ADNOC has announced that its supply chain partners will invest AED3 billion ($817 million) in manufacturing facilities across the UAE. This announcement was made at the ‘Make it in the Emirates’ forum in Abu Dhabi.
The new facilities are spread across several locations, including the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD), Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD), Dubai Industrial Park, Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA), Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone), and Umm Al Quwain. These sites will create over 3,500 skilled private sector jobs and produce various industrial products such as pressure vessels, pipe coatings, and fasteners.
These developments are supported by commercial agreements under ADNOC’s In-Country Value (ICV) program. The ICV program aims to leverage ADNOC’s commercial opportunities to locally manufacture AED90 billion ($24.5 billion) worth of products by 2030.
Yaser Saeed Almazrouei, ADNOC Executive Director for People, Commercial and Corporate Support stated: “We welcome our partners’ commitment to advancing local manufacturing through their investments in these state-of-the-art facilities which will strengthen the UAE’s industrial base and create highly skilled private sector jobs. These investments reflect ADNOC’s ongoing drive to support the ‘Make it in the Emirates’ initiative and localize strategic industrial capabilities through our In-Country Value program. We look forward to working with our partners to ensure business continuity and unlock further opportunities for sustainable growth and economic diversification.”
The facilities include newly operational sites, major expansions, and investment commitments. They align with ADNOC’s procurement needs while supporting the ‘Make it in the Emirates’ initiative.
This move builds on ADNOC’s ICV program success since 2018, which has reinvested AED242 billion into the UAE economy and created 17,000 jobs for UAE Nationals in the private sector. Manufacturers, SMEs, and entrepreneurs are encouraged to use the ‘Make it with ADNOC’ app for better insight into upcoming procurement opportunities.
