Gulf contractors specifying Type 2 SPD for main boards are pulling deliveries further forward. Data-centre, HVAC and street-lighting packages around Riyadh, Dubai and Doha all call for 20–40 kA modules with a visible status window.

The practical constraint is not the MOV itself — it is bilingual cartons, Arabic manuals and a thermal-disconnect that survives 50 °C storage. Importers who skip those three items send lots back from the port.

We hold a GCC packing spec on the SPD cell so a standard 40 kA 4P module ships with the same carton art whether the buyer is in Jeddah or Abu Dhabi.