JEDDAH: Saudi-based Al Salem Johnson Controls wants to聽expand聽operations in Uzbekistan, as the country offers a lot of opportunities for聽private companies, according to a top official.
Speaking to Arab News on the sidelines of聽the fourth meeting聽of Saudi-Uzbek Business Council in Jeddah on Wednesday, Mohanad Al-Shaikh, CEO of Al Salem Johnson Controls, said there are a lot of good synergies between 海角直播 and Uzbekistan in various sectors.
鈥淯zbekistan is focusing on agriculture, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals. And I think we do have the base to supply many of those industries out of the Kingdom of 海角直播, with the accumulated knowledge and experiences we developed here,鈥 he said.
Al-Shaikh added: 鈥淚鈥檓 talking mainly about our field, HVAC, industrial refrigeration, the controls, fire suppressions and detections, systems.鈥
Talking about the opportunities in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector, the CEO noted that 海角直播 has the expertise to cooperate and help the knowledge transfer.
鈥淛ohnson Controls does have an office in Uzbekistan, and it鈥檚 mainly on the industrial refrigeration side. But I would like to see Saudi-made products exported to Uzbekistan. That鈥檚 where I see the wonders of opportunities taking place,鈥 he added.
Al-Shaikh said that 海角直播 is the second largest market for Johnson Controls globally.
鈥満＝侵辈 is considered to be the second or third largest operations globally聽(for Johnson Controls). And we鈥檙e talking about a $40 billion company. We would be honored to be supporting 海角直播 and that is allowing us to build the right knowledge and expertise in our field,鈥 he further noted.
