Customers will benefit from SmartDives’ local presence and understanding of regional requirements, combined with JFD’s specialist commercial diving expertise and established product portfolio. This will provide a single, more accessible route to equipment, OEM-certified training, and local support in challenging underwater environments.
The collaboration creates opportunities for JFD and SmartDives to identify evolving customer requirements and explore future product development for the Middle East. Additionally, embedding JFD equipment as a standard feature within relevant SmartDives solutions will further extend access to systems designed around quality, safety, and through-life performance.
Andrew Laing, Commercial Diving Director at JFD, said: “Collaborating with SmartDives enhances JFD’s local presence in an important market for commercial diving. Both companies share a strong commitment to excellence and maintaining the highest safety standards, and this partnership brings our equipment and expertise closer to our customers, enabling us to respond swiftly to their requirements. As a cutting-edge designer and manufacturer of commercial diving equipment, we are continually looking at how our technology can evolve to meet the needs of commercial divers and operators. Working more closely with SmartDives will enable us to rapidly adapt to regional requirements and opens opportunities to further develop our comprehensive commercial diving portfolio.”
Kenneth Vorster, Executive Director—Business and Operations at SmartDives, said: “We are pleased to partner with JFD, which is a well-established name in commercial diving. Together, we will make genuine JFD equipment, training, and dependable local support more accessible across the Middle East, while helping us respond more quickly to customers’ evolving needs.”
JFD is a global leader in the design and manufacture of cutting-edge commercial diving equipment, trusted by commercial divers and operators worldwide. Through its partnership with SmartDives, the company strengthens the availability of its products and expertise in the Middle East while providing customers with more responsive local support.
