Manufacturing

Zamil Air Conditioners, the leading international manufacturer and service provider of air conditioning systems in the Middle East, has been awarded multiple contracts to provide custom climate control systems for the first phase of Makkah Metro Railway project.

The regions oil producers are set to pump nearly US$22 billion into new aluminium projects and expansion of existing smelters in the next five years as part of an ongoing industrial drive to move away from reliance on oil exports, reports Emirates 24/7.

Emirates Steel, the largest integrated steel producer in the UAE and a strategic steel player in the Middle East steel industry, recently signed a US$1.1bn, seven-year project financing agreement with a consortium of seven conventional banks and two Islamic finance institutions.

Abu Dhabi has unveiled its largest infrastructure project to date: the world?s biggest industrial zone project which is being built in Taweelah. 100 per cent foreign ownership rights will be granted to specific industrial units that add value to the emirate?s drive for economic diversification.