Edinburgh’s Lux Assure seals sales agent appointment for Saudi Arabia

0 Emma Perfect: Aiming to grow business in Middle East Lux Assure, the chemical monitoring and management specialist, has appointed Saudi Arabia-based First Style Establishment for Trading to represent the Edinburghheadquartered company in the Kingdom.

First Style, which is focused on the oil and gas, electricity, and petrochemical sectors, will act as a sales agent for Lux Assure’s corrosion management products.

Headquartered at Heriot Watt Research Park, Lux Assure has built up a network of worldwide agents. In 2015, the firm received a £2.4 million investment from Chevron Technology Ventures, Conocophillips Company, Statoil Technology Invest, Archangel Investors and the Scottish Investment Bank.

Chief executive Emma Perfect said: “We are committed to growing our business in the Middle East and believe First Style is ideally placed to help us do so, through its excellent network and marketing and logistics expertise.”

“Securing this deployment was a significant achievement for Lux Assure. We’re pleased to see our products and services recognised by a major operator which is seeking a more cost-effective, accurate and timely solution.”

Nasser Al-jumaid, chairman of First Style, said: “Breaking into the Saudi Arabian market is an exciting step forward in Lux Assure’s growth, and we are delighted to have been appointed on behalf of the company. We look forward to representing Lux Assure’s innovative technologies to our ever-expanding client base.”

The Scots firm’s corrosion management products are said to represent a “revolution in monitoring and managing difficult-to-detect chemicals in hydrocarbons, condensates and water”, specifically the hydrate inhibitors and corrosion inhibitors used to protect oilfield assets, on and offshore.