沙特阿美宣布扩展其旗舰本地化计划
— 与六家公司签署了谅解备忘录，以提高沙特阿拉伯的工业和数字能力
— 计划涉及跨多个增长部门的业务合作
— 新计划将在沙特阿拉伯创造就业机会
沙特阿美今天宣布扩展其旗舰计划，以提升本地化水平并促进国内供应链发展。这是该公司王国内价值提升（iktva）计划的重要里程碑，今年12月1日，该计划推出将届满五周年。本次扩展计划包括建立新的国际伙伴关系，以及通过工业投资计划（IIP）创建企业，后者与沙特阿美的业务发展息息相关。
沙特阿美已与荷兰的壳牌AMG回收有限公司（AMG）、中国企业苏州西帝摩三维打印公司、深工新材、芯福传感器有限公司和浙江中控技术股份有限公司、韩国的浦项制铁公司签署谅解备忘录。
这些战略合作为跨越多个创新性增长领域的新业务开发铺平了道路；这些新业务包括钢板制造、工业3D打印、数字设备制造、能源管理与控制、催化剂制造与回收，以及先进的芯片和智能传感器制造。
这些新合作项目反映了沙特阿美对提高公司可靠性和运营效率的承诺，以及对进一步改善沙特的商业生态系统、以及为沙特人才增加就业和发展机会的承诺。自iktva推出以来，沙特阿美的本地化比例已从2015年底的35％提升到56％。
沙特阿美总裁兼首席执行官阿敏·纳瑟尔（Amin H. Nasser）表示：“今天的公告是沙特阿美于2015年启动的先驱IKTVA计划的一个重大变革。尽管全球经济存在不确定性，我们仍然着眼于为增长和发展赋能的长期目标，致力于实现繁荣的生态系统和更加多样化的沙特经济。
“这些新建合作伙伴关系将有助于推进创新、可持续发展，并提升我们业务生态系统的可靠性规模，此外，还将使在沙特庞大的能源和化工产业受益。这些合作伙伴关系将聚焦新技术、最大化我们在非金属材料和循环碳经济方面的投资，并在我们运营的社区中开发沙特人才。”
沙特阿美技术服务高级副总裁艾哈迈德·萨迪（Ahmad Al-Saadi）说：“沙特阿美在支持本地商业生态系统方面有着悠久的历史。我们的iktva计划体现了我们的承诺，由此进行的投资，无论是直接由沙特阿美提供，还是由供应商间接提供，都能够促进本地化，为沙特阿美的供应链弹性做出贡献，并推升沙特的经济增长。我们计划中的伙伴关系将继续这一旅程，并促进沙特的经济发展。我们旨在成为推动者，支持国内领军企业的成长。今天，我们正在拓展我们的旗舰计划，并期待未来能够缔结更多的合作伙伴关系。”
沙特阿美已与以下公司达成谅解备忘录：
1. 浦项制铁——根据合作协议，双方将合作评估在沙特阿拉伯建造一家一体化钢板制造厂的可行性。
2. 苏州西帝摩三维打印有限公司——根据合作协议，双方将在沙特进行工业3D打印技术及开发方面的合作。
3. 深工新材（广州）有限公司——协议将致力于开发LED照明、能源管理和智能控制方面的控制系统技术开发。
4. 芯福传感器技术有限公司——协议将致力于芯片制造及相关技术的开发。
5. 壳牌AMG回收有限公司——根据协议，双方将联合规划最先进的气化灰回收及废催化剂回收的区域中心、并提供可持续的解决方案。
6. 浙江中控技术有限公司——协议旨在探寻沙特境内服务及制造业价值链方面的潜在联合投资机会。
Aramco announces expansion of its flagship localization program
— Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed with six companies to boost industrial and digital capabilities in Saudi Arabia
— Plans involve business collaborations across multiple growth sectors
— New program set to create jobs in Saudi Arabia
Aramco today announced the expansion of its flagship program to increase local content and boost domestic supply chains. It is a significant milestone in the company’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) program, which marks its fifth anniversary on December 1st. The expansion includes plans for new international partnerships and the establishing of companies through an Industrial Investment Program (IIP), which is linked to the development of Aramco's business.
Aramco has signed MoUs with Shell & AMG Recycling BV (AMG) from the Netherlands; Chinese firms Suzhou XDM, Shen Gong, Xinfoo and SUPCON; and Posco from South Korea.
These strategic collaborations pave the way for the launch of new businesses across multiple innovative growth sectors, including steel plate manufacturing, industrial 3D printing, digital equipment manufacturing, energy management and control; catalyst manufacturing and recycling, and advanced chip and smart sensor manufacturing.
These new collaborations reflect Aramco’s commitment to increasing the company’s reliability and operational efficiency, as well as its commitment to further enhancing the Kingdom’s commercial ecosystem and increasing employment and development opportunities for talented Saudis. Since iktva’s launch, Aramco’s local content index has increased from 35% at the end of 2015 to 56%.
Amin H. Nasser, Aramco’s President & Chief Executive Officer, said: “Today’s announcement is a step change in Aramco’s pioneering IKTVA program which was launched in 2015. Despite the uncertainties surrounding the global economy, we have sustained our focus on our long-term goals to enable growth and development for a thriving ecosystem and a more diversified Saudi economy.
“These new partnerships will contribute to advancing innovation, sustainability and enhance the scale of reliability in our business ecosystem and, in addition, benefit companies operating in the Kingdom's vast energy and chemicals sector. These partnerships will also have a strong focus on new technologies, by maximizing our investments in non-metallic materials and the circular carbon economy, as well as the development of talented Saudis in communities where we operate.”
Ahmad Al-Saadi, Aramco’s Senior Vice President of Technical Services, said: “Aramco has a long history of supporting the local business ecosystem. Our iktva program is a manifestation of our commitment to this and the resulting investments, either directly by Aramco or indirectly by suppliers, have promoted localization, contributed to Aramco’s supply chain resilience and enhanced Saudi Arabia’s economic growth. Our planned partnerships will continue this journey and advance the Kingdom’s economic progress. We intend to act as an enabler, supporting the growth of national champions. Today we are expanding our flagship program, and expect more partnerships in the future.”
Saudi Aramco has concluded MoUs with the following companies:
1. POSCO – an agreement to collaborate on evaluating the feasibility of constructing an integrated steel plate manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia.
2. Suzhou XDM 3D Printing Company Ltd – an agreement to collaborate on industrial 3D printing technologies and development in Saudi Arabia.
3. SHEN GONG New Materials (Guang Zhou) Co. Ltd – an agreement to focus on developing control systems technologies for LED lighting, energy management and intelligent control.
4. XINFOO Sensor Technology Company Limited – an agreement to explore opportunities in chip manufacturing and related technologies.
5. Shell & AMG Recycling B.V. – an agreement to explore collaboration to develop plans for a state-of-the-art regional hub for the recycling of gasification ash and reclamation of spent catalyst, in addition to providing sustainable solutions.
6. Zhejiang SUPCON Technology Co., Ltd - an agreement to explore potential joint investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia for the services and manufacturing value chain.
