“When a company manufactures locally, employs locally and supplies operations across all seven emirates, it delivers precisely the national value the program was designed to create,” says Salama Alawadhi, Senior Vice President, Group Commercial & ICV & Industrial Development at ADNOC. “Each time ADNOC's demand enables a UAE business to invest, hire Emiratis, build new capabilities or win business in export markets, the economic benefit extends well beyond ADNOC and strengthens the national economy as a whole. That multiplier effect is the true measure of the program’s success.” The profiles that follow show how each of these seven manufacturers deliver value for ADNOC and the UAE through industrial growth, job creation and economic diversification. Abu Dhabi: Al Gharbia Pipe Company At its Abu Dhabi factory, Al Gharbia Pipe Company manufactures carbon-steel pipes measuring up to 60 inches in diameter, with many destined for ADNOC’s offshore operations. “In pipelines, Al Gharbia Pipe Company helped establish the UAE’s first longitudinal submerged arc-welded (LSAW) pipe manufacturing capability,” says Alawadhi. “LSAW line pipe is now 100% sourced from UAE manufacturers.” Commercial production began in 2019 at the KEZAD facility in Abu Dhabi. The pipes are used for line pipe, conductor pipe, structural applications and dredging. The factory combines Japanese steelmaking expertise with UAE production and represents an investment of approximately AED1 billion ($272 million). Al Gharbia supplied 87 kilometres of 34-inch pipe for ADNOC Offshore’s Lower Zakum development and 12.24 kilometres of conductor pipe to ADNOC Drilling. Eight Emiratis are employed and receive structured technical and professional development.