About us

Part of Envac EMEA region, Envac Saudi Arabia company was founded  in 2012 and was the very first supplier of pneumatic waste collection systems in the Kingdom. The region team has grown from 5 to 15 employees in Riyadh. Our long-term goal in the Kingdom is to enable smartcities to improve quality of life today while contributing to securing a greener planet for future generations.

Historically, in 1987 Envac installed it’s first system in the Kingdom, at the Royal Committee Medical Centre in Yanbu. It an excellent example of Envac’s durability and quality of design. The system has been in operation for 29 years and still going strong till today.

Iconic developments with Envac systems

King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh
Jabal Omar, Mekkah

Selected on-going projects

Jeddah Mall, Jeddah
STC ( Saudi Telecommunication ), Riyadh

We provide expertise and experience from around the globe with a local perspective and understanding. Envac EMEA’s Middle East offices are located in Doha, Dubai and Riyadh.

Envac is a global, innovative leader in the automated waste collection industry, recognised as the true inventor of the pneumatic waste collection system. Through a commitment to innovation and ingenuity, Envac excels in designing and implementing advanced, resource-efficient waste management solutions. Our vision is to create smarter cities, improve the quality of life today, and help secure a greener planet for future generations.

With 35 offices in 20 countries serving virtually all of the planet, we provide expertise and experience from around the globe with a local perspective and understanding.

The origins of a pivotal question for the future of waste management remain ambiguous. However, the identities of the four individuals gathered around a table at Sollefteå Hospital in Sweden in the late 1950s are clear. They were Torsten Karefelt, an engineer responsible for the hospital’s technical operations; chief architect Olle Genberg; Sten Olsson, a consultant for heating and plumbing; and Olof H. Hallström, the owner and managing director of Centralsug, now Envac.

Their meeting initially focused on discussing a new central vacuum system for the hospital, but then the conversation took an unexpected turn. “If we can vacuum the dust from every corner of the hospital using a single system, why not apply the same concept to waste?” This innovative idea had never been considered before, and its feasibility was uncertain. Nevertheless, Olof H. Hallström and the team embraced the challenge wholeheartedly.