Move to drive industrial AI transformation to Saudi Arabia
IFS, the leading provider of industrial AI and enterprise cloud software, is partnering with Echelon, the Riyadh-headquartered company that delivers artificial intelligence transformations globally, to bring its solutions to Saudi-based enterprises. Echelon will work with its client base across the country’s industrial sectors to both deploy and localize IFS.ai.
Industrial AI is the application of artificial intelligence to the physical world and enables enterprises to analyse massive amounts of data from sensors, machines and networks. Industrial AI platforms then provide and execute actions to automate production optimisation, quality control, condition-based maintenance, and supply chain tracking.
IFS has proven success with organizations across the Kingdom helping advanced manufacturers modernize operations and strengthen supply chains, telecommunications providers deliver services at scale, maritime organizations build their industrial capabilities, and critical infrastructure operators improve asset reliability.
Largest Industrial base
With the largest industrial base in the Middle East and Africa, totalling 45% of the country’s US$ 1.1tn GDP in 2024 across verticals such as manufacturing, oil & gas, mining, construction and utilities, the Kingdom is actively promoting itself as an industrial hub and a gateway market for regional industrial supply chains as part of the country’s Vision 2030 strategy.
Echelon will work with IFS to position its industrial AI platform, IFS.ai, across its heavy industry customers in Saudi Arabia. This will enable asset-intensive sectors such as energy, manufacturing, oil and gas, aerospace and defence, logistics and telecoms move beyond their legacy tech systems towards AI-embedded operations.
Cutting edge technologies
“IFS offers cutting edge technologies to heavy industries and manufacturers, and the IFS.ai platform holds the promise of tangible, real-world benefits. Our customers are excited about the potential of IFS’s innovations for their operations,” stated Prince Khalid Bin Bader Al Saud, Founder and Managing Director, Echelon.
“We are excited to work with Echelon and the Kingdom’s industrial base to raise efficiency and help make Saudi Arabia one of the most competitive places in the world to manufacture. That is the power of Industrial AI and IFS.ai,” confirmed Mark Moffat, CEO, IFS.
