The UAE as an Industrial Hub
Countries are increasingly seeing the benefit of diversifying their energy mix in tandem with expanding – or even launching – local manufacturing. The UAE has invested heavily in both its manufacturing capabilities and energy mix to strengthen supply chains and help enhance economic diversity and energy security. By growing its manufacturing capacity sustainably, the UAE is localising and reinforcing supply chains while creating job opportunities associated with the energy transition.
Supported By
The UAE’s sustainable industrial development is underpinned by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s (MoIAT) national industrial strategy, Operation 300Bn. The strategy focuses on more than doubling the contribution of the industrial sector to national GDP from AED 133 billion ($36.2 billion), supporting economic diversification. The strategy contains several programs, including Industry 4.0, which aims to promote the adoption of advanced technology across the industrial sector to increase sustainability and productivity. The UAE also recently launched the Technology Transformation Program, which aims to develop 1,000 technological projects over the next 10 years and boost exports of technological products by around AED 15 billion ($4.1bn) a year. The program will add AED 110 billion ($29.9 billion) to GDP annually and draw AED 11 billion ($2.9 billion) in investments. The programs that fall under Operation 300Bn are targeted at 11 priority sectors, which include hydrogen, advanced manufacturing, and agricultural technology, among others.
Ultimately, by implementing Operation 300Bn, the UAE aims to transform into an advanced global manufacturing hub, enabled by technology and powered sustainably.
Such a competitive hub will attract international investors. The ‘Make it in the Emirates’ campaign is one of the programmes empowering local and international investors and innovators to expand their businesses and export their products to new markets. The campaign is an open invitation to local and international investors and innovators to engage with MoIAT and to benefit from the UAE’s exceptional value proposition, including energy security, availability of raw materials, National ICV pogramme, and advanced digital infrastructure.
The Smart Manufacturing Zone at ADIPEC 2022 will help bridge the gap between the energy and manufacturing sectors to advance economic and energy security, equity, and sustainability. The Zone provides a forum for leading local, regional and global manufacturers to convene and engage with energy decision-makers. It will enable attendees to focus on developing domestic manufacturing ecosystems to build resilience, drive profitability, leverage future growth opportunities and overcome net-zero carbon emission challenges.
The 'Make it in the Emirates' campaign is an open invitation to local and international inverstors and innovators to engage with MoIAT and to benefit from the UAE's exceptional value proposition of SMEs and entrepreneurship programmes to fulfil their ambitions of developing, manufacturing and exporting their products from the UAE.
For more information visit, https://moiat.gov.ae/en/make-it-in-the-emirates
UAE’s Industrial & Manufacturing Growth in Numbers
- UAE industrial sector to contribute AED 300 billion to GDP by 2031.
- The UAE will invest $163.35 billion to achieve 50% clean energy by 2050.
- Investments will create 13,600 jobs in Abu Dhabi’s industrial sector.
- ADNOC has signed agreements for local manufacturing opportunities worth $5.7 billion with UAE and international companies.
- Abu Dhabi’s manufacturing sector is expected to more than double to $46.82 billion by 2031.
- Industry was the second-largest contributor to the emirate’s non-oil GDP in 2021.
- UAE advanced five places in the UNIDO Competitive Industrial Performance Index in 2021.
- $11.27 billion was redirected to the UAE market in 2021 through the National ICV programme.
Hear from Industry Experts
We believe that advanced technology and sustainability go hand in hand, and it is this philosophy which underpins the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s transition to Industry 4.0. Meeting here on the eve of the UAE’s golden jubilee, and as we look back on the remarkable achievements of the last 50 years, I cannot overstate the importance of the UAE, and ADIPEC 2021, in shaping the global oil and gas sector.
Her Excellency Sarah Bint Yousif Al Amiri
Minister of State for Advanced Technology
United Arab Emirates
The oil and gas sector is closely linked to Operation 300bn, which is implemented by the Ministry in cooperation with federal and local government entities and the private sector. The petrochemical industry is a priority within the strategy, alongside clean energy, such as hydrogen, for which the UAE seeks to be a global leader in its production and export.
HIS EXCELLENCY OMAR AL SUWAIDI
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology
United Arab Emirates
Event Core Sectors
3d Printing
The materials sector is being rapidly digitised and interconnected through Industry 4.0. New materials are being adopted and 4IR technologies are being used in material management, handling, and processing.
Additive Manufacturing
The IIoT is revolutionising many aspects of manufacturing operations. By taking networked sensors and intelligent devices that utilise big data and artificial intelligence (AI), and putting those technologies to use directly on the manufacturing floor, IIoT is making factories more efficient, safer and more cost-efficient.
Advanced Composites
In an era of Supply Chain 4.0, data optimisation using big data, AI, machine learning and blockchain across supply chains drives better efficiencies, better value and cost savings, and offers faster and leaner global logistics.
Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR)
Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software is utilised to reduce the time required to design and prototype without reconfiguring or retooling the manufacturing line. CAM is now taking on a wider role in all operations of a manufacturing plant, including planning, management, transportation and storage.
Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Customisation of instrumentation and control systems, paired with evolving technologies, allows for turnkey, precise solutions that enhance efficiency, improve production or operations, and create long-term cost savings for owners and operators.
Industrial Automation, Robotics And Lasers
The rise of digital technologies means multiplying the potential vulnerabilities of the smart factory. Therefore, manufacturers should build an effective manufacturing cybersecurity programme to identify, protect, respond to, and recover from cyberattacks.
Instrumentation and Control
Cloud computing offers significant advantages in the computational power required for applying AI and other smart manufacturing technologies. In addition, cloud solutions for manufacturing operations promise scalability, flexibility, process optimisation, and increased transparency across different assets.
Material Informatics
With the Middle East robotics market forecast to grow by $166.18 million between 2020 and 2024, robotics in industrial automation bridges traditional manufacturing with the latest smart technology, offering increased reliability, precision, consistency, and durability.
Materials Management 4.0
The manufacturing sector is integrating sustainable materials and involving renewable energy sources into their processes to lessen the burden of waste on the planet and allow for the implementation of a circular economy.
Nanotechnology
By leveraging the power of nanotechnology, the manufacturing sector will benefit from an almost infinite source of value-addition, in the form of strengthened performance of industrial products, retained at an atomic level.
Responsive and Smart Materials
Additive manufacturing such as 3D printing and rapid prototyping brings digital flexibility and efficiency to manufacturing operations by creating lighter and stronger parts and system.
Supply Chain and Logistics
By employing a data-driven approach for the design and discovery of materials, enhanced by principles of informatics, computational techniques, and , machine learning, AI, and material informatics optimises the arrangement and modelling of materials data.
Surface Engineering
Advancements in materials science allow for creating smart materials and products with programmable properties and diverse qualities, from thermo-, electro-, and photochromism to piezoelectricity, shape memory, self-healing, and phase-change attributes, among other characteristics.
Sustainable Materials
With the global advanced composites market projected to grow by $51.8 billion by 2027, manufacturers are continuing to innovate within resins, fibres, substrates, matrices, and finishes to build custom composites for improved performance and regulatory compliance and reducing cost.
Simulation
The process of modifying or coating the surface of a component to enhance and protect its properties has a vital role to play in modern manufacturing. Research and applications development is helping the industry meet the dual challenges of improving the performance characteristics and durability of components and address sustainability challenges.
Twin Engineering
The process of modifying or coating the surface of a component to enhance and protect its properties has a vital role to play in modern manufacturing. Research and applications development is helping the industry meet the dual challenges of improving the performance characteristics and durability of components and address sustainability challenges.
SMART MANUFACTURING STRATEGIC CONFERENCE
The ADIPEC 2022 Smart Manufacturing Conference provides a platform for the manufacturing industry to foster discussions around industrial growth and to identify the challenges and opportunities for manufacturing in the drive for a net-zero carbon economy. Energy demand continues to rise even as the global supply chain continues to navigate challenges often beyond its control. Simultaneously, consumer expectations around the negative environmental impacts of logistics and supply chain activities remain as strong as ever. Manufacturers across the energy industry are presented with an opportune moment to explore new collaborations and identify future-forward solutions.
The Smart Manufacturing Conference brings together manufacturers from across the energy industry to consider how rapidly evolving technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and advanced robotics will unlock greater value, boost productivity and transform value chains. Join key manufacturing energy industry players and thought leaders as they share strategies and address opportunities around supply chain localisation, foreign direct investments, technology advancements, talent, circular economy, and energy efficiency.
SMART MANUFACTURING TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
The ADIPEC 2022 Smart Manufacturing Technical Conference will showcase the latest innovations and practical solutions, addressing complexities manufacturers are facing in the digital era. Through case studies and real-time demonstrations from expert practitioners, attendees will gain a first-hand insight into technology and innovation that is enhancing industry efficiency.
With greater emphasis on responsive and distributed supply chains, IIoT continues to drive growth by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced data analytics. Additive manufacturing has the potential to reshape the current manufacturing practices, transforming linear business models worldwide into resourceful, circular economies.
Implementing these technologies to increase smart automation in manufacturing processes will be instrumental in adapting to the changing nature of supply chain volatility. It is essential that the industry keeps up with new developments and the next phase of growth in the energy and manufacturing industries.
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