Alba Expands Collaboration with Array Innovation to Include Advanced Data Modelling and AI on Pot Lines for Enhanced Efficiency and Safety

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world's largest aluminium smelter on one site, has expanded its partnership with ARRAY Innovation, a Bahrain-based leader in AI and cloud-native digital solutions, to launch a new high-tech project focused on advanced data science, machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for its pot lines.

Unveiled at Gateway Gulf 2025 Investment Forum hosted in the Kingdom of Bahrain, this initiative brings together Alba's operational expertise and ARRAY Innovation's Quantitative Development team to deliver cutting-edge AI-powered decision support tools for expert Alba operators. The project will model and apply AI to optimise key reactions in the aluminium reduction process, including increasing energy efficiency, optimising bath temperature, and extending pot life. These solutions are expected to reduce costs, minimise downtime, enhance product quality, boost process efficiency, and further improve employee safety - Alba's top priority.

Alba's Chairman of the Board of Directors, Khalid Al Rumaihi, commented on this collaboration: "This new phase of collaboration with ARRAY Innovation accelerates Alba's digital journey.
By integrating advanced data modelling and AI into our operations, we're equipping our teams with powerful tools to drive smarter, safer, and more efficient decision-making.
This project not only strengthens our operational resilience and safety standards but also positions Alba at the forefront of technological advancement in aluminium production."

For his part, ARRAY Innovation Founder and CEO, Alaa Saeed, stated: "This is an exciting and groundbreaking expansion of our work with Alba, that brings ARRAY's advanced data science and machine learning techniques together with the latest AI tools to truly innovate on the potlines. We're very grateful to Alba for recognising the success of the solutions we've already delivered, and trusting our Quantitative Development and R&D teams with this complex project. The collaboration between Alba and ARRAY will generate valuable insights into key processes and reactions inside the reduction cells that will drive efficiency and safety."

Alba has always been an industry innovator, and this project is part of its commitment to lead the sector in adopting Artificial Intelligence in high-impact areas, while ensuring responsible and safe implementation through expert partners like ARRAY Innovation. Each solution delivered under this collaboration forms a core part of Alba's Industry 4.0 initiatives.

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