Emerson, a global automation solutions company, said on Wednesday it plans to build a new solutions service center in Qatar’s Umm Alhoul Free Zone, expanding the company’s local capabilities for customers in Qatar and across the Middle East and Africa.
The facility, to be called the Emerson Middle East & Africa Service Center, will include what Emerson said will be the region’s first certified in-country flow calibration lab, along with other automation technologies aimed at helping customers optimize operations, reduce turnaround time, cut costs and accelerate project timelines.
“This new investment reflects Emerson’s strategic commitment to accelerating innovation in Qatar and supporting the Middle East’s most critical operations,” said Judson Duncan, group president of Global Sales at Emerson. “Our additional capabilities will enable customers to operate with greater agility, reliability and cost efficiency.”
The 3,500-square-meter facility adds to Emerson’s existing manufacturing, service and distribution locations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as its network of accredited service partners in the region, the company said. Emerson said the investment supports Qatar National Vision 2030 objectives around economic growth and diversification.
In addition to being equipped to calibrate large-size flow meters for high-pressure and high-volume operations, the Qatar facility will feature measurement instrumentation solutions and skid training systems, off-the-shelf inventory and spare parts distribution, a training and experience center for customer operations teams, and staging and integration services for distributed control systems, Emerson said.
The company said the facility will open in phases, with control systems staging, measurement solutions services, spares inventory and the training center opening in December 2026, and the certified flow calibration lab opening in early 2027.
The announcement was formalized at a signing ceremony on the sidelines of the Qatar Economic Forum in New York, with Qatar Free Zones dignitaries including Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Faisal Al-Thani, chief executive officer of the Qatar Free Zones Authority, and Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al-Thani, minister of commerce and industry and chairman of the Qatar Free Zones Authority.
