Exova Signs Three Year Framework Agreement With Ma'aden

Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has signed a three year framework agreement with Saudi Arabian Mining Company, Ma’aden, to provide environmental monitoring services across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The technical services Exova will provide include air quality testing as well as noise monitoring for twelve of Ma’aden’s operations across Saudi Arabia. As part of the agreement Exova will also provide sampling and analysis of off-site groundwater, waste water and potable water, ensuring that Ma'aden sites comply with local and international regulatory requirements. The work will be carried out at a variety of client locations including minerals extraction and processing sites.

Saad Sabbah, General Manager of Exova (Saudi Arabia & Qatar), said: “This framework agreement further underlines our track record in the provision of environmental monitoring and testing services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which helps our customers not only to meet the highest international regulatory quality standards, but also their environmental obligations.”

About Exova
Exova is one of the world’s leading laboratory-based testing groups, trusted by organisations to test and advise on the safety, quality and performance of their products and operations. Headquartered in Edinburgh, UK, Exova operates 145 laboratories and offices in 32 countries and employs around 4,500 people throughout Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia/Asia Pacific.

Exova’s capabilities help to extend asset life, bring predictability to applications, and shorten the time to market for customers’ products, processes and materials. With over 90 years’ experience, Exova specialises in testing across a number of key sectors from health sciences to aerospace, transportation, oil and gas, fire and construction.