
The Saudi Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, and other organizations have completed an industrial training program for Saudi engineers, hosted by Saudi Organization for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (Modon).
These organizations included the Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East (JCCME), Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM), and Organisation for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan (SMRJ).
About 100 engineers from 25 companies took part in the two intensive training sessions in Riyadh and Dammam.
Khalid Al-Salem, the ministry’s undersecretary, awarded completion certificates to the engineers in the presence of Sitso Amori, deputy chief of the Japanese mission, and Abdul Karim Tomioka, JCCME acting president in Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi and Japanese sides expressed confidence that the participants gained sufficient and fruitful knowledge that could effectively contribute to increasing competitiveness of their establishments.