Tebodin APIC Consultants & Engineers LLC, has launched its consulting & engineering activities in the Kingdom. The joint venture between Tebodin Consultants & Engineers - operating company of Royal BAM Group nv - and the Saudi Arabian company APIC LLC under a 50-50 ownerhsip, has presence in Jeddah, Al-Khobar and Riyadh. Tebodin APIC aims to provide local and nationwide technical engineering & consulting services, like consultancy, project management, design & engineering, procurement, and construction management for the major local industries, international and local contractors in a wide variety of markets. Tebodin APIC focuses especially on the oil & gas, petrochemical and chemical industry, as well as the power and water, food and pharmaceutical and general industrial clients. The Tebodin worldwide network allows integration of expert knowledge in the field to give the maximum support to our clients locally. The company enforces the organization of Tebodin Middle East in the Gulf region, which was established in 1974 in Abu Dhabi and is now present in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and United Arab Emirates with more than 800 employees active in oil & gas, water & infrastructure, industrial and environmental sectors. APIC LLC is an affiliate of ZMS Group established in 1964 in Jeddah. The ZMS Group evolved from a well-established platform in the automotive sector in Saudi Arabia to an organization with an extensive product portfolio across diverse market sectors. Focusing on individual business needs designed to consistently maintain first class customer service, the Group has grown by utilizing the assets of a strong managerial and financial structure to accommodate strategic investment at Group level to promote and expand the ZMS businesses at a grass roots level. ZMS currently comprises of seven autonomous operating companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. By teaming up with Tebodin, APIC will get access to the promising local oil, gas and chemical market. Tebodin B.V. is based in The Hague (the Netherlands) and is an independent, multidisciplinary consultancy and engineering firm with a turnover of 232 million euros (2008). Tebodin offers her clients worldwide the knowledge and experience of over 3,000 experts in industry, health & nutrition, oil & gas, (petro) chemicals, infrastructure, real estate, and energy & environment. The company has a network of around fifty offices in West, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia.