SAUDI Diesel Equipment Company (SDEC), formerly known as Saudi Diesel Generators Company, was established in 1978. SDEC is part of the Tawad Group of Companies that includes Universal Motor Agencies, Barwil Shipping, Saudi Amana Construction, TATS, and PLC Arabia. 

Although started as a power equipment provider, SDEC has extended its products portfolio to become the sole distributor of international firms like Doosan Infracore (construction and lifting equipment), Montabert (excavator attachments), Everdigm (concrete pumps and hydraulic drills), Pengpu (bulldozers) and other leading brands. Additionally, SDEC operates its rental operations under the name of ‘Peax Equipment Rental’, providing power generators, forklift trucks, light towers, and other equipment.

SDEC operates from its main headquarters in Al Khobar, and its branch and dealer network in Riyadh, Jeddah, Jubail, Abha and Al Madinah. The company’s vision is to expand regionally and to be ‘The Preferred Partner in the Region’.

The company has a long heritage in serving all customer segments, starting from individual establishment, small and medium companies, and large corporation and government entities. SDEC takes pride in its achievement of the renowned ISO 9001-2001 certification in manufacturing, sales, parts and service.

“Customers can totally count on our 24/7 available kingdom-wide service and maintenance support for optimum site’s up time and operation continuity,” says a company spokesperson.

SDEC has recently won two key awards from leading construction equipment manufacturer Doosan, Korea for setting new benchmarks in spearheading its international business growth as its dealer in Saudi Arabia. SDEC gained the awards as the Best Doosan Dealer in the world for the year 2013, in addition of receiving the Doosan Dealer Excellence Award for achieving a high market share and revenue, and providing excellent after-sales support to its clients in Saudi Arabia.

Here are some insights on the various product divisions of SDEC:

• Construction Equipment: Saudi Diesel Construction Division is the sole distributor of international names, such as Doosan, Everdigm, Montabert, Peng Pu, and other leading brands. These brands represent a well-known wide array of reliable construction and earth-moving equipment including wheel loaders; excavators and attachments (breakers, screen, buckets, etc); articulated dump trucks (ADTs); bulldozers, and hydraulic breakers.

• Power Equipment: this is the heart of SDEC and where it started its operations. This division manufactures ready-made or custom manufactured power generators, prime\ standby units, open type \ closed type sound attenuated solutions and mobile units. It also manufactures power accessories, such as Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), Manual Transfer Switches (MTS) control panel with synchronisation options, fuel storage systems and other power related accessories. Additionally, SDEC is the official distributor of Doosan diesel engines, used for standard or marine applications.

• Concrete Equipment: SDEC is the official distributor of Evredigm concrete pumps, a reliable Korean known for its high-quality internal components and highest value-for-money products in its category.   SDEC supplies Evredigm concrete pumps to most large concrete mixing companies and contractors in Saudi Arabia. 

• Lifting Equipment: This division provides both forklift trucks and Dongyang stick cranes. Doosan Forklift’s is the world’s leading value-for-money forklift brand which was built on a solid framework of manufacturing experience of over 40 years. Doosan is expanding its product range of forklift trucks and continues to build on a reputation for reliable and high quality products designed to meet the most demanding needs of the global market. Doosan provides a wide array of forklifts including pneumatic diesel forklift trucks, pneumatic LPG forklift trucks, and electric forklift trucks. All units are equipped with highest safety and ergonomic technologies keeping the operators safe and healthy.

• Equipment Rental (Peax): Peax is a leading power and equipment rental provider committed to quality in the Middle East region. Its proven track record of satisfying the rental needs of its broad base of clients, including the most prestigious governmental organisations, oil and gas, contracting, commercial and large events firms, is a result of its philosophy of combining the latest innovative solutions with the highest talented expertise at the most competitive rates.