The company is now the local manufacturing partner of Koso control valves for the Saudi market besides rendering sales and after sales support. The existing facility is updated to suit high quality OEM (original equipment manufacturer) standards

Binzagr International Trading Company, a 100 per cent Saudi-owned international trading and manufacturing company founded in 1978 and a member of Bfim established in 1980, has entered into a technical agreement with Koso KentIntrol, a global leader of control and choke valves.

Binzagr, operating in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman and having international representative offices in the US and South Korea, is now the local manufacturing partner of Koso control valves for the Saudi market besides rendering sales and after sales support. The existing facility is updated to suit high quality OEM (original equipment manufacturer) standards.

The company has diversified over the years with products and services offered locally, across a number of different industry sectors including oil and gas, petrochemical, power and water and mining. "Koso products complement our existing products and services. Koso’s first-class technical expertise and professional after-sales service with compliance to IKTVA programme will definitely help in achieving mutual beneficial goals," says Giorgio Foldesi, vice president of the Binzagr International Trading and Manufacturing Company.

"Technical cooperation with Koso further strengthens our position in the market to support local activities and is also expected to result in greater efficiencies besides significantly increasing our market presence,"

Koso has earned a reputation for continuous improvement providing R&D required for engineering challenges. "Our partnership is also looking aggressively to further develop our capability profile by adding more products manufactured by the Koso Group to our local manufacturing which will definitely help us to increase our IKTVA/NUSANED score and the local market share," states Foldesi. The Koso KentIntrol Valves are available locally at the Binzagr Jubail facility.

Binzagr International Trading and Manufacturing has been representing 18 high-tech OEMs from the US, Europe, UK, Japan and South Korea. Last year, Binzagr signed a cooperation agreement with AS-Schneider Germany, the specialist for high-tech industrial valves and manifolds.

As part of the agreement, AS-Schneider and Binzagr invested in Jubail for local assembly and manufacturing activities. The facility developed along with machines and testing equipment to suit OEM standards. An OEM-specific QA system was implemented so as to maintain proper standards for the assembly and calibration of AS-Schneider products in Jubail.

With the new cooperation agreements, Binzagr can offer a wide range of valves to its clients in Saudi Arabia including the Leser Germany safety relief valves and pilot operated valves, besides Koso KentIntrol high-tech portfolio of services and AS Schneider instrumentation valves and manifolds – all locally from Jubail.