Agreement on a Project in Saudi Arabia Concluded by Fujitsu Consortium and Saudi Industrial Property Authority

Concerning the agreed upon project, the consortium consisting of several companies with Fujitsu Ltd. in the lead and public and academic sectors conducted a feasibility study from 2011 on the environment management solutions to be developed for the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Saudi Arabia.

The agreement is the fruit of the comprehensive evaluation of Japan's technology to combat environmental deterioration due to the rapid industrialization in Saudi Arabia, namely, the technology integrating environmental management solutions, including skills of measurement and analysis, and information systems and their operations, that are provided by the consortium composed of the companies of Japan with world-leading environmental programs, as well as using the know-how that Japan's local governments possess for formulating environmental regulations and designing environmental systems. This is recognized as a sustainable business model for establishing environmentally-friendly industrial cities in Saudi Arabia. The project is an example to lead the world of integrally exporting Japan's systems, devices, and operation know-how while taking advantage of Japan's state of the art technology and experience learned from the pollution issues that Japan overcame. At the same time, the project is also highly meaningful since overcoming social challenges in emerging countries by operating the business of Japanese companies there will lead to revitalization of the Japanese economy.

METI will expand the technology and solutions of the Fujitsu Consortium to other industrial complexes in the country and also will consider conveying them to other emerging countries.

March 11, 2013

Information Economy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau