Six new factories are to be opened in Al Ain this year by the Construction Products Holding Company (CPC), reported Emirates Business.
Director of business and administration affairs development Dr Faisal Ibrahim Al Sulaiman Al Aqeel said that CPC is one of the Middle Easts largest building materials companies. CPC has factories in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Senegal and Algeria and will soon open new companies and factories in Qatar and India. He added that the company has a building materials factory in Mussaffah, Abu Dhabi, which started production some months ago.
In addition six new factories are being built in Al Ain and are due to be completed this year, with production starting by December. The six factories will cost US $200 million and include a ready-mix cement works and glass- and steel plants. They are located at a large industrial compound belonging to the company. The company plans further expansion in Abu Dhabi.