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Joint Venture to Build Vehicles In Saudi Arabia

  • 12:00 AM, September 26, 2011
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Saudi Arabia's ERAF Industries has joined with British company Creation UK to jointly develop and build the latter's family of Zephyr multirole vehicles in the desert kingdom. The two firms hope the arrangement will lead to contracts with the Saudi armed forces, which have a requirement for such vehicles. The joint venture will mark a leap into vehicle production for ERAF, which specializes in armored vehicle upgrades and refurbishments. Creation UK has been working on the development of the Zephyr for five years and submitted it for consideration in the British Army's light protected patrol vehicle program, eventually awarded to Force Protection's Ocelot design. A four-wheel-drive variant of the Zephyr will be delivered to ERAF by the end of this year under current plans, with a six-wheel variant to follow in 2012.
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