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Media In – Abu Dhabi – 26 February 2019
The Industrial Development Bureau of the Department of Economic Development (Abu Dhabi) has organized two workshops under the Industrial Dialogue Program to review the challenges facing the industrial sector in the fields of concrete, cement products and plastic bags to improve and improve the quality of industrial products and increase their competitiveness locally and regionally.
Eng. Ahmed Hilal Al Baloushi, Executive Director of the Acting Bureau of Industry Development, said that this initiative comes within the framework of the Department’s efforts to involve the private sector in decision-making regarding sustainable economic development, which has a significant impact on reaching the strategic objectives of the industrial sector in Abu Dhabi. As one of the most important engines of the emirate’s economy.
He pointed out that the workshops included in the “Industry dialogues” involve decision makers from factory owners, directors and consultants of the Bureau of Industry Development and representatives of governmental and semi-governmental bodies with competence to discuss the status of the industrial sector in terms of development and promote the growth of strategic industrial areas and improve productivity levels through Overcoming challenges in the industrial sector.
Eng. Ahmed Al Baloushi said that the “Industry dialogues” program launched last year is based on the organization of specialized workshops for various industrial fields such as plastics, building materials, iron, metals, aviation, petrochemicals, etc., to present the most important procedures and incentives offered by the office. Owners of industrial establishments.
He pointed out that the program aims to open channels of direct communication with the factories to be the nucleus to achieve the real partnership between the Bureau of Industrial Development and Industrialists as a major contributor to the important role in achieving the strategic objectives of the industrial sector in the emirate, calling on the owners of industrial enterprises to interact with this program and participate in workshops to be organized Periodically.
The first workshop was devoted this year to discussing the challenges of the industry in the field of concrete and concrete products, where a number of challenges faced by construction and iron factories were discussed, such as fluctuations in energy prices, increasing operational costs, lack of adequate labor cities, Local product for market competition.
The representatives of cement factories and cement products recommended the establishment of a website that includes the plans of the Abu Dhabi government in the field of construction during the next three years, during which the volume of construction in various fields such as education, health, oil sector, infrastructure and others will be clarified so that the existing factories, Expected work so as to avoid additional costs as a result of unutilized labor or equipment.
