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Arabia Saudí y Sepes intercambian experiencias en gestión de suelo industrialSaudi Arabia and Sepes exchange experiences in management of industrial land
February 16, 2011
The Deputy Minister of industry of Saudi Arabia and head of Modon, the State company for the promotion of Saudi industrial land, Tawfig Alrabiah, met last week in Madrid with the President and the director-general of
Sepes State entity of soilBeatriz Corredor, and Pedro Saura, respectively, to study the policies for the promotion of industrial land that the Government of Spain and in particular the Ministry of public works through Sepes.
Time of the meeting between Sepes decision-makers and the Saudi delegation.
The encounter is embedded on the visit made by the Deputy Minister to Spain to meet with responsible for public and private Spanish industrial sector, to know what initiatives are being developed here in this area and what and how it could develop in Saudi Arabiaas well as to provide opportunities for business there. In that regard, the meeting with the heads of Sepes objective was to exchange experiences and strategies for creation and management of industrial parks and open a channel of communication and collaboration between the two entities.
Tawfig became interested in initiatives that Sepes has been developing at Spain for more than half a century with the aim of boosting economic activity and achieving territorial balance. In particular, he emphasized in studying the work of construction and management of industrial and logistical ground of Sepes, field in which centres its activity, with 120 performances at the moment, either completed or in development.