13/11/2013
The second session of the meeting of industrialists about change and Saudization
Industrial clusters project: change needs a lot of effort from stakeholders and investors
Praise the role of the Ministry of Petroleum in support of the initiative of industrial clusters
At the second industrial clusters project dominated by the Ministry of petroleum and mineral wealth to develop visions and strategies for cooperation with stakeholders which found critical acclaim from the audience, said Executive Vice President of specialty chemicals company SABIC Abdullah bin Saad Al-rabe'a through the first worksheet from within the meeting titled (proposed creating specialized clusters) that the concept of change to industrial clusters require a lot of effort by stakeholders and investors, adding that the proposal would be a significant change in the Development of the industrial sector in the Kingdom.
Al rabiah said in the meeting that saw a number of industrialists and the new ideas and the many distinctive that the problem lies in turning these ideas into reality, but the presence of the Kingdom in the oil markets and the credibility of the large resulting from being the largest oil producer in the world would so much that we have succeeded in some levels but I coincide the successes of big oil. Al-rabeeah said that industrial services as equivalent to 3 billion are exported to abroad, pointing out that the project can achieve big goals, most notably producing high quality chemicals we can rely on. Al-rabeeah said that Saudi Arabia will produce basic materials for rubber industry over two years to produce locally and provide needed market indicating that Saudi Arabia imported rubber hoses by more than 10 percent.
And the project proponent said rabiah that contribute significantly to the development of the sector, adding that the model is capable of achieving our goals in developing industries and stressing that the proposal was designed after many industrialized countries known for rubber industry. And about plastics and related industries, said that the private sector had not matured at the local level there are different plastic materials, some live for long periods and for limited periods of strong plastic material that keeps the look like metal material, adding that the engineering plastics are manufactured from materials for factors. Al rabiah said that industry must take place at a private gathering is driven by the heart of the industry, noting that most of the materials we use are imported, calling for open dialogue to serve this area. Al-rabeeah said that separates us from achieving the dream in building project is the strategic framework at the local level as well as many of the decisions are not implemented by the investors.
Alhamdan was saying that the factories would be all in one place and this is the added value that linked the focal point provides the technical and information which makes it easier to enter the market, unlike what happens if plants are scattered throughout. Ralph pointed out that other benefits is that the product would be a very low profit margin and the industrial association will have a special department dealing with all products, spare parts and other information, saying that some groups would be easy access to airports and seaports. In the third paper which campaign title (examples of investment opportunities in industrial groupings) Engineer returned rabiah to announce that many of the materials used in the manufacture of rubber imported from abroad to the value of $ 2.2 billion, adding that it will increase the coming years as regards the costs of packaging
In the third paper which campaign title (examples of investment opportunities in industrial groupings) Engineer rabiah announce that many of the materials used in the manufacture of rubber imported from abroad to the value of $ 2.2 billion, adding that it will increase the coming years as regards the costs of packaging. Al-rabeeah said that we have a gap resulting from the export of raw chemical material abroad to be used and then return to the manufacture of materials for use in various purposes indicating that materials extracted, but we don't have thiatha techniques. In a paper titled fourth (specialized industrial clusters – the role of focal points for technology and innovation (the Director-General of the Department of technical and specialized chemicals unit Dr Hatim that company have different and be distributed in several industrialized countries of access to technologies, adding that the company could not rely on those techniques and is developing continuously, stressing that the former possess special applications are currently work in Riyadh.
The intruder that SABIC has 150 new products annually manufactured for the needs and demands of the market as well as more than 9,000 patents, 10 company and platforms have been developed. The fifth paper titled (saudization program of training for Saudis to work in specialized gatherings) made by the Senior Manager of the Department and contractors ' saudization SABIC and talked about it once the training program on the Web site received 75,000 application even though we are no longer one of the posts, but training with access to posts in the event of successful completion of the program, which means that applicants interested in training. Al-rabeeah said in a recent paper titled (future steps) that our training program ensures the quality of education that students studied by pointing out that the program comes out 9 thousand students annually, stressing that the efficiency of human resources is leading an important part of future change.
