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Nesma Telecom & Technology (NT&T) was awarded a fixed line network infrastructure project in NEOM.

NT&T’s scope of work includes the network's design, implementation, operation & maintenance services.

Referring to the importance of Nesma’s involvement at NEOM, Salah Al-Sunaid, NT&T’s CEO, commented, “In line with Saudi Vision 2030, we at NT&T are committed to our vision of being one of the leading companies in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure by being part of mega development projects and futuristic smart cities’ plans in our country.” He added, “This project is considered to be the base of NEOM’S infrastructure and the network will function as the city's backbone which can be utilized to meet NEOM’s internal requirements and surely support the city’s expansion plans in the coming years.”

Nesma Telecom & Technology (NT&T) was awarded a fixed line network infrastructure project in NEOM.

NT&T’s scope of work includes the network's design, implementation, operation & maintenance services.

Nesma Holding has launched the “Nesma Virtual Leadership Program,” containing a series of online workshops for Nesma employees across the group.

The first workshop, which took place earlier, focused on data strategies, attracted 111 participants.

The workshop was delivered by world-class professors, Ikhlaq Sidhu, Chief Scientist and Founding Director of University of California Berkeley's Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, and Paris de l”Etraz, Professor of Entrepreneurship IE Business School and Managing Director of IE Venture Lab.

In addition to providing Nesma teams with an opportunity to communicate effectively and acquire knowledge, the “Nesma Virtual Leadership Program” aims to go one step further by bringing to life those innovative ideas and projects proposed by Nesma employees which contribute to building the company’s legacy of quality, reliability and excellence.

Nesma & Partners successfully and safely completed the Royal Terminal

Apron Extension at the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh thanks to effective and

consorted efforts to navigate requirements put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

 The project, awarded by the General Authority of Civil Aviation, was delivered 40 days earlier

than originally planned despite challenges and risks imposed by COVID-19.

 The latter included enforcement of curfew hours, a consequent delayed access of manpower

and resources to the site, and late arrivals of specialized technicians and suppliers for special

systems from outside the Kingdom.

 However, with the right mitigation plans, Nesma & Partners was able to issue work permits to

all the staff and subcontractors during the curfew to limit any potential delays. It also

outsourced and allocated shortages of some aggregates by resorting to its diverse network of

resources in the Kingdom. Lastly, with the support of the Client, the company was able to issue

the delayed specialized technicians and suppliers unique entry permits in compliance with the

Ministry of Health’s regulations and preventive measures.

Nesma Trading has successfully completed work for Binzagr Company on a project that is the largest integrated logistics center in Saudi Arabia.

Operations at the center began in the Industrial Valley in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC).

The center is one of the largest in the region, with an area of 97,000 square meters and a capacity of more than 110,000 pallets for storing medical and food products.

It includes 50-meter high shelves that operate automatically with the latest technologies for storing and rearranging goods, in addition to 56 gates to receive all types of trucks, and enough parking space to facilitate 180 trucks’ loading and unloading at the same time.

Nesma is proud to be part of a project that is taking action to attract local and global investments, enabling the Kingdom to create jobs and contribute to the logistics sector

NDigitec is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with the Global Premedia Network (GPN). The GPN is a network of fully independent but technologically connected international packaging premedia providers who maintain brand consistency with the highest level of quality and operational practices and in accordance with international standards.

Commenting on NDigitec’s new exciting partnership, Vatche Kavlakian, CEO, NDigitec, said, "Since our inception, we have been following the same business philosophy of 'promise is a promise,' and our teams work around the clock to ensure that we always deliver what we've committed to. This is one of many common values which we share with the GPN partners.

" Established in 2005, and located in Dubai, UAE, Nesma’s NDigitec is a creative production company with a deep understanding of the premedia market and with a value chain of services in prepress, premedia, digital printing and e-commerce. The company offers its services to support a broad range of clients across the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Nesma Water & Energy was awarded a project by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture to work on the sewage treatment plant of 125,000 M3/ capacity and the main pumping station in Tabuk city.

Nesma Holding has launched a new identity for Nesma Embroidery, one of Nesma’s social responsibility initiatives that is focused on creating job opportunities for women.

 Nesma Embroidery and Tailoring center’s name has been changed to Namat, as part of a development plan aimed at expanding the scope of the initiative and its desired impact.

 Namat was established in 2009 (under the name of Nesma Embroidery and Tailoring) as a non-profit institution specializing in the production of clothing, to achieve a greater social benefit by employing women in need of work.

From one location in Jeddah, and in partnership with the Deaf Club, the initiative started with 40 women with hearing impairment and then expanded to Khulais Governorate in Makkah region, where it was agreed with Albir Society to establish a local presence for the project there.

In 2017, an agreement was reached with Saudi Aramco and Al-Rahmah Charitable Medical Society to establish a center in the Eastern Province called Qetan, and in the following year, Nesma Holding inaugurated the initiative’s fourth center in Thuwal Governorate, in partnership with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Namat offers its products and services to all companies in the private and public sectors with all their different needs in terms of formal outfits and uniforms. It also provides its services in exclusive production lines of local designers.

 The new identity comes after signing an agreement with the Emirate of Makkah region to expand the scope of the project in the governorates of the region, where the initiative aims to replicate the model to serve a larger number of Saudi villages and integrate them into the entity of the national economy, in addition to train and employ women to work in the sewing and embroidery fields. Namat will play the operational role in all centers, while partners from the private and public sectors will establish and support the centers.

A consortium made up of Nesma & Partners and Almabani General Contractors was awarded the largest value contract to date by the Red Sea Development Company, to work on the infrastructure of the Red Sea Development Project’s International Airport.

Nesma & Partners and Almabani General Contractors will work on the infrastructure of a 3,700 meter runway, a seaplane runway and parallel & link taxiways. Additionally, the two companies will handle pavement works, the airport’s aeronautical navigational aids, aerodrome ground lighting, airside utilities, in addition to all roads and associated buildings.

The Red Sea Airport will serve an estimated one million tourists per year catering to both domestic and international flights, as the first phase of the Red Sea Project will provide 3,000 luxurious hotel rooms across five islands and two inland sites.

Forbes Middle East revealed its list of the 100 most powerful Arab family businesses in the Middle East in 2020.

Nesma Holding was number 36 on the list that also contains Al-Futtaim group, The Olayan Group and Abdul Latif Jameel, to name a few.

A consortium made of Nesma Renewables Group, Masdar and EDFR was awarded the Jeddah 300MW solar PV project which is part of the National Renewable Energy Project Development Program. Round Two of the National Renewable Energy Project is comprised of four Solar PV independent power producers (IPP) totaling 1,400 MW, including Al-Faisaliah PV IPP (600 MW), Jeddah PV IPP (300 MW), Rabigh PV IPP (300 MW) and Qurrayat PVIPP (200 MW).

Nesma Media & Entertainment and NDigitec introduced new products to address some of the challenges brought about by the current Covid-19 pandemic.

The two Nesma companies introduced thermal imaging systems, smart helmets, disinfection gates, safety signs and innovative models of quality reusable face shields.

The Modern Bus Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) to provide jobs to Saudi candidates.

Moreover, Modern Bus signed an agreement with the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation. As per the agreement, the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation will provide training programs resulting in employment and workshops to empower Modern Bus trainees.

Nesma Trading’s Landscape Division has completed the design and building of a landscape nursery for the Red Sea Development Company (RSDC). The nursery, located on the islands between Umluj and Al-Wajh in Saudi Arabia, spans over one million square meters and is considered the largest of its kind in the Middle East.

Nesma Electric & Communications (NE&C) signed its first contract in the Kingdom of Bahrain for the construction of four 66kV substations at Almadinah Alshameyah with Bahrain’s Electricity & Water Authority (EWA) on a lump sum turnkey basis and as part of the 220kV & 66kV transmission development phase 2 which is being funded by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD).

Nesma Holding was one of the winners of the 2019 Moderation Award, the first award in the field of moderation, sponsored by His Royal Highness, Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud.

The ceremony was held at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah and promotes the values of moderation and combating extremism in the region.

As part of the 2019 MiSK Global Forum held in Riyadh, Nesma Holding signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the MiSK Foundation.

Per the agreement, Nesma and MiSK will explore joint programs to provide training to help equip and train young Saudis to become the next generation of leaders.

Nesma Trading was awarded the Security and Marine Barrier Project by the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) covering the Shuqaiq and Farasan desalination plants.

The project includes establishing a security program to ensure that the marine interface area is in compliance with security directives issued by the High Commission of Industrial Security (HCIS).

Nesma Airlines was recognized for its efforts in supporting the National Home Health Care Foundation.

Yousef Alsalmi, Chief Strategy Officer, Nesma Holding, received the recognition on behalf of Nesma Airlines.