Italy is playing a key role in helping Bahrain boost advanced manufacturing. New agreements signed between Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) and Italian companies Fincantieri and Roboze will strengthen the region’s shipbuilding and repair capabilities. These collaborations also aim to establish the Kingdom of Bahrain’s first smart plant dedicated to additive manufacturing.
While many readers may already be familiar with ROBOZE’s high-performance polymer 3D printing solutions, the names Fincantieri and ASRY may be less familiar. Fincantieri is one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, while ASRY is the Arabian Gulf’s leading maritime repair and fabrication facility.
“These important strategic partnerships will further strengthen ASRY’s capabilities as the leading maritime fabrication and repair facility across the Arabian Gulf region,” said ASRY CEO Dr Ahmed Al Abri.
The new smart plant will be located within ASRY’s facilities in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The agreement signed by Dr Al Abri and Alessio Lorusso, CEO of Roboze, will lead to the creation of an industrial hub designed to directly support marine MRO operations, as well as the oil & gas, energy, aerospace, and defense sectors. These sectors require access to high-performance, lightweight, and durable components for sustained operations.
ASRY and Roboze will jointly define and engineer the new production infrastructure, integrating industrial 3D printing, advanced super-polymer processing, composite manufacturing, and digitalized workflows.
The partnership agreement brings together ASRY’s industrial and maintenance expertise with Roboze’s technological leadership in additive manufacturing with high-performance materials—recognized by the Kingdom of Bahrain as a “Strategic Technology of Interest.”
The new facility with cut downtime, optimize spare-parts management, and provide on-demand production of critical components, minimizing logistics costs and dependency on foreign suppliers.
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