to full determination and dedication given by all the members of the team headed by Engr. Khamis Shehata under the supervision of Youssef Maddah – Support Manager and Othman Al-Othman – Managing Director and CEO, the project has been completed one month ahead of schedule.

The Governing Board of Q.A. International Certification Limited granted TAQQAT Global Co. Ltd. a certificate of registration in accordance with the Quality Management system in compliance with ISO 9001:2008 last August 28, 2014.

Right now, TAQQAT Global is certified Contractor in Power Sector mainly on power transmission, distribution, substations, under-ground cables, construction and maintenance work with future business in the nuclear and clean energy sector.

Indeed, it is another milestone for TAQQAT Global under the enthusiastic leadership of Mr. Othman Al Othman, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer that this certification made possible with the full cooperation of all Department Heads and its hard working team.

It is the main philosophy of TAQQAT Global Co. Ltd. to always provide its valued-clientele with the highest quality of services and commitment to excellence and total customer satisfaction.

This year, Abdulla Fouad Group has celebrated its 65th Annual Ceremony. On May 29, 2013, 400 people including employees and managers, gathered at Sheraton Dammam to celebrate their hard work throughout the year. Employees were recognized and appreciated for their hard work, loyalty and dedication in their long years of service, and effort to participate in the expansion and success of this group. Honorary to the ceremony was the presence of our Chairman Sheikh Abdulla Fouad and our president Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad.

The ceremony began with a warm opening by Mr. Hamad Al Bu Ali, followed by a beautiful recitation of the holy Quran by M. Obadah Khoder. The opening Speech was presented by Mr. Abdulaziz Al Awadhi.

After that Sheikh Abdulla Fouad proceeded with the Arabic Board of Director’s speech and an English Board of Director’s speech was also given by Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad.

As a token of appreciation, the Board of Directors presented service certificates, trophies, and service awards to the employees. Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad began by honoring the first, second, third, and fourth group of the awardees which included the 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 Years Award for the number of years completed in service respectively.

This year, Abdulla Fouad Group had five employees receiving the 30 Years Awarded one receiving 35 years of experience. These loyal employees have shown dedication and hard work throughout their long years of service.

Third, came the “Man of the Division” awards for the year 2010 which were given out to the employees by Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad. Finally, the last award, the “Division of the Year 2012 Award”, was presented to FaisalCo. Toy Town also has been awarded as the “Division of the Year 2012 Award-Net Profit”.

The ceremony ended by thanking the Chairman Sheikh Abdulla Fouad, president Mr. Faisal Abdulla Fouad, the executives, and members of the organizing committee, followed by a dinner buffet.

Abdulla Fouad Group has recently been awarded with the coveted International Diamond Award for Excellence in Quality from the respected European Society of Quality and Research. We admire and congratulate all of our ISO Certified divisions for their strong due diligence towards maintaining optimum quality in all their business activities which has resulted in Abdulla Fouad Group being recognized by this renowned and prestigious council. We would further like to thank all our esteemed customers from around the kingdom for their limitless support for over 65 years as it is because of their unwavering belief in Abdulla Fouad Group that we have been able to achieve yet another milestone i.e. “Excellence in Quality”.

The award was presented to Abdulla Fouad Group in an extravagant ceremony held in Brussels, Belgium on the 3rd of December, 2012.

Representatives from the company, Mr Asim Baig, Business Process Reengineering Manager and Mr Abdulaziz Al-Awadhi, Assistant Business Development Manager were invited to receive this award.

The award winning companies and organizations were selected by ESQR following the ESQR Quality Performance Model criteria which are Quality Management, Customer Satisfaction, Training, Planning and Continuous Quality Improvement Techniques. Prior to selecting the awardees, ESQR researched public information sources, chambers of commerce, as well as conducted internet polls.

Companies, organizations and people were asked, via internet polls, to name companies or organizations whose products and services consistently met their expectations. The voters were customers, suppliers and collaborating companies. A special attention was paid to the quality endorsement policy of the selected organization.

In order to further celebrate this achievement, Abdulla Fouad Group held a short celebration party of its own at its Head Quarters in Dammam on the 3rd of Feb, 2013. Chairman Sheikh Abdulla Fouad and the higher management attended this event where the management was highly appreciated for their vigorous efforts towards excellence in quality. The event was concluded by re-assuring that Abdulla Fouad Group will continue its relentless journey to achieve excellence in all other aspects of the business world.

Abdulla Fouad Group HR has conducted a specialized HR course “Job Analysis, Job Evaluation and Reward Management” from 17th to 19th of September in HO Training Room. The training has been delivered through Hay Group. The main objective of this course is to train the HR employees to be more competitive in these skills and provide them with most up to date HR practices. Ten employees attended this course. All of them gave a great feedback.

The first glimpse into an exciting first basketball game of Abdulla Fouad against Budget Rent A Car won by our team final scores of 60 – 32 last Friday, 20th of September 2013 at the Al-Ettifaq Gymnasium, a real sign of progress and had a better energy level for our team on the rise.

The win against Budget-Rent-A-Car is certainly significant to ensure our team focus remains to get better every single time they play.

Abdulla Fouad basketball team was the previous champion of EPBL last 2011.

InfoTech Division (Western Region) has just handed over a project of Datacenter design and three floors cabling to AQARAT Real Estate, one of ELISAI Group of companies. The project was awarded to AFCO earlier this year.

A live demonstration of the systems took place on the first week of July 2013, started with the fire fighting, Generators, Alarms and the CCTVs.

This project was a good experience for the team to do the design from scratch and it should be a good reference for future projects.

HP ExpertOne Technology & Solutions Summit (ETSS), which took place from 24th to 28th of June 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark, is organized by the HP EMEA Enterprise Storage, Servers, Networking and Support & Consulting Services Presales team in collaboration with the HP ExpertOne organization.

It is the biggest technical & solutions knowledge transfer event covering the entire Enterprise Group (EG) portfolio of products, services & solutions dedicated to internal HP EMEA EG Presales & Pursuit as well as to Channel Partners.

Abdulla Fouad’s INFOTECH Division had attended this event where it got chance to meet & attend new upcoming technology conferences during the event which will help us to offer quality solution with new technology offering.

“Document Management System (DMS) is one of MOJ main focus for paperless system. It was promoted as a working environment to govern in terms of transparency, responsiveness, participation, equity, effectiveness, efficiency, accountability and strategic vision. Abdulla Fouad archiving solution had been initiated to assist MOJ to overcome obstacles of their daily manual operations and procedures by supporting and developing an off-the-shelf comprehensive, coherent and integrated end-to-end DMS solution, also to help them automate most of daily services and operations. The project, which was implemented Kingdom wide in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice, one of the most important aspects of the project is to relate documents electronically through state-of-the-art techniques.

Abdulla Fouad Holding provides advanced and versatile DMS and archiving solutions covering the entire document management cycle within the Ministry of Justice. Starting from capturing and indexing large amount of papers, to accommodating a huge number of electronic documents, and to passing through different operations of document processing. In addition to managing data acquisition, workflow and national-standard archiving solutions. Recently, AFCO had won the Ministry of Justice tender valued at 33 million Riyals; it consists of printers, scanners products, including deployment and installation of Kingdom wide courthouses (~ 400 sites) and their regional branches. In addition to onsite warranty, services and support throughout the Kingdom.

The automated workflow solution helped staff steering the process to create, review, and approve processes in a structural way, while increasing collaboration. For example, when the Minister Office applies for a particular work assignment to be implemented by several employees, the system will automatically notify relevant employees to carry out the required tasks with less complexity. The solution contains a unique custom index per new document created, this index help Ministry to classify each documents digitally and use it as a barcode in the future for fast and easy information retrieval. The system gives MOJ System’s Administrator the whole capabilities to create and grant access policies and roles at a per-item/document/folder/library and per-users and groups level to manage security concerns.”

Siemens Enterprise Communications Germany conducted an International Partners Conference from May 13 – 17, 2013 in Mercedes Benz Arena at Stuttgart Germany. The stadium has hosted numerous world-class football fixtures as well as many international sporting events. Invited more than 200 SEN partners from over 30 countries, Abdulla Fouad Group as Siemens International Partner from Saudi Arabia among them represented by Mr. Amjad Khan, Sales Manager, Western Region.

This conference is more about announcing the new products focusing future necessities, launching of new multipurpose PBX called OpenScape Business, a revolutionary new solution dedicated to SMB customers, showing latest strategy updates, country based business development workshops and presentations from top Siemens Executives like Ralph Spiekermann (VP Sales), Oliver Obitayo (VP Marketing), Marc Aghili (SVP Indirect Channels).

In addition, the conference isn’t all work and no play! A remarkable and memorable guided tour around the fascinating Mercedes-Benz museum, Mercedes-Benz Football Stadium, giving you a taste of pioneering technology turned into global leadership, followed by site seeing of beautiful Stuttgart and historical places.

On Feb 19th in Las Vegas, HP held its Global Partner Conference (GPC) to express gratitude to all its valued partners. The theme of this year’s GPC is "We mean business," and the goal for the event is to work closely with attendees to determine how HP can deepen its relationships and identify new opportunities for joint success. Moreover, drive profitability and growth, gain insight into industry trends, market dynamics, and upcoming technologies to further identify and capitalize on opportunities. As stated, HP’s partners are crucial to its future, especially as it continues to strengthen the channel as one of its competitive advantages.

The GPC offers a range of opportunities to get down to business, including executive keynotes from the leadership team, 85 unique breakout sessions, one-on-one meetings with HP executives, roundtables, a technology and solution showcase,

and plenty of networking activities. It offers engagement to share news and views with colleagues, analysts, and industry experts in a variety of formal and informal sessions. Also, to learn what HP has in store from HP decision-makers via working sessions, executive meetings, keynotes, and after-hours events, including:

• Keynotes from Meg Whitman and other top HP leaders
• Breakouts, roundtables, and one-to-one executive meetings
• Networking with colleagues, analysts, and thought leaders
• Technology and solutions showcase featuring HP's latest innovations

During GPC, all attendees had strengthen collaboration with partner colleagues, HP leaders, and HP's global alliance teams. Work and thrive as a team—and prepare to drive numbers and opportunities. While, HP GPC is a time to engage, learn, and explore new opportunities for mutual growth, it’s also a time for HP to celebrate accomplishments and recognize some of the outstanding achievements of its valued partner community. Consequently, Abdulla Fouad InfoTech has been awarded HP’s “Top PPS MENA Partner” among the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa (MENA) companies. Strictly based on AFCO’s business size, growth and commitment to the region. During the ceremony, the award was received by InfoTech SGM Majed Mohtadi.

RC – Abdulla Fouad partnering with Lenovo was successful in being awarded a supply contract worth 3 million SR for Royal commission in Jubail. The Products include ALL in one systems and also high end professional workstations. This was successful in spite of very competitive products from Dell and HP. To add to this Abdulla Fouad Infotech also supplied RC schools with 200 Laptops for the students and Lecturers.

Al Bawardi Group – Being an existing customer Abdulla Fouad Infotech succeeded in winning an additional project for implementation of their Oracle based hardware and software infrastructure. This solution consists of Hardware and Software from Oracle so that Al Bawardi gets a unified level of support from one manufacturer. Abdulla Fouad Infotech have been performing these types of implementations for well over 15 years in the kingdoms.

Brocade provides the flexibility and scale to meet the demands of service-driven data centers—all without compromising on performance and reliability. Whether an organization requires dedicated hardware, hardware-based multitenancy, or a virtual platform, the Brocade ServerIron® ADX® Series provides a comprehensive application delivery portfolio.

A project of Prince Mohammad University has been successfully completed where “Blackboard application” is the main intensively accessible application by the end user. Application delivery based on virtualization of multiple real servers and reduces the overhead of hardware resources and the end user access delivery time. Brocade ServerIron ADX 1012 is used with multicore CPUs, SSL encryption for data security and complete High-availability with no single point of failure.

On the 27th Jan. 2014, Shaikh Abdulla Fouad, Chairman of Abdulla Fouad Holding Co, has appointed ARCON to build the new Abdulla Fouad Residential Compound. The construction of this compound will cost around SAR 132 Million which will cover a total area of 36,250 sqm.

The Compound will consist of 124 top class villas, management office building and a full facility recreation center which is composed of a swimming pool, playgrounds and a gymnasium.

“This project goes in-line with the group’s growth strategy” Faisal Abdulla Fouad said, “where the group will be investing in the residential compounds and hotels sector in the future. Also, the group will be building a 5 Star Hotel in Dammam corniche soon with a total project cost of SAR 300 Million.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Zahid Khawaja as the new CEO of Abdulla Fouad Group. Mr Khawaja has over 25 years’ experience in leading growth and change initiatives across a broad range of businesses in the oil & gas, engineering, construction, materials, telecoms, and financial services sectors in different regions involving acquisitions, start-ups, turnarounds and joint-ventures.

Prior to joining AF Group, Mr Khawaja was Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at Olayan Group, where he was responsible for corporate strategy and M&A, and for overseeing a number of subsidiaries in the engineering and energy sectors. Previous notable assignments have been with Nimbus Resources in London, an investment and project development group focused on the energy sector, as its Managing Director; McNulty Group, an engineering and construction group serving the offshore oil & gas sector, as its Executive Director; and a long association with Alturki Group in Saudi Arabia as its Group Vice President Operations and Business Development.

“I am thrilled that Zahid has joined our team during this time of transition” said Shaikh Abdulla Fouad. “Zahid has an impressive track record of strong leadership in several sectors across different regions. This combined with his operational and business development skills, and ability to bring people together makes him the ideal person to lead the group successfully into the future.” Mr Khawaja said, "I'm really pleased and excited to join the group. Abdulla Fouad is a huge brand with an incredible history and reputation that is synonymous with success. I am honored to have the opportunity to lead such a remarkable and exceptional organization. This is a terrific opportunity that any leader would welcome.

Liaison/Liaison XL VTD Contract in ARAMCO Medical center Dhahran

We have recently been awarded with a multi-million contract of total VTD in ARAMCO because of gold standard Product VTD and the good reputation and service supports of our instruments and deliveries our reagents on time.

End User has done marvelous Job of Comparison of our Products with Biggest Medical center in USA which Mayo clinic and in Comparison with Siemens Diagnostic Company and our results matched with May clinic results and that is why we got the contract, They have our Liaison system and we are trying to invade and launch there with our Liaison Xl as their consumption are increasing tremendous. Note:-ARAMCO are one the best reputable medical Centers in Saudi Arabia and their lab is CAP (College of American Pathology) Accredited in addition to AABB American Association of Blood Bank Accredited.

The Above Two medical centers are helping us to make good spread of our LSN XL in other Medical centers and Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Liaison/Liaison XL Viral &AI Autoimmune ToRCH& VTD Contract in National Guard Health Affairs K.W (JED, Riyadh, DAM, Hofouf and Medina)

We have recently been awarded with a 61-million contract of total VTD&ToRCH Viral Infectious Diseases and AI(Auto Immune Diseases in National Guard Health affairs JED ,RH, DAM ,Hofouf and latest In Madinah because of gold standard Product VTD and the good reputation and service supports of our instruments and deliveries our reagents on time.

End User has done marvelous Job of Comparison of our Products with Biggest Medical Laboratory in Germany which Biothencia and in Comparison with Abbott Diagnostic Company and our results matched with outside results and that is why we got the contract, They have our 7 Liaison systems and we tried to invade and launch there with our Liaison Xl and we have Four LXL as their consumption are increasing tremendous.

Note:-National Guard Health Affairs are one the best reputable medical Centers in Saudi Arabia and their labs is CAP (College of American Pathology) Accredited in addition to AABB American Association of Blood Bank Accredited.

The Above Two medical centers are helping us to make good spread of our LSN XL in other Medical centers and Hospital in Saudi Arabia we are having more than 20 LXL.

Launching of Grifols Blood Bank system in one of the most reference Hospital in the Middle East.

Grifols ERYTRA system is newly launched system in the Blood Transfusion Medicine which does Complete Blood Bank Test includes Blood Typing, Cross Matching, and Antibody Screening etc.

Abdulla Fouad & Grifols jointly launched one of the most sophisticated & advanced system in the Blood Bank called ERYTRA system. ERTYTRA Blood Bank system was launched in the month of November 2013 in one of the most prestigious Hospital in the Middle East namely King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, which is based in Riyadh. For this purpose Spanish representatives of Grifols from the Engineering & Commercial Departments came to Riyadh and together with Abdulla Fouad Executives installed the system in King Faisal Specialist Hospital’s Blood Bank.

The Hospitals Blood Bank staff & Head of the Blood Bank were trained on the ERYTRA system & they were fully briefed on the system by Grifols Spanish Representatives. The Blood Bank staffs were also given information on Grifols History & the marketing activities that Grifols is currently involved with.

The ERYTRA Installation in KFSH Blood Bank is a proud moment for both Abdulla Fouad & Grifols. Abdulla Fouad would like to & will take full advantage of this installation & invite other Blood Banks in the Kingdom to show the advancement in the technology of Blood Banking.

Abdulla Fouad Company is the sole representative for QIAGEN one of the leading companies in the field of Molecular Biology for both Diagnostics & Research. QIAGEN provides solutions for diagnosis of infectious diseases with a complete automated workflow as well as other diagnostic products related to personalized health care especially for oncology and treatment monitoring for common tumors by testing specific gene fusions. For the research sector QIAGEN is the number one company worldwide in Nucleic Acid Extraction (DNA & RNA) with two different chemistries built on a base of 50 years of experience in this field, QIAGEN always keeps pace with huge scientific developments in the world by providing the researches distinctive products with high quality to make the researches reach to reproducible results that lead to publications in scientific journals without hassle.

November was a very active month for marketing activities for QIAGEN products in the Kingdom. In the second week of the month Dr. Raed Samar the Global product manager of the NGS and PCR arrays in QIAGEN visited the kingdom to present the use of PCR Arrays and Next-Generation Sequencing in the molecular analysis of disease. Advances in NGS and real-time PCR Array technologies are enabling deeper understanding of diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, and obesity, at the molecular level. Both technologies are increasingly being used by basic, translational, and clinical researchers to answer more complex biological questions and deliver personalized healthcare. While NGS provides high-throughput detection of DNA variants associated with diseases, real-time PCR Arrays provide medium-throughput detection of different classes of nucleic acids such as mRNA and microRNA (miRNA), as well as a wide array of DNA changes such as mutations, copy number alterations, and methylation.

Dr. Raed Samara started his tour in the Kingdom with a full informative presentation for these subjects at King Saud University in Riyadh. This presentation took a serious interest from the professors and the researchers in the university especially Dr. Yazid Al Sheikh the host of this event and the supervisor of the Chair of Medical & Molecular Genetics Research and one of the projects that will start using the new technologies of Qiagen is under the name of "Screening of miRNA signatures as diagnostic markers of colorectal cancer metastasis".

Dr. Raed Samara presented these technologies at King Fahid Research Center in Jeddah under the supervision of Dr. Mohammed Al-Gahtany the president of the Genome Center. All the attendees showed their interest in the technologies that QIAGEN provides to the research and the diagnostics fields and also they share their plans on how they will use these technologies in their current and future researches.

Between the 24th and the 27th of November Abdulla Fouad Group- MSD division and with the collaboration with QIAGEN participated in the “Second International Genomic Medicine Conference”, the conference held in King Abulaziz University in Jeddah under the supervision of the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research.

Abdulla Fouad Company was one of the golden sponsors for this event and the booth of the company was very well designed and informative which represented QIAGEN products and solutions for Molecular Diagnostics and Research. The team work between Abdulla Fouad company employees started from the graphic designers, QIAGEN team, engineers and logistics and the great support and follow of MSD General Manager, MSD National Sales Manager and Jeddah MSD Area Manager led to a very well organized participation and a very well designed and enlightening booth which presented QIAGEN products and systems outstandingly. It was very obvious in this event that our company booth witnessed an overwhelming response from the participants in this conference, and QIAGEN team presented the products and the solutions very professionally which led to a serious interest from key opinion leaders in the field of molecular biology not only in Jeddah but also from different areas in the kingdom which will lead for great openings for QIAGEN products in the near future.

These kinds of activities heavily support our business development in the MSD and connect us with updates in the medical diagnostics market and play a significant role in keep our company’s name always on top.

Congratulation to the MSD for the great success in QIAGEN marketing activities in November.

We are pleased to announce that Abdulla Fouad Holding, MSD Division have been selected to be the sole distributor of Becton Dickinson for their Division Bioscience ( BDB) effective 1st December 2013 in Saudi Arabia We have been in tough discussions and negotiations to acquire this agency since 2011 and finally we won the sole distribution agreement against big company names in Saudi Arabia

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) is an American medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, BD employs nearly 30,000 people in more than 50 countries throughout the world.[2] In fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, 60% of BD sales were generated from non-U.S. markets.

The company's customers include healthcare institutions, science researchers, clinical laboratories, the pharmaceutical industry and the general public. BD was one of the first companies to sell U.S.-made glass syringes. It was also a pioneer in the production of hypodermic needles. Today, BD is divided into three segments: BD Medical, BD Diagnostics and BD Biosciences.[3] BD was ranked 347 and 312, respectively, in the 2009 and 2010 Fortune 500 list.

MSD Signed a Sole Distributer contract with Elektronika 77 company in 2013, this will have big impact on AFHCO Business in the Medical Field. Elektronika is well known brand in the market of Urine Analysis as they are the only manufacturer of Gold standard Fully Automated Urine Analysis system and they own the biggest market share in The European Market.

77 Elektronika Kft. is a Hungarian private company developing and manufacturing in vitro diagnostic medical devices, mainly urine analyzers, blood glucose meters and their consumables. These products are supplied all over the world under 77 Elektronika’s own brand name, as well as OEM and ODM products for market-leading multinational companies in the field of medical diagnostics. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and ISO 14001 certifications, while all its products are CE-marked under Directive 98/79/EC (IVD).

The key to continuous growth is the company’s philosophy focusing on innovation and development; the main strength of 77 Elektronika is the dynamic and highly qualified staff of the R&D Department. At the present, the total headcount of 77 Elektronika comprises more than 200 employees, of which 60 highly qualified engineers work in the field of R&D. 7-8% of the company’s annual revenues is invested in R&D activities, a number of technical developments by 77 Elektronika have been patented. Flexibility, our endeavor to meet market demands, strong and development-oriented product structure, economical technical solutions and commitment of employees are equally characteristic of the company.

The range of urine analyzers developed by 77 Elektronika includes urine chemistry and urine sediment analyzers. Urine chemistry analyzers are dry chemistry strip readers based on reflectance photometry, while the operational principle of urine sediment analyzers is a world novelty relying on the automation of traditional manual microscopy and advanced image processing. In terms of size, urine analyzers can be small, easy-to-use devices, high throughput, semi-automated analyzers and fully automated instruments.

AFHCO Launched the Fully Automated Urine Analyzer in the Saudi Market in Jun and started by installing the system in 2 big references Hospital King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital and King Abdul Aziz Air Base Hospital. The evaluation on these 2 sites was perfect and proved the quality of Elektronika products and its performance and durability.

AFHCO Launched New Fully Automated Chemistry Analyzer in Cooperation with Thermo Scintefic

AFHCO in Coordination with our principle Thermo Scintefic Launched Indiko and Indiko plus Fully Automated Bench top Chemistry Analyzers the successor and second generation of Konelab Fully Automated Chemistry Analyzers. The new Analyzers are Bench top with upgraded software options to match and exceed the top of the line Analyzers present in the market.

The new Analyzers come with 2 different sizes Indiko and Indiko Plus which can run 200 and 350 test/hour. Both come with reagent refrigeration for increasing the reagent onboard stability and with ISE Module for running Ions parameters. Both have very big and rich menu of parameters.

The new Plat form comes with the best available solution for drugs testing in the market when we compare the menu of available tests, quality of results and of course ease of operation and maintenance of the machine.

Since we Launched Indiko in Saudi Market in July 2013, 9 installations was completed successfully all around the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and we are getting a positive feedback about the new product.

Meridian Bioscience is a fully integrated life science company that manufactures, markets and distributes a broad range of innovative diagnostic test kits, purified reagents and biopharmaceutical enabling technologies that help deliver answers

Meridian has strong market positions in the areas of gastrointestinal infections, serology, parasitology and fungal disease diagnosis. We actively market our products to hospitals, reference laboratories, research centers, physician offices and diagnostics manufacturers in more than 60 countries around the world. The success we did in our country to install the 1st two ILLUMIGENE machine in middle east for C.DIFF & GBS along as we got official appreciation letter from meridian biosciences management worldwide for this achievement & they applied this success in their website it will reflect with high impact to our AFCHO team hard working.

The Promise of illumigene® empowers your lab with the speed and accuracy of molecular testing. Illumigene® delivers the power of molecular technology in a simplified and affordable format. Meridian Bioscience has employed Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) technology to design and manufacture the illumipro-10™, a compact, automated detection system with a very simple assay process that is the heart of illumigene®. Based on feedback from hundreds of laboratory professionals, illumigene® is the molecular diagnostic system clinical labs have been waiting for.

Far from the manufacturing centers of Europe, the USA and the Far East, in the Arabian Gulf the quality of after sales service is of cardinal importance to end-users. The local availability of fast and reliable maintenance and repair services is a major factor in any purchasing decision.

The customer support team of well-trained Biomedical Engineers and Application support specialists are the back bone of Abdulla Fouad Medical Supplies Division.

Ensuring service excellence, Seventeen highly qualified biomedical engineers are responsible for maintenance and post-sale services. These engineers work in collaboration with the technical support department of principals to troubleshoot customer problem and share the knowledge to improve diagnostic services. We are providing support anywhere in the Kingdom though four regional offices located in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Abha.

Same like previous years MSD have installed and completed end-user training of more than 200 Medical and Laboratory instruments in year 2013. We are also continuing to provide our comprehensive post-sale service and maintenance contracts to existing customers.

Every year MSD arranging factory level Service Training on newly lounged instruments to Engineers and application specialists. We are conducting in- house training to newly joined engineers by our experienced Senior Engineers.

In order to reduce the down time of any instrument and to provide fast service to our customers we are keeping the stock of all required spare parts with our all regional offices and with Engineers.

The first Datscan procedure in Middle East and Saudi Arabia took place at the King Fahd Medical City in Saudi Arabia in corporation with Abdulla Fouad Holding Co/ Medical Supply Division.

DaTscan (Ioflupane I -123 Injection) is a radiopharmaceutical indicated for striatal dopamine transporter visualization using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) brain imaging to assist in the evaluation of adult patients with suspected Parkinsonian syndromes (PS).

The very short half- life of I-123 (13.2 hours) was the big challenge for our Nuclear medicine team to come over and make the logistic arrangements to deliver the product on time to the end-user.

Here is a brief description of the two days successful story:

Day 1/ 2nd October 2013/: Training & Calibration day
The shipment arrived on time at 6 am ,we started at 10am with phantom measurements on the bright view double head camera and we made different measurements on different types of collimator, images after reconstructions showed excellent results, the customer and his staff showed great interest and they are well trained and ready for the next day.

Day 2 / 3rd October 2013/: patient day
The 2nd Datscan shipment arrived at 6am, we injected the 1st Datscan patient at 12am ( by the way, this vial is # 500,000 Datscan vial since starting the official production of Datscan in Eindhoven ,Netherlands ) and the 2nd injection at 1pm, the scan usually starts 3 hours post injection , the scan for both patients were performed with excellent images and clear results , the clinicians from Neurology department participated during both scans and were satisfied as the results met their expectations specially the first patient who was only 33 years old and the scan showed positive results.

Attending EANM'13 - Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine

Date: October 19 - 23, 2013
Venue: Lyon Convention Centre, France

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is the umbrella organization of nuclear medicine in Europe and represents the sector towards the European Institutions. The goal of the EANM is thus to provide a suitable medium for the dissemination and discussion of the latest results in the field of nuclear medicine and related subjects

More than 112 companies participated in the industry exhibition during EANM 13.

The Industry Exhibition gave us a wide and almost complete overview of the latest achievements concerning pharmaceuticals and radiopharmaceuticals, as well as state-of-the-art technical equipment. Booksellers and publishers displayed the most recent publications in the field of Nuclear Medicine and related sciences.

Quidel Corporation is a leading manufacturer of diagnostic healthcare solutions serving to enhance the health and well-being of people around the globe with well-known and respected products that provide healthcare professionals with accurate and cost-effective diagnostic information at the point of care (POC).

The Sofia one of the latest Point Of Care & Lab machines with FDA certified, Sofia analyzer from Quidel corporation in united states can meet the challenges for your lab as a small bench top Offers rapid, highly accurate and objective results for both centralized and near patient testing locations by integrating a unique florescent chemistry, Quality control, fail safe measures and connectivity to your labs electronic medical record. Sofia can enhance your institutions existing diagnostic continuum, whether you are trying to improve physician services or reduce your dependency on expensive equipment.