INFINITEWARE Selected by Alba, Tamkeen and Brinc MENA for Open Innovation Program

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world's largest aluminium smelter on a single site, has selected INFINITEWARE as one of three Bahraini SMEs to enter the six-month accelerator phase of its Open Innovation Program, run in partnership with Tamkeen, the Kingdom's labour fund, and Brinc MENA.

INFINITEWARE was chosen for the program's Asset Reliability Challenge, where it will co-develop a proof-of-concept solution that combines AI and IoT to address asset reliability questions across Alba's pot lines, casthouses, and supporting infrastructure.

Ali Al Baqali, Chief Executive Officer of Alba, said innovation underpins Alba's operational excellence and that the program is part of a deliberate effort to bring fresh thinking from the local SME ecosystem onto the smelter's floor.

Yasin Aboudaoud, Chief Development Officer at Brinc, added that the selection of these startups reflects the real value the Open Innovation Program offers to Alba and to Bahrain's broader industrial base, where targeted technology transfer can produce measurable operational gains.

For INFINITEWARE, the engagement extends a long-running focus on industrial AI and predictive maintenance, building on its work with regional energy and engineering groups. The accelerator concludes with a pilot deployment proposal that, if accepted, could lead to wider rollout across Alba's facilities.