04Dec2005 Makkah Attracts $3.5bn Investment

Makkah, 4 December, 2005

Saad Al-Humaid, the Director General of Makkah Industrial Zone, has said that Makkah has attracted SR3.5 billion in new industrial investments for the establishment of 134 new plants in the zone.

With the addition of the new plants, the total number of plants in Makkah will be 235, employing more than 13,000 employees.

Al-Humaid said that at the moment there were 35 plants under construction with 18 plants in the industrial zone and 17 outside it.

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