Business & Money | Thursday 15 November, 2018 12:53 pm |

As a direct distributer of Caterpillar Inc.’s medium speed products in the Middle East, MaK Middle East continues to fortify its position in the region through a highly skilled team and exceptional service standards

MaK Middle East LLC, a Caterpillar company established in Dubai in 2017, continues to reinforce its commitment to excellence in the region by providing quality services and sustained innovation.

The company, a direct distributer of Caterpillar Inc’s medium speed engine brands; MaK, CM and EMD, as well as Napier and KBB turbochargers; has a dedicated facility in Dubai Maritime City providing engine maintenance and component servicing in its workshop. The company also serves as a base for the supply of spare parts and components used in the repair, maintenance, upgrading and refurbishment of vessel, rig and power plant engines.

To ensure quality and add high value to its offerings, MaK and EMD Service Engineers have been transferred from Caterpillar’s Singapore and UK operations into the Dubai hub and turbocharger engineers and technicians are trained and certified at the Napier factory in Lincoln UK and the KBB factory in Bannewitz, Germany. The company’s service team is highly skilled, holding an average twenty-three years of industry experience. The management team brings more than one hundred years of experience in marine, oil&gas and power plant industries to the Middle East. The combination of technical competence and business expertise coupled with decades of industry experience; ensure the highest standard of services delivered to customers in the region.

Highlighting Caterpillar’s commitment, Alan Naisby, Managing Director of MaK Middle East and MaK Asia stated, “We have always placed utmost importance on quality and excellence. At the heart of our business is our team’s dedication towards all our customers. The MaK Middle East team strives to ensure all processes and operations are best in class and reflect the highest of standards so that our customers receive optimum quality, responsiveness and overall value.”

Commitment to Excellence

The MaK, CM and EMD brands are renowned for excellent product durability, superior reliability, efficient operating costs and the Caterpillar’s understanding of customer needs. For engineers, architects, builders, and owners of ocean-going and commercial marine vessels worldwide, the MaK brand is a premium engine that combines outstanding reliability and performance with customer support and is exceptionally engineered for customer satisfaction.

 

Earlier this year, MaK Middle East announced the opening of its well-equipped workshop in Dubai Maritime City offering an impressive range of engine maintenance, overhaul, repair, upgrading and modification service options.

As part of the initiative to further enhance its reach and exposure to customers with direct service solutions, the company opened a new branch in Fujairah this year, expanding its reach within UAE to serve a wider range of customers. In addition, the company is now officially registered in the Sharjah Ports of Hamriyah Freezone, Al Khalid and Khor Fakkan, enabling service delivery in those facilities.

“As an engine manufacturer, our goal is to exceed our current customers’ expectations of service, support and quality while successfully introducing new products to market in accelerated timeframes,” added Naisby. All dual fuel engines for cruise ships, IMO upgrades and increased engine power output are the latest examples of new MaK products.

In the short existence of MaK Middle East, the company has already successfully demonstrated its parts and service capabilities across the broad scope of industry segments where Caterpillar medium speed engines are in use ; EMD engine overhauls and repairs for leading US and European jack up rig operators with UAE, Bahrain and KSA operations; MaK Cargo and Offshore vessel troubleshooting, repair and scheduled overhaul proficiency across the whole region and CM power plant genset operating issue resolutions in UAE, KSA and Lebanon.

Mak Middle East continues to take part in workshops and conferences in the region in order to highlight its distinctive business model to the owners and operators of its engines. Taking part in Seatrade Maritime ME 2018, the company showcased its products and services to raise the standards of the local maritime sector, aiming for a safe, secure and efficient maritime environment in line with the Dubai Maritime Vision 2030.

MaK Middle East is the exclusive factory direct distribution operation for MaK, CM and EMD brands in the ten Middle Eastern countries of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.

 

About MaK Middle East:

 MaK Middle East LLC is a Caterpillar company under parent Caterpillar Motoren GmbH and is exclusively focused on parts and services for Caterpillar’s medium speed engine brands MaK, CM and EMD in the Middle East. The creation of MaK Middle East replicates the successful business model of the wholly owned “MaK Asia” with its legal entities in China and Singapore. Additionally, MaK Middle East is factory authorized to service Napier turbochargers.

With resident service engineers, workshop overhaul capability, service exchange units and new parts inventory, customers can turn to this highly specialized Caterpillar organization to keep their MaK, CM and EMD powered equipment running. MaK Middle East is headquartered in the Maritime Business Center of Dubai Maritime City with a branch in Fujairah, UAE.

More information is available at: www.mak-catmarine.com

 

About Caterpillar Marine:

Caterpillar Marine, with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, groups all the marketing and service activities for Cat and MaK marine diesel, dual fuel and gas power and propulsion systems within Caterpillar Inc. The organization provides premier power solutions in the medium- and high-speed segments with outputs from 93 to 16,800 kW in main propulsion and 10 to 16,100 kWe in marine generator sets as well as a comprehensive portfolio of propulsion solutions. The sales and service network includes more than 2,100 dealer locations world-wide dedicated to support customers in ocean-going, commercial marine and pleasure craft wherever they are.

More information is available at: www.cat.com/marine