Sohar Industrial City attracts 55 new investment offers

Sohar: Sohar Industrial City, affiliated to the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (Madayn), has attracted 55 applications for investment in 2023.

Of this, 45 projects were localised and would be established spanning over an area of 461,000 square metres.

Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Mayasi, Director General of Sohar Industrial City, said that the plastic industries complex at Sohar Industrial City received five agreements in 2023 bringing the total investments in the complex to OMR22 million. With seven projects being established, over an area of 80,000 square metres, the project would help in creating 200 jobs in its initial phase.

He said that Madayn’s significant progress has been in completing Sohar Industrial City’s seventh phase development project, reaching an impressive 98.6 percent completion rate.

The project includes a road network of 32 kilometres with street lighting poles, drinking water, a wastewater and a wastewater treatment station with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres. Other development works at the project include a flood protection wall, irrigation network and two water supply tanks with a total capacity of 2,700 cubic metres, he added.

He further mentioned that the ‘Masar’ service centre in Sohar Industrial City provides a streamlined investment hub offering a unified system. The centre offers simplified procedures for investors to obtain all approvals, permits and licences necessary for their investment projects in a one-stop shop within a certain time. - ONA