Trade Arabia reported that CommScope Enterprise Solutions has entered into a JV agreement with BT Global Industries, to set up a dedicated Middle East manufacturing facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

As per report, CommScope Saudi Arabia will supply infrastructure solutions and enhance customer service to business enterprise and government customers in the kingdom and the wider Middle East region.

CommScope announced that with BT Global Industries it will begin manufacturing its Systimax product solutions by the Q3 of 2009. CommScope believes that this site represents the first local manufacturing facility for high end structured cabling solutions in the Middle East.

Mr Ciaran Forde regional MD of Middle East and Africa, CommScope Enterprise Solutions said that “Our customers in Saudi Arabia are embracing new technologies to deliver smart buildings and intelligent buildings.”

Mr Forde said that “This first manufacturing presence in Saudi Arabia brings CommScope closer to its customers, giving them the reassurance that they are working with a company that is committed to the local market. This will give customers greater confidence when selecting CommScope.”

CommScope has been commercially active in the kingdom for over 20 years, first establishing a presence for its Systimax business based out of Riyadh in the early 1980s under AT&T.

The facility is approximately 1,500 square per meter of which 1,000 square per meter is manufacturing space.

Mr Amr Taher president of BT Global Industries and chairman of CommScope Saudi LLC said that “I believe the establishment of CommScope Saudi and this inward investment will contribute largely to the country's knowledge-based economy.”

(Sourced from TradeArabia)