The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn) on Tuesday celebrated the launch of Madayn Vision 2040 at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre under the patronage of H E Qais bin Mohammed al Yousef, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion.

Madayn Vision 2040 aims at creating world-class business cities while maintaining the Omani identity to contribute to the sultanate’s economic growth. The vision revolves around promoting comprehensive and sustainable economic and social development through strengthening public-private partnership, developing and operating business cities with integrated services, and keeping pace with the variables and adopting best solutions and technologies to meet business requirements while conforming to the environmental standards.

Speaking at the ceremony, H E Dr Saleh bin Said Masan, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and 

Investment Promotion for Commerce and Industry, and chairman of Madayn’s board of directors, stated that Madayn Vision 2040 comes in implementation of the directives of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik for the government bodies to develop long-term strategies and plans in pursuance of Oman Vision 2040.

“Madayn Vision 2040 is a result of the efforts that lasted more than a year of analysingthe vision, national priorities and strategies of Oman Vision 2040 in order to build institutional goals that contribute to enhancing the sultanate’s competitiveness. We aim through the outputs of Madayn Vision 2040 to enhance the sultanate’s competitiveness in attracting foreign investments, localising domestic investments and enhancing industrial production,” Masan said.

Hilal bin Hamad al Hasani, CEO of Madayn, pointed out that Madayn Vision 2040 is derived from the national priorities and goals of Oman Vision 2040 for the coming period.

“Madayn Vision 2040 outlines 26 institutional goals and policies, through which we intend to implement 42 programmes and 384 scheduled projects. Through this vision, we aim at achieving RO15bn of investment volume, and localising projects that shall touch 10,000 projects in various fields towards the end of the plan. Of these projects, we aim at localising 6,500 industrial projects (factories) that shall provide around 270,000 job opportunities,” Hasani elaborated.

He added that the key projects of Madayn Vision 2040 include completing the development of the industrial cities in Sur, Buraimi, Suhar, Raysut, Nizwa, Al Mazunah Free Zone and Knowledge Oasis Muscat.

“New industrial cities are also coming up in Ibri, Thumrait, Shinas, Al Mudhaibi and Al Rawdah, in addition to specialised industrial complexes such as the plastic industries complex in Suhar Industrial City, precision manufacturing and nanotechnology in Sur Industrial City, and pharmaceutical industries complex and food industries complex in all the industrial cities, as well as metal works industries in several industrial cities,” Hasani informed.

The vision also incorporates the establishment of specialised logistics complexes, light industries complexes, workforce and residential townships, facility complexes, and alternative energy projects in the industrial cities.

New projects

During the event, Madayn announced its upcoming major projects, which include the Motcar Project. Motcar Project is an integrated city specialised in car trading, car spare parts, accessories and services to be established in Suhar Industrial City. Motcar aims at presenting a regional centre for the import and re-export of cars, machinery and related services to and from various countries with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa region.

Madayn also announced Nafith Oman Project, which is an integrated system that aims at managing and facilitating the entry and exit of vehicles to/from the current and future industrial cities of Madayn. This project represents a key pillar of the infrastructure development strategy of the industrial cities to keep pace with the technology trends and provide value-adding services.