OREANDA-NEWS. Fujitsu Arabia and the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) announced that they have signed a contract for the development and operation of an environmental management system in MODON (Saudi Arabia's industrial) cities.

Based on the agreement, Fujitsu and MODON will work together to build a monitoring system that employs sensors that measure air and water quality in order to constantly monitor environmental pollution. The new system will be installed in the Dammam 2nd Industrial City in the Eastern Province, the Riyadh 2nd Industrial City in the Saudi Capital, and the Jeddah 1st Industrial City on the west coast. Furthermore, Fujitsu has formed a consortium with Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. and METAWATER Co., Ltd., and, after development of the system is complete, will oversee operations of the system and environmental monitoring, in addition to providing consulting aimed at improving the environment based on information gathered by the system accumulated from sensors.

This project is part of an overseas infrastructure and system export initiative of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Under the collaborative relationship between Japan and Saudi Arabia, Fujitsu and MODON will strive to leverage knowledge and technology from Japan to support Saudi Arabia's efforts to improve the environment.