Siemens groundbreaking ceremony Saudi Arabia

1. Internal Release
Energy Sector
Dammam, Saudi Arabia, May 08, 2012
Siemens breaks ground on new gas turbine manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia
Training of Saudi workforce has already started successfully
Siemens today took the next step towards a massive expansion of its activities in Saudi
Arabia, breaking ground on a landmark manufacturing facility for gas turbines and
compressors. Planned for completion in late 2013, the center will create job opportunities
for young Saudis, serving as a knowledge transfer hub for new Siemens technology and
supporting the country’s industrialization drive. The groundbreaking ceremony held under
the patronage of H.R.H. Prince Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Governor of the
Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia, took place in the presence of several government officials,
the local partner E.A. Juffali & Brothers, executives from Saudi Electricity Company and
Saudi Aramco, as well as high-ranking representatives of Siemens.
The power equipment manufactured at the plant will be supplied to the local Saudi market, where
energy requirements are strongly increasing. Siemens and its local partner, E.A. Juffali & Brothers,
will invest jointly a three-digit million US Dollar figure in the facility, which will be constructed on a
220,000 square-meter site in Dammam in the Kingdom’s Eastern Region. The manufacturing
facility is the first of its kind for Siemens in the Middle East.
Dr. Michael Suess, CEO of the Energy Sector and member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG,
said: "With this new facility, Siemens is clearly strengthening its long-term commitment to Saudi
Arabia. We will create qualified jobs and train young Saudis in order to achieve a true transfer of
our innovative technologies.”
Siemens, in association with Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic (SPSP) and the Kingdom’s
Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF), offers a two-year technical apprenticeship program
provided by SPSP, followed by one year of on-the-job training at Siemens. Depending on their job
fields, which students will specialize in during the program, they will be trained in various Siemens
locations in Germany and the USA. The first 40 Saudi students started their program in December
2011.
Sheikh Sami Juffali, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Siemens Ltd..said: "As the partner of
Siemens in Saudi Arabia, E.A. Juffali & Brothers is extremely proud to be part of their ongoing

2. contribution to the development of infrastructure and human capital in the Kingdom which has
spanned over 50 years."
Siemens has been present in the Kingdom since the early 1930s and today has around 2,000
employees at five different locations across the country. Arja Talakar, CEO of Siemens Saudi
Arabia, said: “With the creation of this new hub, we will further contribute to the rapid development
of the Kingdom and to the realization of its ambitious industrialization plans.”
Professor Siegfried Russwurm, CEO of the Industry Sector, member of the Managing Board of
Siemens AG and responsible for the Middle East region within the company, pointed out: “The
Middle East region has large natural resources on the one hand and expects a considerable
demographic development on the other. Siemens is ready to serve as a one-stop shop for
sustainable solutions in various fields of development, reaching from energy, industry and
infrastructure to healthcare”.
This new site will meet the highest requirements in terms of sustainability and resource efficiency.
LEED Gold Certification in the category "New Construction" will be aimed for. LEED stands for
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is an internationally recognized certification
system for environmentally compatible and sustainable buildings. The new building will score
highly in water and energy efficiency, for example with the aid of water-saving fittings and highly
efficient air-conditioning systems. Energy consumption is scheduled to be at least 20 percent lower
than that for a comparably used building.
H.E. Abdullah Al-Hussayen is signing the Golden Book of Siemens. During his visit of the Siemens headquarters
he sent his greetings to the groundbreaking ceremony in Dammam via a live broadcast

3. Deputy Minister of Water & Electricity Saleh Al-Awaji, 2nd left; Saudi Electricity Company CEO Ali S. Al-Barrak,
2nd right; Michael Suess of Siemens AG, 3rd left; Sami Juffali, right, chairman, board of directors, Siemens Ltd.;
Saudi Aramco Senior Vice President Abdulrahman Al-Wuhaib, 3rd right; and Siemens Saudi Arabia CEO Arja
Talakar, left, at the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the new manufacturing facility in Dammam.