Harlequin International, Ghana has formally opened a $23 million USD fabrication, hydraulic and engineering facility at Takoradi to provide services to the oil and gas sub-sector. The facility has the state of the act modern equipment and well as internationally trained Ghanaians and power backup systems to deliver quality services to the sector. The facility has well equipped individual setups for the fabrication, hydraulic and engineering departments.
The Takoradi facility is in line with the government’s programme to encourage local content participation in the oil and gas sector. The facility is safety compliance with ISO 18000 and ISO 45001 and quality compliance with ISO 9000 – 2015 and an excellent on time delivery record.
Harlequin International started modestly in Tema 20 years ago on September 12th 1998 with the provision of only engineering services, but Harlequin has grown steadily into a full spectrum manufacturing and support services provider to major industries in the Oil and Gas sector covering fabrication, engineering and hydraulics. The journey has not been easy but hard work and determination from both workers and management has brought the company this far.
Harlequin is a flagship investment that we are proud of for Ghana as the gateway into West Africa. Harlequin is an example of a local Ghanaian company that is providing local content services to this sub sector and saving the country millions of Cedis that would otherwise have to be spent on importing the same services. With the completion of the Takoradi facility, all our active operations are being run from here, Takoradi and the Tema office is now our administrative head office.
Harlequin presently, employs a hundred Ghanaians and invests in their training both here and abroad to bring them up to international standards. The quality of training is of such high standard that in includes succession plans.
The Minister for Environment, Science & Technology & Innovation, Prof. Frimpong Boateng, inaugurated the $23 Million USD fabrication, hydraulic and engineering facility at Takoradi on behalf of the President, Nana Akufo Addo, as part of the government’s determination and commitment to accelerating the participation of local companies in the oil and gas industry. The inauguration also marked the 20th anniversary of Harlequin.
A community Library was also commissioned for the community of Ewusiejoe were the facility as part of Harlequin’s social corporate responsibility.
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By: citinewsroom.com/Ghana