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Dubai Industrial City signs MoU with Kanoo Group

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, September 08 - 2008 at 10:16
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Dubai Industrial City, a member of Tatweer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kanoo Group to assess the leading business group's diversified operations across the UAE and Oman, utilising the Dubai Quality Mark (DQM) standards.

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  • From right to left: Rashed Al Ansari, Vice President of Dubai Industrial City, and Mishal Kanoo, Deputy Chairman, Kanoo Group for the UAE and Oman, signing the MoU.
    From right to left: Rashed Al Ansari, Vice President of Dubai Industrial City, and Mishal Kanoo, Deputy Chairman, Kanoo Group for the UAE and Oman, signing the MoU.
The Dubai Quality Mark (DQM) is managed by Maqayees, the Dubai Centre for Industrial Standards that operates under the umbrella of Dubai Industrial City. It offers an integrated management system to enable companies achieve sustainable quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) performance for higher productivity and enhanced results.

Rashed Al Ansari, Vice President of Dubai Industrial City, signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Mishal Kanoo, Deputy Chairman, Kanoo Group for the UAE and Oman. The signing ceremony was held at the industrial hub's main offices in the presence of senior officials from both organizations.

Rashed Al Ansari said:
"The Dubai Quality Mark (DQM) is internationally accepted as a global benchmark for the integrated QHSE management system standard. It offers an ideal solution for businesses to tackle all operational challenges related to quality, environment, IT security and legislation, health and safety. We are confident the Kanoo Group will immensely benefit from the newly established synergy with Dubai Industrial City."


Mishal Kanoo said:
"It is a privilege to join hands with Dubai Industrial City that shares our commitment to continually upgrade the quality of business processes. We are confident our alliance with the leading industrial destination will allow us to enhance our core deliverables to our clients, and eventually raise Dubai's quality benchmark as the regional standard for committed industry players."


The Dubai Quality Mark is based on the requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 22000 and other international best practices. DQS - the German certification body for management systems - has validated Dubai Quality Mark as fully suitable to establish and implement an integrated management system in compliance with all global standards.

Al Ansari added: "The DQM assessment of the Kanoo Group is the first in a series of assessments that will be completed for major business groups across the UAE. We aim to aggressively spread awareness about DQM and its enormous long-term benefits to companies in the region that seek to upgrade their resources for achieving higher operational results, particularly in the implementation of QHSE standards."

Located on Emirates Road adjacent to Al Maktoum International Airport and the Jebel Ali port, Dubai Industrial City also enjoys a strategic advantage of its proximity to major highways. Covering an area of 560 million sq. ft., it will be a dedicated manufacturing destination comprising six industrial clusters for food and beverage, base metal, mineral products, chemicals, transport equipment and parts and machinery and mechanical equipment.

Designed to incorporate additional facilities for logistics, warehousing and labour accommodation, apart from commercial, residential and entertainment zones, Dubai Industrial City will be an integrated one-stop industrial destination, providing tenants with a critical competitive advantage in human resources, logistics and business operations.
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About Dubai Industrial City:

Dubai Industrial City is the third largest non-real estate project in Dubai and is spread across 560 million square feet of land.

The project is the first dedicated industrial destination in Dubai and comprises six industrial clusters featuring food and beverage, base metal, mineral products, chemicals, transport equipment and parts, and machinery and mechanical equipment.

It is located adjacent to the Al Maktoum International Airport (Dubai World Central) and in close proximity to Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone, with easy accessibility to major highways such as Sheikh Zayed Road, Emirates Road and the Dubai Ring Road.

The city is designed on a live, work and play model and offers a multitude of different complimentary facilities and services under its roof, for logistics, warehousing, labour cities, industrial training, in addition to commercial, residential and entertainment zones for schools, residence, shopping centres, recreation and entertainment facilities, as well as furnished apartments and hotels that position Dubai Industrial City as a comprehensive one stop-shop destination.

Dubai Industrial City provides tenants with a critical competitive advantage in human resources, logistics and business operations. The city is expected to accommodate around 500,000 people when it is completed by 2015.

About Tatweer:

Launched in December 2005 Tatweer is one the region's most promising enterprises and a Member of Dubai Holding. It owns market-leading companies and manages an ambitious business development plan.

Its current portfolio is divided into Energy & Healthcare, Tourism & Entertainment, Industry & real eastate. Its entities are Dubai Healthcare City, the region's hub for world-class quality healthcare services; Mizin, one of the most advanced real estate companies in the region; "The Tiger Woods - Dubai" an exclusive golf community that will include a Tiger Woods designed Golf Course; Dubailand, one of the biggest leisure, entertainment and tourism destinations in the Middle East region; Dubai Industrial City, an industrial township to develop Dubai as a leading manufacturing hub; Bawadi, the world's leading hospitality and entertainment project bringing 31 hotels and more than 29,000 hotel rooms; Dubai Mercantile Exchange, the first commodity futures exchange in the Middle East; and Global Village, which brings together 160 different countries showcasing myriad cultures.

A Member of Dubai Holding, Tatweer and its entities will continue to consolidate a group of life-improving industries. In addition, it has pioneered the market with joint venture initiatives with leading companies such as the New York Mercantile Exchange or the Saudi Research and Publishing Company.

Tatweer will continuously strive for world-class performance implementing leadership development to drive and sustain business excellence, quality and high performance.

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