SAUDI ARABIA

Industry Ministry aims to convert 4,000 factories to digital automation

January 29, 2022

RIYADH — The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources plans to convert 4,000 factories from dependence on expatriate workers to digital industrial automation, Osama Al-Zamil, deputy minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, said on Friday.

In his speech at the Fifth Riyadh Industrial Council, Al-Zamil said Modon implemented the initiative of the National Productivity Program, which aims to raise the productivity of factories through adopting the techniques of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

He pointed out that innovation and technology solutions are among the most important basic enablers to transform the Kingdom into a leading industrial hub in the world, especially through benefiting from the applications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

To achieve Vision 2030 goals, the ministry is interested in linking the private industrial sector with various government agencies under one platform, which is the industrial council.

The council includes a mixture of industrial sectors and various trends, such as digital transformation, local content, export development, corporate sustainability, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. — SG


January 29, 2022
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