Exova names Mideast-Asia head

EXOVA, the world’s largest dedicated testing group, has appointed Ahmed Aboushady as managing director for its Middle East and Asia operation.

Aboushady will be responsible for delivering Exova’s growth plans through its network of 10 specialist laboratories across the Middle East and Asia. The laboratories provide testing services to clients in a range of sectors including oil and gas, construction, food and beverage, chemicals and the environment.

Aboushady was previously working for global technology group Invensys, where he was managing director for operations in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq and Levant. A qualified electrical engineer, Aboushady worked with Honeywell from 1996 to 2002.

Exova has provided testing services on a leading projects in the Gulf including the Dubai Metro, The Palm islands development, the Yas Marina Circuit, Ruwais refinery expansion and Shah gas development, all in the UAE; and the Wasit gas development and Shaybah NGL (natural gas liquids) in Saudi Arabia.

Kanoo to launch mixers and pumps

KANOO Machinery will be soon launching truck-mounted mixers and pumps designed specifically for concrete batching plants in response to an increased demand for concrete in Saudi Arabia.

Robert Jennings, general manager of Kanoo Machinery, said: “There is a very high demand for concrete in Saudi Arabia due to the considerable investments being made to develop the kingdom, which in turn requires more machinery.”

He continued: “To support customers, a machine-to-machine (M2M) contact centre with full, real time remote monitoring and GPS services is in operation, as the demand to keep on-site equipment running at very high levels of availability will only increase as the construction boom unfolds. The regional M2M RMS will greatly enhance machine reliability and availability thus maximising uptime.”

Delmon to promote safety at work

IN an effort to promote safety at work, Nass Corporation’s subsidiary Delmon Readymix and Delmon Precast to launch a ‘Golden Goals’ safety campaign.

To support this initiative, Delmon Readymix and Delmon Precast recently conducted a safety logo competition at their head office where employee Kanchan Limbu won the first place for his creative logo.

Limbu’s logo was created using the corporate colours of Delmon and represents safety and protection of the workers in all aspects of work. “Having our own unique safety logo will help clearly identify the theme of the safety campaign. The management is extremely impressed with the quality of all the entries submitted and would like to thank everyone who took part in this competition,” said Jon Mottram, general manager, Delmon Readymix and Delmon Precast.