Ampo Poyam, Nigerian Machine Tools Partner to Boost Energy Sector

Ampo Poyam, Nigerian Machine Tools Partner to Boost Energy Sector

Ampo Poyam Valves has announced a partnership agreement with Nigeria Machine Tools to establish a local subsidiary to design and manufacture highly engineered valves for the energy industry in Nigeria.

Ampo Poyam Valves represented by its local branch “Ampo Valves Nigeria Limited and in collaboration with Nigeria Machine Tools, will consequently support West African customers in terms of high added value valve solutions, excellent service and technology, positively impacting local delivery lead times and after-sale services to meet demands of current and future projects.

“As a world leader in highly engineered valves for the most severe services and applications of the energy industry we are excited to engage with a leading manufacturer in Africa to bring our wide range of tailor-made valve solutions to the West African market. The agreement aims to further consolidate Ampo Poyam Valves’ position in the region while emphasising the company’s commitment to the African continent” said Strategic Director of Ampo Poyam Valves, Mr. Alex Eizmendi, said.

He added: “We look forward to a long-term partnership that can serve as an appropriate model of support to our West African customers as well as to Nigeria’s national economy by the transfer of global top-tier technology and know-how to the African market. This partnership shows our complete faith as well in Nigeria’s industrial infrastructure”.

Speaking on the agreement, Vice Chairman Nigeria Machine Tools, Mr. Norbert Chukwumah, said: “We are optimistic about the prospects of this agreement in boosting Nigeria’s manufacturing capacity and indeed the economy. Since our establishment in 1980, we have remained passionate about proffering solutions to Nigerian’s and subsequently the continent’s industrial needs as well as transferring global technology and know-how to the local market.

This partnership is set to boost not just the West Africa market but the continent’s at large, create

job opportunities, up-skill our resources as well as encourage technology transfer. As part of the

partnership agreement, we will provide state-of-the-art facilities, resources and latest available

technology and equipment for the development of highly engineered Ampo Poyam for

the energy sector. We thank the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for creating an enabling environment that facilitated this agreement”.

Commenting on the agreement, Director of Ampo Valves Nigeria, Mr. Yomi Ademefun, “Fast, reliable and top-quality service at a global scale is one of company’s main

success factors and with hundreds of thousands of valves in safe and reliable operation

worldwide, it is considered a global leader in severe service valve design and manufacturing since 1964. By aiming to become a strategic partner for Nigeria and West Africa and share the Nigerian Content Development program, we have decided to align our future with Nigeria Machine Tools in order to become part of the local industrial cluster and to help the industrialization of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. We also aim to improve our services for West African customers through this recent partnership”.

The scope of the agreement will focus on highly engineered valves manufacturing, testing, painting, and servicing for the oil, gas, petrochemicals, chemical, mining, power, etc. sectors in West Africa, and will moreover contribute to Ampo Poyam Valves global manufacturing capacity. Ampo Service will also be part of this agreement, with a dedicated team of highly qualified, experienced and customer-oriented field engineers with a sound and trackable world experience, guaranteeing a prompt response to customer local needs; including technical support in start-up stages, commissioning, engineered solutions, equipment selection, preventive and predictive maintenance, troubleshooting and training.

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