Month: January 2025

The current phase involves evaluating 10 factories against the Smart Industry Readiness Index, which encompasses three main pillars and 16 dimensions to provide a detailed analysis of their preparedness.

Eng. Idris bin Hassan Al Sinan, Head of the Knowledge-Based Industries Department at MoCIIP, emphasized that the project targets transforming 30% of Oman’s factories into smart facilities by 2026. A specialized team, including experts from GOIC and the International Center for Industrial Transformation, is conducting field visits to assess the factories’ current capabilities and identify development opportunities.

Eng. Al Sinan emphasized that the evaluations analyze readiness and also offer actionable recommendations to enhance performance, improve productivity, and reduce operational costs. He added that these efforts align with the Ministry’s vision of creating competitive, technology-driven industries that generate quality jobs suited to modern educational outcomes.

The Ministry has called on all factories aspiring to digitally transform to join the initiative, highlighting the opportunities for enhanced efficiency and market competitiveness.

Source:https://www.thearabianstories.com/2025/01/04/oman-accelerates-industrial-revolution-with-launch-of-smart-production-factories-project/

Indian company ShriVallabh Pittie Global Ventures Ltd’s subsidiary SV Pittie Sohar Textiles and Oman’s National Training Fund recently signed an agreement under which 1,000 Omanis will be trained at SV Pittie Training Centre in Sohar to be employed in the company’s textile project. The agreement was signed on the country’s national day on November 18.

The yarn manufacturing facility of the company is an entirely new enterprise in Oman.

SV Pittie Group, established in 1898, is one of the largest Indian yarn manufacturers. The Sohar centre is being built with an investment of $300 million on a 27-hectare area and will be equipped with 300,000 spindles and 7,000 rotors. Phase 1 of this project is scheduled to be commissioned soon.

The plant will annually import 100,000 tonnes of cotton from various countries, like the United States, Australia and India. It will produce finished yarn, which will then be exported to major textile markets residing in China, Bangladesh, Turkey and Pakistan, according to Omani media reports. (DS)

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MAIRE (MAIRE.MI) announces that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary CONSER, its technology licensor for high-value chemical derivatives and biodegradable plastics, has been awarded by Al Baleed Petrochemical Company (ABP) the technology licensing, the process design package and catalyst supply for a Maleic Anhydride plant to be located in the Salalah Free Zone, in Oman.

The plant is part of a chemical park that ABP is developing for the value chain of LPG, methanol and ammonia and will have a capacity of 50,000 tons per year of maleic anhydride, an intermediate used for the production of biodegradable plastics.

The scope of work entails licensing and the process design package for CONSER’s proprietary maleic anhydride technology, as well as the technical assistance during project execution, up to commissioning and start-up. Additionally, CONSER will supply the related catalyst.

This project represents an important step in positioning Oman as a key player in the biodegradable plastics market, leveraging on Salalah Free Zone logistics hub for the petrochemical and natural materials processing sectors.

Alessandro Bernini, CEO of MAIRE, commented: “This award consolidates MAIRE’s position as a world leader in maleic anhydride and its derivatives technology, confirming our role as a technological enabler in strategic geographies”.

source:https://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textile-news/maire-wins-contract-for-maleic-anhydride-plant-in-oman-298107-newsdetails.htm