Dawood Al Hadabi

Established as a high-quality industrial city with all the necessary infrastructure and facilities for investors, Samail Industrial City is now home to a variety of manufacturing sectors.

What are some of Samail Industrial City’s main defining features?

Samail Industrial City is one of the latest industrial cities being built by the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn), and there is another one in Ibri. Samail began back in 2010, absolutely from scratch. We came with a belief that we were going to build a quality industrial city that would set the standard for tomorrow. The original area was about 8 million sqm, but we have since sought an extension of 4 million sqm, divided into six sectors in the industrial city. These comprise food sector, building materials, metal, marble, and plastics and chemicals, as well as a warehouse to cater to the industrial sectors. Samail differs from the oldest industrial city in Al Rusayl. That had been built in 1983, with all its services located under the road itself. Here, we have kept the services out of the road so that it will be easier for maintenance purposes. We have five gates on our latest project for loading and unloading goods, and the sectors are color coded so visitors can readily identify them and go directly where they need to be.

What kind of industries are currently operating within Samail Industrial City, and where is the majority of investment coming from?

We have many applications pertaining to the chemicals and metals industry, and the marble sector is the latest. We have local marble quarrying nearby, but the raw material must be processed in the city, which means local value added in Oman. We have a 75% Omani investment ratio in this industrial city. In order to increase FDI, we are focusing on the medical and food sectors and plan to extend discretionary rates to incentivize uptake.

What are Samail’s most prominent advantages?

The well-organized structure of Samail Industrial City is its main differentiator. Infrastructure such as internet connectivity is hyper-fast, and with adequate parking catering to all sectors we are a one-stop shop.

How are you adhering to sustainable and green practices for greater efficiency competitiveness and profitability?

We plan to apply solar powered in Sohar Industrial City at the rate of 60MW delivered to factories. If successful, the system will also be applied in Samail to reduce the cost of industrial power.