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Interviews & Viewpoints | Andreas Schwer, CEO, Saudi Arabian Military Industries: Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
Articles & Analysis | Agreements with international aerospace and defence manufacturers result in a rising number of joint ventures and investment opportunities in Saudi Arabia from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
Agreements made with international manufacturers of military hardware could result in thousands of skilled jobs for Saudi citizens and substantial investment in the Kingdom. The deals comprise the first steps of a plan to create a domestic defence industry capable of supplying more than half of its annual demand for advanced weapons systems,...
Articles & Analysis | Saudi Arabia's small and medium-sized enterprises fostering new job opportunities and economic growth from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
The role of SMEs is being re-evaluated in the light of Vision 2030, which has made boosting their contribution to GDP a key part of its strategy to create opportunities in a thriving economy. A new government agency, the SME Authority (SMEA), was created in October 2015 to champion small businesses. SMEA notes that while in many advanced...
Articles & Analysis | Increased metals production capacity in Saudi Arabia ties in with steadily rising demand from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
Ambitious plans to develop and expand automotive manufacturing are being drawn up, with a view to capitalising on the increasing availability of raw materials and a strong domestic market for cars and trucks. In August 2018 the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources (MEIM) announced that the Kingdom “is currently developing a city...
Articles & Analysis | Leveraging the Fourth Industrial Revolution's impact on Saudi industry from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2019
The 4IR has been described as a SR1trn ($266.6bn) opportunity for Saudi Arabia, but experts are warning that the Kingdom’s industries will have to adapt rapidly if they are to make the most of it by 2030. Following on from mechanisation, mass production and digitisation of production, the next step change in industrial development will be to...
