SAUDI Transformers Company (STC), a major regional supplier of transformers and substations, is providing a total of 11 transformers that will help power up the sophisticated manufacturing facilities at Future Ceramics factory.

They include eight 2 MVA, one 1.5-MVA, and two 1.5-MVA transformers, all conforming to IEC specifications, according to the Dammam-based company.
The transformers were manufactured and successfully tested in the presence of the representatives of Future Ceramics last month, according to Saud Abdul Aziz Shallali, executive president.
“This contract was a routine order but as standard we paid special attention to their manufacture,” says Shallali, who sees the factory setting the trend for new industrial ventures in the region.
Saudi Transformers manufactures distribution transformers and package sub-stations of up to 5-MVA, 36-kV and low-voltage distribution panels up to 5,000 A. Its annual manufacturing capacity now stands at 10,000 transformers. All products are designed and produced in-house and type tested at international laboratories.
The company has supplied more than 110,000 transformers to the national and the regional networks and enjoys a 50 per cent share of the regional market, he states.
STC is a major supplier to Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) and Saudi Aramco and is currently handling orders from them. In addition, it supplies overseas clients including Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (Dewa), Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity and Kahramaa (Ministry of Electricity and Water) Qatar.
STC has carefully-considered growth strategies in place to ride the recession.  “It is vital to consider long-term structural trends that are reshaping the industry,” Shallali points out. “Although the current downturn will affect the industry’s performance, short-term measures taken to counteract the situation and improve performance can affect the companies in the long run.”
He also sees the need to innovate within the core business and explore opportunities to diversify into new ventures and technologies. “Successful companies innovate and expand,” he points out.
STC was established in 1982 in the First Industrial City of Dammam, under licence from Pauwels Transformers, Belgium.
It employs 500 staff and has offices in Riyadh, Jeddah and Abu Dhabi. Its manufacturing facilities are in two locations – one dedicated to transformers and the other to substations.
Some of the services offered include installation/commissioning of transformers/package stations; changing/degassing oil of units; changing the bushing arrangement; testing for resistance values/turn ratio; replacement of transformers in a compact substation; and replacement/rectification of RMU/LV (ring main unit/low voltage) panels in a compact substation.