Northern-Ireland company Kiverco announced it has been chosen to design, build and install a recycling plant that will help recycle all construction waste from the Red Sea Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This latest project represents another significant contract for the Northern Ireland based company in the Middle East following their success in securing business in the UAE for a multi-million pound waste recycling plant to process and recover waste materials from the upcoming Expo in Dubai in 2021.   

Kiverco was chosen by Averda for this project based largely on their reputation for quality, robustness and overall performance in processing C&D waste, said the company. The Red Sea Project is an ambitious regenerative tourism initiative, which is being developed on the Kingdom’s Red Sea coast by The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC).  

“The Red Sea Project is a very prestigious development in the Kingdom and I am very pleased to learn of Kiverco’s involvement in the project. The fact that Kiverco was chosen by Averda to deliver a solution to process the waste generated by this project highlights the excellent reputation British manufacturing has in the region,” said Chad Woodward, Director of Trade and Investment at the British Embassy in Saudi Arabia.  

While incorporating world-class partner component technologies, some 85 per cent of the Averda plant was manufactured at Kiverco’s head-quarters and factory in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Steve Harper, Invest NI’s Executive Director of International Business said, “Kiverco has a long-standing relationship with Invest NI and we are delighted to be supporting them in achieving their growth potential. Kiverco’s appointment to this project with Averda is testament to the company’s hard work and determination to grow its business in the region.”

The recycling solutions designed and delivered by the company will recover concrete, fines (sand/soil), wood, ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, cables, plastic bottles (HDPE & PET), plastic film, and cardboard. The plant is designed to process in excess of 150,000 tonnes per annum of construction waste at Averda’s newly developed waste processing facility site at the project site on the Red Sea coast. The recovered materials will be recycled into new products as well as providing RDF fuel to generate electricity at a nearby Waste to Energy plant.

“Kiverco are very well known for their design and build quality and have a long history dealing with this type of waste. I am very confident we have chosen a partner who will work closely with us to deliver this project and facility for Averda and The Red Sea Development Company,” said Mazen Rifai, Technical Director at Averda.

“We are delighted to be selected by Averda to design, manufacture and install this recycling solution and honoured to be associated with The Red Sea Development Project. This will be a world class tourist destination and we look forward to working with Averda for many years to come. The ambition and vision for this project is testament to the foresight of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman,” said Gabriel O’Keefe, Regional Export Manager, Kiverco.