The story of the BARTEC company began in 1975: The company founder Mr Barlian started as a one-man enterprise. Today the BARTEC Group is the leading global provider of high-quality industrial safety technology for applications in hazardous areas. BARTEC specialists develop, produce and sell solutions for all areas where hazardous substances such as combustible liquids, gases and dusts are worked with. BARTEC is a competent partner for manufacturers of machines, for constructors of plants as well as for operators in the oil and gas industry, chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industry and mining. Bartec Middle East LLC began its operations in 2015 in Saudi Arabia with the same philosophy as the German Headquarters – BARTEC Protects People and the Environment by the Safety of Components, Systems and Plants. In April 2016 Bartec Middle East LLC received the IECEx certificate of conformity from the French laboratory INERIS as the first IECEx approved factory in Saudi Arabia.