The Alkhobar-based Alturki Group and the UK-based Exova Group have joined hands to launch an SR25 million high-tech testing laboratory in Dammam's Second Industrial City. It is being described as largest private-sector laboratory in the Middle East. The UKAS accredited laboratory is spread over 3,600 square meters and is capable of providing a wide range of testing and analytical services. “The laboratory will play a key role in the expansion of UKAS accredited testing services throughout the Kingdom,” said Alturki Group Executive Director Rami Alturki. “The new facility is the latest extension of the Exova global network which already extends to over 130 locations in 25 different countries. We are confident that this laboratory will play a major role supporting Saudi industry to meet the highest international quality standards,” he said at the laboratory's inauguration recently. “The new facility will initially offer environmental testing-monitoring services, metallurgical testing and analysis, microbiology testing services and civil engineering testing,” said Grant Rumbles, CEO of Exova Group. “This new flagship Saudi facility is a further addition to a well-developed network of 14 UKAS accredited laboratories extending throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region,” he was quoted as saying in a report carried today by the Jeddah-based Arab News.
