The Economic Cities Authority (ECA) participated in the opening of the new Rosenbauer Saudi Arabia factory, described as the first manufacturing facility specializing in assembling firefighting apparatus in the Arab world. The factory was built in the Industrial Valley (IV) of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC).

ECA was represented by Imad Hashem, vice secretary general for ECA affairs, as well as a number of ECA senior employees. Also attending the opening ceremony were officials from the General Directorate of Civil Defense, the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Emaar, the Economic City, the master developer of KAEC, as well as a number of other entities.

The Rosenbauer Saudi Arabia management team welcomed guests upon reaching the factory, where they provided an introductory presentation of the company and its factory, which is located in the first phase of the Industrial Valley on a 20,000 sqm area. The guests then took a tour of the factory where they learned about its various advanced facilities.

Hashem expressed his happiness at the opening of the facility in the Industrial Valley, expecting the new factory to contribute to meeting the demands of the local market and supporting the Kingdom’s exports to neighboring markets.

“We at the Economic Cities Authority were keen on overcoming all the difficulties and providing the needed support to continue building this factory, which will contribute to diversifying Saudi’s exports to the world in the field of rescue and firefighting vehicles,” he stated.

Andreas Zeller, chairman and CEO of Rosenbauer Saudi Arabia, stated: “We managed to build this factory in record time — in around half the time needed to build it in Europe. This was done thanks to the massive support we received from the ECA since the beginning of the project. Rosenbauer is the world’s largest sales and service organization in the fire truck industry.”