List of all articles filed under “bahrain-industry-interviews” category.
Salah Janahi, Director of Industrial Areas Directorate, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
That is why Bahrain has focused on industry, which now contributes 17% to our GDP, and The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is planning to increase this to 25% in the coming years..
Gerry Sharkey, Project Director at BIIP (Bahrain International Investment Park)
These investments are part of the substantial amount in excess of 500 million Bahraini Dinars which is about US$ 1.7 billion.
Osama Al Khajah, CEO of Baytik Industrial Oasis
2012 was a very difficult year but as you know we achieved acceptable growth in Bahrain. I think 2013 and definitely 2014 will bring more investments into Bahrain.
Osama Al Khajah Chairman of Baytik Industrial Oasis
The challenges of the Bahrain industry as of today are still access to natural resources, mainly the energy through gas. The other challenge is the limitations of industrial land.
Baytik Industrial Oasis, Osama Al Khajah, Head of Industrial Projects at Kuwait Finance House and Chairman of Baytik Industrial Oasis
We would like Baytik Industrial Oasis to become a leader in Bahrain industrial parks and infrastructure development and also in three to five years it will be the largest specialized developer in the region of Bahrain industrial and economic zones.
Bahrain Logistics Zone (BLZ) Leading Logistics Zone in Upper Persian Gulf, Assistant to Director General at Bahrain Logistics Zone (BLZ), Hamad Fakhro
Bahrain Logistics Zone (BLZ) does have the right mix, local companies and regional companies, as well as international companies. Bahrain Logistics Zone (BLZ) with regard to the criteria.
Bahrain Aluminium GARMCO, CEO of GARMCO, Dr. Adel Hamad A. Rahman Hamad
For GARMCO, Bahrain Aluminium is a small market and GARMCO has to think globally. When GARMCO was set up initially there was no trade in the GCC so you can see how we have developed throughout the years. The other issue is that they produce a very high quality product whereas other mills buy it from smelters that do a lot of recycling which reduces purity. Bahrain Aluminium – GARMCO also is owned by the government of Bahrain and the GCC so Bahrain has a 38% stake in Bahrain Aluminium – GARMCO and 75% in ALBA; therefore, there is a mutual interest in trade for the benefit of the shareholders
Bahrain Aluminium – ALBA, Former CEO, Ahmed Al Noaimi
It is with much pride that I like to say that Aluminium Bahrain – ALBA is the largest modern smelter in the world. While there are other smelters that are bigger than Aluminium Bahrain – ALBA but as far as environmental and safety standards are concerned, Aluminium Bahrain – ALBA is second to none. On safety, Aluminium Bahrain – ALBA numbers speak for themselves. Aluminium Bahrain – ALBA is the only smelter that has reached 9.2 million hours without lost time incidents despite the extremely strict methods Aluminium Bahrain – ALBA uses in counting them. Any absence of one shift of 8 hours is considered to be a loss of time incident while other smelters regard three shifts to be the barometer.
