Fuchs Petrolube, AFPSA execs grace Yanbu Plant Automation launch

ON the occasion of Yanbu Plant Automation Inauguration, the following executives from Fuchs Petrolube & AFPSA attended the event in Yanbu: Timo Reister, Alf Untersteller, Bernard Ludwig Biel, Frank Milius, Mezahem Basrawi, Zafar Talpur, Dr. Brahim Missoui, and Hanif Sattar. Basrawi lauded the successful & solid partnership between Alhamrani & Fuchs Petrolube and trumpeted the landmarks achievements garnered by Yanbu Plant since its inception in 1987. He gave a brief presentation highlighting the company’s current market position, overview of KSA market & competition, as well as vision for the next five years. Sattar led and accompanied the group on a tour of the facility, showing in detail the blending automation and base oil pipelines connection with Luberef. He cited the remarkable manner by which the automation project was completed successfully without losing a single day’s production or disruption of any sort whilst ensuring that the existing system worked in parallel along with installation of the new automation equipment till the completion / commissioning of the project. The formal opening of the new state-of-the-art blending system and control room presided by both Reister and Basrawi followed. A tour of the Yanbu Plant Laboratory & Grease facility was also conducted by Sattar, highlighting the state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, CENT laboratory and its effectiveness on after-sales service particularly for industrial business. Congratulatory speeches were delivered by Basrawi, Reister and Untersteller, commending all the staff for their untiring efforts & dedication to make AFPSA Yanbu Plant one of the reputable plants in FUCHS System as well as in MENA Region. In recognition and as a token of appreciation for the outstanding efforts & timely completion of the automation project, gifts were distributed among the staff of Yanbu Plant. — SG