Himoinsa has revealed that more than 1,000 of its generator sets are currently being used in Saudi Arabia.
In the last 19 months, the Spanish portable power manufacturer claims to have secured a 7% share of the Kingdom’s total genset market.
The firm said that Saudi Arabia represents one of its most important Middle Eastern territories, citing TechSci Research predictions that the country’s diesel genset market will reach $709m (SAR2.659bn) by 2020.
Commenting on the news, Keith Webb, general manager for Himoinsa Middle East, said: “So far this year, from January to August 2015, seven out of every 10 lighting towers sold by Himoinsa in the Middle East have been sent to projects in Saudi Arabia.” Webb added that over 1,000 generators are currently operating in the Kingdom.
The manufacturer’s gensets have been enlisted by a number of high-profile KSA projects, including the construction of a bridge linking Bahrain with Saudi Arabia, and the construction of the Makkah-Medina high-speed railway.
Himoinsa has stated that most of the gensets that it has sold in Saudi Arabia have been distributed to rental companies. What’s more, the firm has sold 600 lighting towers across the Middle East during the past two years, with 30% heading to the Kingdom.
Guillermo Elum, Himoinsa’s sales and marketing director in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, said: “In the past 19 months, 33% of sales of Himoinsa generator sets in the Middle East correspond to Saudi Arabia.” Elum described the Kingdom as “one of [Himoinsa’s] major markets in the region”.
Himoinsa is represented in the Middle East by Dubai-headquartered FAMCO, which distributes the manufacturer’s products in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.
