• Creating new investment opportunities with good returns.
• Achieving a good return for the project owner.
• Employing the workforce and improving their economic and social level.
• Achieving good returns, cash flows and added economic value.
• Optimal use of project resources and assets.
• Achieving a high level of quality.
• Maintaining a competitive price level enables the project to obtain its target share.
• Contributing to covering part of the increasing demand for water tanks.
• Using the latest technologies in the field of water tank manufacturing and training workers on them.

Industrial sector in GCC countries

The industrial sector is the cornerstone of the renaissance of global economies, and its indicators are indicative of the extent of countries’ progress and development. If it weren’t for the strength of the industrial sector in some Western countries today, the people of the Arab world would not have pointed to it. Given the importance of this vital sector, “Mashroo3k ” Company would like to present to you the following most important keys to the sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries:

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:

• Number of producing factories: 8258 factories.
• Number of licensed workers: 968,121 workers.
• The capital of these factories is estimated at about 1,256,616 million riyals.
• The largest industrial activities in terms of the number of factories producing non-metallic minerals (1641 factories), followed by the rubber and plastics activity with a number of factories reaching (1122 factories).
• The Riyadh region has the largest number of factories (3,332 factories), followed by the Eastern Region with a number of factories reaching (1,877 factories), then the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region (1,741 factories).
• Small factories in the Kingdom represent 43.7% of the total number of factories (3671 factories). The number of workers in them is 111,354 workers.
• Medium-sized factories in the Kingdom represent 46.6% of the total number of factories (3907 factories). The number of workers in them is 379,342 workers.
• Large factories in the Kingdom represent 9.7% of the total existing factories (813 factories). The number of workers in them is 477,425 workers.
• There are 1801 factories under construction in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The number of licensed workers in these factories is estimated at 78,650 workers. The capital of these factories amounts to 68,481 million riyals.
• Riyadh region accounts for 40.4% of the total factories under construction (728 factories).

United Arab Emirates:

• According to the latest census, the number of existing factories is 6481.
• _ Number of workers: 737,126 workers.
• The number of establishments operating in the manufacturing sector is 32,654 establishments.
• The value of production in the UAE manufacturing sector is AED 448,127 million.
• The coke and refined petroleum products industry is the largest industrial activity in terms of production value, with its production – according to the latest official statistics – amounting to approximately 119,787 million Emirati dirhams.
• The value of industrial exports today exceeds 240 billion dirhams.
• The UAE aspires to be ranked 25th in the Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, noting that it has been ranked 38th for years.
• _ The state strategy supports the establishment and founding of 13,500 small and medium enterprises.

Kuwait:

• Number of industrial establishments: 5539 establishments.
• The number of workers in the sector is 160,654 workers.
• Total production is worth 35,929,708 thousand Kuwaiti dinars.
• The number of establishments employing (1-10) workers is 4,526 establishments. The number of workers in these establishments reached 24,048 workers. The production value of these facilities reached 250,322 thousand Kuwaiti dinars.
• The number of establishments employing (11-19) workers is 464 establishments. The number of workers in these establishments reached 6,871 workers. The total production value reached 113,126 thousand Kuwaiti dinars.
• The number of establishments employing more than 20 workers reached 549 establishments. The number of workers in these establishments reached 129,735 workers. The total production value of these establishments amounted to 35,566,260 thousand Kuwaiti dinars.

Qatar:

• Number of industrial establishments: 3467.
• Number of workers in these establishments: 161,872.
• Small and medium industries account for about 84% of the total factories operating in the country.
• The manufacturing industry contributes to the GDP by about 9.2%
• Establishments with less than (10 workers) equal 1799 establishments, and the number of workers in them is 8,305 workers.
• Establishments with more than (10 workers) equal 1668 establishments. The number of workers in these establishments is 153,567 workers.

Sultanate of Oman:

• There are 61,217 establishments operating in the manufacturing sector in the Sultanate of Oman.
• The workforce in the manufacturing sector in the Sultanate is equal to 237,000 workers.
• The manufacturing industries contribute about 9.6% to the GDP of the Sultanate of Oman.
• 31.4% is the contribution of manufacturing exports to the total exports of the Sultanate.
• The growth rate of manufacturing industries is estimated at about 6% during the past five years.
• Number of producing factories: 8258 factories.
• Number of licensed workers: 968,121 workers.
• The capital of these factories is estimated at about 1,256,616 million riyals.The largest industrial activities in terms of the number of factories producing non-metallic minerals (1641 factories), followed by the rubber and plastics activity with a number of factories reaching (1122 factories).
  
  
• The Riyadh region has the largest number of factories (3,332 factories), followed by the Eastern Region with a number of factories reaching (1,877 factories), then the Makkah Al-Mukarramah region (1,741 factories).
• Small factories in the Kingdom represent 43.7% of the total number of factories (3671 factories). The number of workers in them is 111,354 workers.
• Medium-sized factories in the Kingdom represent 46.6% of the total number of factories (3907 factories). The number of workers in them is 379,342 workers.
• Large factories in the Kingdom represent 9.7% of the total existing factories (813 factories). The number of workers in them is 477,425 workers.
• There are 1801 factories under construction in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The number of licensed workers in these factories is estimated at 78,650 workers. The capital of these factories amounts to 68,481 million riyals.
• Riyadh region accounts for 40.4% of the total factories under construction (728 factories).