IFS and Echelon Collaborate on Industrial AI in Saudi Arabia

IFS has partnered with Saudi Arabian AI company Echelon to bring its industrial AI solution to the kingdom's asset-intensive sectors. This collaboration aims to help enterprises move beyond their legacy technology systems and adopt AI-embedded operations.

The initiative will focus on the energy, manufacturing, oil and gas, aerospace and defence, logistics, and telecoms industries, which are crucial to Saudi Arabia's economy. IFS.ai, a platform that combines machine learning, predictive analytics, and data processing, will enable these sectors to optimise complex industrial environments in real-time.

Saudi Arabia is actively promoting itself as an industrial hub and gateway market for regional supply chains under its Vision 2030 strategy. The kingdom's largest industrial base in the Middle East and Africa accounts for 45% of its $1.1 trillion GDP in 2024, with advanced manufacturing and digitisation driving growth.

IFS has proven success with organisations across Saudi Arabia, helping them modernise operations, strengthen supply chains, and improve asset reliability. The company's CEO, Mark Moffat, stated that IFS thrives where industrial AI delivers the greatest value, in complex, regulated, and asset-heavy operations like those found in Saudi Arabia.