Since July 1st 2008, Uhde Shedden has taken over the management of the Uhde Engineering Consulting (Shanghai) office. Yasser El Fahham has now moved from his previous assignment as General Manager Engineering and Supply at Uhde Shedden Thailand, to take up the position of Managing Director of UECS and Steven Ling has been appointed to the position of Manager Business Development. In addition to general engineering and project management, UECS has strong capabilities in procurement from the highly competitive Chinese fabrication and manufacturing market. UECS has a strong focus on the pre-qualification of suppliers and provision of high quality inspection and expediting resources, in order to ensure the required quality and reliability of delivery. UECS's procurement services are offered to Uhde Shedden clients’ for projects throughout the world