Infrastructure and R&D helped Cimac capture regional market with product innovation

Jafza-based Cimac FZCO, one of the region’s fastest emerging technology integrator and a total solution provider of choice, has, despite challenging market conditions, maintained a steady growth in 2009. The company has been able to sustain growth by continuously introducing a wide range of next generation control systems for new industrial sectors.

Cimac has developed a variety of special integrated systems for transportation and logistics as well as real estate sectors. Its innovative products for transport and logistics industry include integrated ELV (Extra-low-voltage) Systems, Warehouse Management System, Incident Detection and Blockage Monitoring Systems, Baggage Handling Systems, Tracking Systems, Cargo Handling System, Power Management, Airfield Lighting, Aircraft Refueling and Storage Systems.

Its next generation solutions for construction and real estate industry include Building Management Systems that offer integrated Facilities Control, Energy Management, Billing and Remote Monitoring and Control; Infrastructure Management Systems that integrates water, power distribution, waste water, irrigation, District Cooling, Metering and Billing, Traffic Management and Security to create a totally integrated and networked environment.

Ajay Menon, Managing Director, Cimac FZCO, said:

“R&D’s role in growth goes far beyond traditional product development. With a strong regional base we could develop products suitable to the regional industry. Today Cimac ranks among the region’s top technology integrator and a turnkey solution provider for a project’s entire electrical, control and instrumentation requirements- right from the concept to implementation and long-term support.”

At the epicentre of its enviable growth is the new state-of-the-art 100,000 square feet Cimac headquarters in TechnoPark, which also includes a 25,000 square feet manufacturing centre. A high-tech instrumentation lab and an R&D facility, and a modern 11,000 square feet manufacturing facility in Jafza North give Cimac a strategic advantage in bringing innovative technologies into the region. Its R&D lab indigenously developed integrated solutions to oil and gas, water, petrochemical, utilities sector, district cooling industry and airports, and placed the company in the leading position in its class.

Ajay Menon added: “Infrastructure and R&D have positive effect on product development and productivity. These facts are well-accounted. And Jafza’s excellent and high-capability infrastructure played a critical role in Cimac’s incredible growth. Our leading position gives us enough confidence to aspire to become the region’s top technology integrator and a total solution provider of choice.”

Cimac experienced an average growth of over 30 per cent throughout 2009 amidst uncertainties, largely due to its strategic location, innovation and fruitful partnership with Jafza.

Cimac FZCO was established in 1996 as a branch office of the UK-based Cimac Control Systems Group dealing in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Telemetry Systems. It became an independent entity in 2004 and quickly established its credentials, including 9001 ISO certification, as a top technology integrator and turnkey solution provider in the region.

The company serves the GCC region including the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman markets, with branch offices in all these countries and in India, providing hundreds of direct and indirect quality employment opportunities in places where it serves.