SPARK inaugurates Smart Mobility plant for manufacturing EV chargers

The project represents an important step in advancing the Kingdom’s industrial localization strategy, supporting the Made in Saudi Program. SPA.
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Updated 09 December 2025
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SPARK inaugurates Smart Mobility plant for manufacturing EV chargers

RIYADH: King Salman Energy Park, known as SPARK, has inaugurated the Smart Mobility plant, specializing in manufacturing electric vehicle chargers, along with the first electric vehicle charging station within SPARK.

The launch was attended by SPARK CEO Mishal Al-Zughaibi and Smart Mobility CEO Prince Fahad bin Nawaf at SPARK headquarters in Abqaiq.

The project represents an important step in advancing the Kingdom’s industrial localization strategy, supporting the Made in Saudi Program under local-content policies overseen by the Local Content and Government Procurement Authority.

Al-Zughaibi affirmed that SPARK is positioned to become the region’s central platform for advanced industrial and energy technologies, indicating that SPARK’s proximity to the Kingdom’s core energy infrastructure and its access to ports on the Arabian Gulf are designed to create an integrated manufacturing and export corridor for the region.

SPARK’s mandate is to enable investors to build long-term industrial capabilities within the Kingdom, he noted.

Meanwhile, Prince Fahad said the decision to establish the plant at SPARK was deliberate and strategically planned, stressing that EV charging should be treated as national infrastructure and developed in parallel with Saudi Arabia’s broader energy system.

The CEO added that SPARK serves as the Kingdom’s primary hub for energy, logistics, and industrial innovation.

For the EV-charging network to expand reliably, he said it must be integrated with Saudi Arabia’s key national energy assets.

Moreover, he noted the global shift underway in the mobility sector and said discussions at the recent EV Auto Show in Riyadh underscored the importance of moving toward EVs.


Dar Al Arkan annual profit rises 41% to $301m on stronger property sales 

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Dar Al Arkan annual profit rises 41% to $301m on stronger property sales 

RIYADH: Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. posted a 40.54 percent rise in annual net profit to SR1.13 billion ($301 million) in 2025, supported by higher property sales.

According to a filing on Saudi Exchange, the company’s net profit rose from SR806.84 million a year earlier, while annual revenue increased 3.75 percent year on year to SR3.90 billion. 

Operating profit climbed 18.96 percent to SR1.59 billion, while gross profit rose 15.22 percent to SR1.84 billion. 

“The increase in net income is mainly due to the increase in property sales. The increase in finance costs was offset by the increase in lease revenue, decrease in operating expenses, increase in share of income from associates, and increase in non-operating income from Islamic Murabaha deposits and positively impacted the net income,” the company said in the statement. 

Shareholders’ equity after minority interest stood at SR22.22 billion as of Dec. 31, compared with SR21.09 billion a year earlier. 

In February, Dar Al Arkan announced the full redemption of its $400 million sukuk. 

In a Tadawul statement, the company said that the sukuk were redeemed at maturity using internal resources, with the amount transferred to the designated account. 

The company further said that the impact of the sukuk redemption will appear in its first-quarter financial statement. 

The company also disclosed last month that it had received three white land tax-related invoices totaling about SR201.15 million for plots within the Shams Ar Riyadh development, licensed under the Wafi off-plan sales program. The invoices were valued at SR48.32 million, SR108.10 million, and SR44.73 million , respectively. 

In a separate disclosure in September, Dar Al Arkan said 2.83 million sq. meters of its land portfolio falls under the Kingdom’s White Land Tax Law.