- Foreword
An introduction to the Industrial Clusters program from president, Azzam Shalabi.
ObjectivesSpecific goals of the Industrial Clusters program.
OrganisationHow the program and individual clusters are structured.
ExpertiseSpecific areas of expertise and key people within the program.
PartnersOrganisations that work closely with and support Industrial Clusters.
- Strategic advantages
More about the many advantages KSA offers industrial investors.
InfrastructureAn overview of KSA’s modern and expanding industrial and business infrastructure.
Human capitalEducation, training and demographics of KSA’s world-class labour pool.
Investment incentives and supportA guide to the incentives and support available to industrial investors.
- Labour regulations
More about working practices and regulations in Saudi Arabia.
Trade agreementsSaudi Arabia is an active member in many trade organisations worldwide.
TaxationLearn about Saudi Arabia's highly favourable taxation and duty levies.
Setting up a businessHow Industrial Clusters can advise on establishing a business in KSA.
SAGIAThe Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority can facilitate investment and support.
- Minerals and Metal Processing cluster
The opportunities for metals and minerals industries and downstream applications.
Automotive clusterWhy KSA is well-placed to meet growing demand for vehicles and vehicle components.
Plastics and Packaging clusterHow plastics conversion builds upon the success of KSA’s petrochemicals industry.
Home Appliances clusterKSA’s resources can meet soaring demand for home appliances in the Middle East.
Solar Energy clusterMore about the potential for creating the components for and generating solar energy.
Other industriesBeyond the Industrial Clusters, KSA has a raft of long-established and successful industries.
Industrial Clusters program supportMore about the support Industrial Clusters can offer to industrial investors.
AbdulMajeed Al-Maymoon
Eng. AbdulMajeed Al-Maymoon
Director Clusters Industrial Enabling
National Industrial Clusters Development Program
(IC)
Eng. AbdulMajeed holds a postgraduate Diploma in the Theory and Practice of Advanced Design, Manufacture and Management from Cambridge University, UK and a Bachelor's, with Honour, in Applied Chemical Engineering, from KFUPM University, Dhahran Saudi Arabia.
He gained 11 years' experience with the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) in Technical Evaluation. The evaluation included follow-up project implementation through to commercial startup.
AbdulMajeed's role in Technical Evaluation covered all major elements related to Capital Costs, Operating Costs, Technology Assessment & Selection, ITB Evaluation and Execution strategy. At SIDF, he also handled Sipchem Acetic Acid Complex, TASNEE Polymer Complex and SAUDI KAYAN projects. In total, AbdulMajeed conducted more than 45 Project Technical Studies for small, medium and large scale projects in different industrial sectors.
AbdulMajeed left SIDF in 2009 as Senior Technical Consultant and joined the National Industrial Clusters Development Program (IC) as an Industrial Enabling Specialist. One year later he was appointed Director of Clusters Industrial Enabling where his duties are focused on how the IC's targeted industries can be enabled through KSA's industrial regularity framework and current industrial sector capability, as well as lobbying different government agencies.
AbdulMajeed is also the Saudi-side General Secretary of the Saudi Japan Industrial Cooperation Joint Taskforce and is a member of the Advisory Committee for Sipchem Product & Application Development Center representing the Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals.
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