Order of 350 Volvo Trucks from Saudi Arabia
Zahid Tractor, Volvo Trucks distributor in Saudi Arabia, and Al Ayuni Investment & Contracting Co. has recently signed a landmark deal for 350 trucks. The majority of the vehicles will be the new Volvo FMX, which will be deployed kingdom-wide for a variety of projects - from road construction to railways.
The major contract was signed in Riyadh for the supply of Volvo trucks to Al Ayuni Investment & Contracting Co. to support the new projects that Al Ayuni have been awarded recently.
The new Volvo FMX, equipped with the Volvo unique automated I-shift transmission, will replace aging units of different brands. The trucks will start rolling out of the Jeddah-based Volvo Trucks assembly plant, Arabian Vehicles Industries (AVI), beginning in November 2010.
“We are very pleased to partner with Al Ayuni and supply them with this large quantity of trucks”, said Nasser J Bayram, Managing Director of Zahid Tractor's Commercial Vehicles Division. “Our field service and the rest of the after-sales team, with Volvo Trucks Corporation's technical support, will focus on ensuring the best truck up-time Al Ayuni has ever wanted“.
The selection of Volvo’s state-of-the-art new construction truck FMX came after a series of qualifications and assessments that have safety and quality as core and fundamental elements. The new Volvo FMX is ready for the toughest of jobs as the truck stands up to heavy loads, poor roads and challenging hilly terrain.
Engineer Abdul Karim Al Ayuni, deputy chairman of the Al Ayuni board and board member designate, emphasised that the deal goes hand-in-hand with the approach and methodology that the Al Ayuni group works under. This mandates renewing the truck fleet on a periodic basis to ensure a continuous production output of the trucks with low down time, enabling the group to meet its obligations and deadlines toward its customers.
“Volvo Trucks has a long-standing, rock solid position in the Saudi market and Zahid Tractor is an important partner of Volvo since decades. It is very encouraging that Al Ayuni has placed this highly significant order and we are happy to be part of completing the important infrastructural and construction projects that are under way in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, said Bjorn Ingemanson, President of Volvo Trucks International Division.
