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Letter From Management

In 1977 E.A Juffali & Brothers, in association with Daimler-Benz AG of Germany, decided to set up a technical centre to train young Saudi for Technical assignments at various Juffali plants.  The JTC began modestly in that year with training comprising of only two fields:

Automotive Engineering and Maintenance Engineering.  At this time the number of trainees did not exceed nine from various regions of the kingdom.

As a result of the increasing number of Saudi trainees, there was eventually need for larger centre.  In 1983 the Centre was transferred to its new premises.  Since then, the scope of activities has expanded from 2 to 7 different industrial and managerial activities, the latest but not the least of which have been Automotive Electrical Electronics.  The training capacity has also increased to more than 200 trainees in the main technical fields.

Furthermore, the JTC in continuous coordination with the General Organization for Technical Education and Vocational Training develops and modernizes the training curriculums to suit the advanced methods of technology.  JTC also offers special courses for various organizations interested in raising the standards of their technicians, such as the Department of Civil Defence, International Airports Projects, SCECO South and SIDF.

We are proud that the Juffali Training Centre has taken the lead among the specialized Centres in the Kingdom.  The Centre has been contributing effectively towards achieving our ambitious goal of producing Saudi technical talents who can run our national industry into the twenty-first century.

WALID AHMED JUFFALI
Chairman