Construction Products Holding to sponsor KAUST program

Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) signed an agreement with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to sponsor its Fifth Winter Enrichment Program (WEP) 2014.
Faysal Alaquil, CPC’s business development director and CSR head, and Abdullah Almojel, VP of KAUST’s university development, signed the deal.
The agreement signing took place in the presence of Maie Binladin, deputy head of CSR, and Sahar Alshenawi, assistant director of business development, both of CPC, and Professor James Calvin, VP education, Professor William Roberts, WEP chairman, and Marie-Laure Boulot, WEP manager from KAUST.
Almojel said: “Each year WEP supports variety of events to the wider KAUST community. Now in its fifth year, WEP continues to bring another exciting program.”
Almojel said: “We at KAUST are happy to share this passion with CPC as our inaugural sponsor for WEP 2014. By being a sponsor for WEP, CPC is not only increasing its social awareness program but also they are reaffirming the king’s vision in education.”
Professor Roberts spoke about the development of the program over the last five years and highlighting the main themes of the program.
“Looking ahead to WEP 2014 we are preparing to celebrate the UN International Year of Family Farming and the main themes of the program will include food and farming, innovation, underwater and environment,” he said.
Alaquil reaffirmed that WEP sponsorship is part of the company’s strategy to continue supporting educational programs at various Saudi universities.
“We are proud of our alignment with KAUST and very happy to be part of their community programs,” he said.
He also cited the KAUST as one of the best examples of national vision and sustainability.
CPC representatives toured the university campus in Thuwal and got a glimpse at the library, the Visualization Center (Cornea), Advanced Nano Fabrication, Imaging & Characterization Lab, and the Museum.