• 2020 December 27 13:41

    Abu Dhabi Ports makes strong case for continued FDI in increasingly advanced zones

    The world’s most competitive industrial parks are also the most inviting and readily predictable for tenants, according to a white paper released by Abu Dhabi Ports, a port operator that owns, manages and operates 11 ports and terminals in the UAE and Guinea, as well as 555 sqkm of industrial and commercial land in the UAE under its Industrial Citites and Free Zone cluster.

    The ‘Key Considerations in Industrial Park Selection – Bringing Predictability to Long-Term, Capital-Intensive Investment’, white paper addresses key factors for local and global manufacturers preparing to set up in any one of the close to 100 industrial parks active across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

    At present, the Middle East is rich with industrial parks, but the UAE leads the field with 47 such zones. It is followed by Jordan with 16, Saudi Arabia and Egypt with 10 each, Oman with five, Kuwait with four and Bahrain three, the white paper reads.

    Abdullah Al Hameli, Head of the Industrial Cities and Free Zone cluster, Abu Dhabi Ports said: “Understanding that policies need to be set in place with the acceptance that they are to continuously evolve is important. It is a critical viewpoint that has enabled the UAE to find success with the development of Economic Zones. This has been particularly the case with Abu Dhabi within the industrial parks sector, where the emirate, under the guidance from its leadership, has established a robust economic climate with one major objective — achieve competitiveness for investors and businesses to operate by offering value-driven products.”

    Industry experts interviewed for the white paper said that the location of an industrial park is of prime consideration for most businesses. It not only determines access to markets but also factors in whether other enablers – human resources, raw materials, vendor ecosystem, and social infrastructure – are all readily available and within close geographic proximity.

    Multimodal connectivity and logistics capability are also crucial considerations for companies in their selection of an industrial park. For example, Abu Dhabi’s industrial zones, which are strategically located with access to over 100 worldwide markets through land, air, and sea, provide a perfect scenario for most companies.

    Furthermore, the white paper examined other key considerations taken by companies, such as the ecosystem, incentives, and financing factors, against the backdrop of the current global economic climate.

    According to the white paper, by 2030, it will be difficult to imagine that there is a trade, logistics, or manufacturing-related company anywhere in the world that does not have at least part of its global operation based in an industrial park.

    Provided due consideration is given to timeline, market, connectivity, eco-system, incentives, finance, value-chains, 4IR, and sustainability, organisations can be assured to benefit from today’s ever-improving industrial park model.

    Since the mid-1990s, the number of industrial parks around the world increased from 800 to over 6,000. Over 70 million jobs have been created globally as a result, and industrial parks have become central to the economic-development agendas of many countries.

    Abu Dhabi Ports, part of ADQ, one of the region’s largest holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy, aims to increase the competitiveness of Abu Dhabi’s economic zones and make them more attractive destinations for investment in the region.

    Abu Dhabi Ports’ Industrial Cities and Free Zone cluster oversees the operations of Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), the largest integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub in the region, and ZonesCorp, the largest operator of purpose-built economic zones and workers residential cities in the United Arab Emirates. Combined, KIZAD and ZonesCorp cover a land area of 5.8 billion sqft (555 sqkm), equal to the size of the city of Manchester, UK, and are currently hosting more than 1,400 global, regional, and local organisations.




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