Company Insights Kezad Logistics Kezad News Analysis Manufacturing Abu Dhabi’s industrial ambitions begin to bear fruit Abu Dhabi has registered a 63 percent jump in the number of industrial licences issued during the first half of 2023 as the emirate makes progress on plans to double the size of the sector by 2031. In the first full year since the launch of the Abu Dhabi Industrial Strategy, nearly AED15.4 billion ($4.2 […] August 17, 2023 Video length: 04:13 Food & Drink Supermarkets embrace UAE’s brand of plant-based meat Switch Foods, the plant-based meat brand based in Abu Dhabi, is now available at 133 stores across the UAE as the Gulf’s appetite for alternative diets continues to grow. Consumers can now buy its products from retailers including Carrefour, Organic Food Café, Grandiose, Geant, Union Coop, Sharjah Coop, Al Maya, Abella and Spinneys. Online purchases […] August 8, 2023 Video length: 04:13 VIDEO Food & Drink Abu Dhabi’s Switch feeds appetite for meat alternative UAE consumers are some of the biggest meat eaters in the world, so it might seem an unlikely place to open a plant-based meat factory. The Emirates’ average annual consumption of meat per person is 73kg – more than double the global average of 34.1kg, according to Statista. But Edward Hamod, founder and CEO of […] June 14, 2023 Manufacturing Kezad and Al Ghurair Foods sign lease for $272m projects Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AD Ports Group, and Al Ghurair Foods, a part of UAE-based Al Ghurair Investment, have signed a 50-year land lease agreement for three food processing projects worth over AED1 billion ($272.31 million). The agreement marks the first phase of Al Ghurair Foods division’s investments […] April 30, 2023 Analysis Retail Ecommerce delivers the goods for region’s retailers A Dubai free zone has set up an ecommerce platform to help drive growth in the Mena market, as new data reveals 91 percent of regional consumers bought products online in the past year. One in five shoppers said they purchased more online in the past 12 months compared to the year before, with fashion […] January 20, 2023 Manufacturing Kezad signs deal to set up new rolling steel complex in Abu Dhabi Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group), an integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub, has signed a preliminary agreement with Dana Steel, the manufacturing unit of UAE-based Dana Group, to establish its first hot and cold rolling steel complex in Abu Dhabi. Under the terms of the agreement, Dana Steel will invest in developing a […] January 1, 2023 Manufacturing Abu Dhabi’s Kezad set to get $54m recycled paper mill Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group) has signed a 50-year land lease agreement with speciality tissue manufacturer, Star Paper Mill, to establish a new facility to manufacture recycled kraft paper jumbo reels, state-run WAM news agency reported. Under the agreement, Star Paper Mill, in collaboration with RC Paper Machines, will expand its existing capacities […] December 19, 2022 Energy AD Ports and TotalEnergies in deal to develop solar projects Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group), a subsidiary of AD Ports Group, has signed an agreement with TotalEnergies Renewables Distributed Generation Middle East & Africa, an affiliate of French firm TotalEnergies, to explore solar power opportunities at assets across Kezad’s industrial ecosystem, the UAE state-owned WAM news agency reported. TotalEnergies’ Renewables Distributed Generations develops, […] November 22, 2022 Manufacturing Abu Dhabi launches smart manufacturing index A new smart manufacturing index will boost Abu Dhabi’s emergence as a key industrial hub in the Middle East as major international players continue to move into the emirate. The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added) has announced the launch of the index to help facilitate private sector players’ transition to industry 4.0 (fourth […] November 21, 2022 Logistics Noon to build UAE’s largest e-commerce fulfilment centre E-commerce platform Noon.com will build the UAE’s largest fulfilment centre in Abu Dhabi as part of an anchor investment into the emirate’s fast-growing e-commerce space, the UAE state-owned WAM news agency reported. The 252,000 square metres facility will be developed in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), fuelling the next phase of growth in […] November 11, 2022 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 Next
Analysis Manufacturing Abu Dhabi’s industrial ambitions begin to bear fruit Abu Dhabi has registered a 63 percent jump in the number of industrial licences issued during the first half of 2023 as the emirate makes progress on plans to double the size of the sector by 2031. In the first full year since the launch of the Abu Dhabi Industrial Strategy, nearly AED15.4 billion ($4.2 […] August 17, 2023
Video length: 04:13 Food & Drink Supermarkets embrace UAE’s brand of plant-based meat Switch Foods, the plant-based meat brand based in Abu Dhabi, is now available at 133 stores across the UAE as the Gulf’s appetite for alternative diets continues to grow. Consumers can now buy its products from retailers including Carrefour, Organic Food Café, Grandiose, Geant, Union Coop, Sharjah Coop, Al Maya, Abella and Spinneys. Online purchases […] August 8, 2023
Video length: 04:13 VIDEO Food & Drink Abu Dhabi’s Switch feeds appetite for meat alternative UAE consumers are some of the biggest meat eaters in the world, so it might seem an unlikely place to open a plant-based meat factory. The Emirates’ average annual consumption of meat per person is 73kg – more than double the global average of 34.1kg, according to Statista. But Edward Hamod, founder and CEO of […] June 14, 2023
Manufacturing Kezad and Al Ghurair Foods sign lease for $272m projects Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AD Ports Group, and Al Ghurair Foods, a part of UAE-based Al Ghurair Investment, have signed a 50-year land lease agreement for three food processing projects worth over AED1 billion ($272.31 million). The agreement marks the first phase of Al Ghurair Foods division’s investments […] April 30, 2023
Analysis Retail Ecommerce delivers the goods for region’s retailers A Dubai free zone has set up an ecommerce platform to help drive growth in the Mena market, as new data reveals 91 percent of regional consumers bought products online in the past year. One in five shoppers said they purchased more online in the past 12 months compared to the year before, with fashion […] January 20, 2023
Manufacturing Kezad signs deal to set up new rolling steel complex in Abu Dhabi Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group), an integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub, has signed a preliminary agreement with Dana Steel, the manufacturing unit of UAE-based Dana Group, to establish its first hot and cold rolling steel complex in Abu Dhabi. Under the terms of the agreement, Dana Steel will invest in developing a […] January 1, 2023
Manufacturing Abu Dhabi’s Kezad set to get $54m recycled paper mill Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group) has signed a 50-year land lease agreement with speciality tissue manufacturer, Star Paper Mill, to establish a new facility to manufacture recycled kraft paper jumbo reels, state-run WAM news agency reported. Under the agreement, Star Paper Mill, in collaboration with RC Paper Machines, will expand its existing capacities […] December 19, 2022
Energy AD Ports and TotalEnergies in deal to develop solar projects Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad Group), a subsidiary of AD Ports Group, has signed an agreement with TotalEnergies Renewables Distributed Generation Middle East & Africa, an affiliate of French firm TotalEnergies, to explore solar power opportunities at assets across Kezad’s industrial ecosystem, the UAE state-owned WAM news agency reported. TotalEnergies’ Renewables Distributed Generations develops, […] November 22, 2022
Manufacturing Abu Dhabi launches smart manufacturing index A new smart manufacturing index will boost Abu Dhabi’s emergence as a key industrial hub in the Middle East as major international players continue to move into the emirate. The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added) has announced the launch of the index to help facilitate private sector players’ transition to industry 4.0 (fourth […] November 21, 2022
Logistics Noon to build UAE’s largest e-commerce fulfilment centre E-commerce platform Noon.com will build the UAE’s largest fulfilment centre in Abu Dhabi as part of an anchor investment into the emirate’s fast-growing e-commerce space, the UAE state-owned WAM news agency reported. The 252,000 square metres facility will be developed in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), fuelling the next phase of growth in […] November 11, 2022
