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Dubai Industrial City signs MoU with Bank of Baroda to finance investors in the industrial destination

  • United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, June 23 - 2009 at 13:47
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Dubai Industrial City (DI), a member of Tatweer, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of Baroda (BoB), a leading international bank, to finance investors across the light and medium industrial hub.

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  • Signing the MoU.
    Signing the MoU.
The MoU agreement was signed by Mr. Rashed Al Ansari, Vice President, Dubai Industrial City and Mr. Ashok K. Gupta, Chief Executive, GCC Operations, Bank of Baroda.

Following the signing ceremony, Al Ansari, said:
"The agreement is an initiative by Dubai Industrial City to support our clients across our six industrial zones and is a win-win situation that will provide investors with financial facilities to meet their requirements. The Bank of Baroda has a tremendous amount of experience in industrial financing, both inside and outside the UAE, and the agreement will give the bank access to a diversified portfolio of industrial projects and contribute positively to the growth and expansion of our destination."


Dubai Industrial City has more than 500 industrial clients who are actively engaged in building various industrial factories across its six industrial zones, along with commercial free hold properties across the commercial areas of the city.

On this occasion, Gupta said the bank will be able to help DI clients in setting up their projects from the conceptual stage through execution. He stressed that the bank has a fully fledged Syndication Centre in Dubai and the Centre will cater to the important requirements of companies including arranging and underwriting syndicated loans, buyers and supplier's credit and bonds/FRNs.

For large projects, the bank will take full responsibility by underwriting and arranging the syndicated loans and leveraging their relationship with other banks to support projects.

Bank of Baroda offers an entire range of products and services, giving DI clients and project financers, access to various financial services including working capital limits, non fund based limits, fixed deposits, remittance services, trade finance related services, treasury services.

Under the agreement, Bank of Baroda will also join DI on road shows through parts of the world where the bank is present and operational, as well as supporting DI through the organisation of meetings with various companies to help attract more clients to the industrial hub.

Bank of Baroda is India's third largest bank and has an extensive network of over 3000 branches in India and 75 overseas offices in 24 countries. In the UAE, Bank of Baroda offers full fledged banking services covering various sectors of the economy, including the industrial sector. It has six branches in Dubai, Deira, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Ras-Al- Khaimah and two Electronic Banking Service Units (EBSUs) at Jebel Ali and Mussaffa.
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About Dubai Industrial City
Dubai Industrial City (DI), a member of Tatweer, is set up on 560 million sq ft of prime land, with the aim of catalysing the growth and expansion of the industrial sector in the United Arab Emirates - especially in high value added manufacturing and production in the sectors of Machinery & Mechanical equipment, Transport Equipment and parts, Base Metal, Chemicals, Food and Beverage and Mineral Products.

Dubai Industrial City provides one of the region's finest business environments and is a one-stop facility for industry and related sectors such as logistics, assembly and warehousing, vocational training and labor residences.

DI City's strategic location near (Dubai World Central) the new Jebel Ali Airport City, the Jebel Ali Free Zone and Port; trans-Emirates highways, including Sheikh Zayed Road and Emirates Road, provides easy and convenient access to global transportation points via road, air and sea.

About Tatweer
Tatweer is a member of Dubai Holding and one of the largest and fastest growing business conglomerates in the region. Tatweer's name is synonymous with some of the largest developments in Dubai and an equally extensive portfolio of prestigious projects in the pipeline.

Launched in December 2005, Tatweer owns and manages a strategic group of entities across six diverse industry verticals: Leisure and Entertainment, Commodities, Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and Real Estate.

Tatweer currently focuses on project development within the UAE and advance strategic long term partnerships such as Partners-Harvard Medical International; the internationally renowned golfer Tiger Woods; IRCA Global, and Universal Studios.

Tatweer's entities comprise Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), Dubailand, The Tiger Woods Dubai, Bawadi, Dubai Industrial City, Global Village, IRCA Middle East, Mizin, and Dubai Mercantile Exchange.

For more information on Dubai Industrial City:
Aseel Nihad
Associate Account Manager
Jiwin Public Relations
Phone: +971 4 3613584

Nagy Sedra
Assistant Marketing Manager - PR
Dubai Industrial City
Tel: +971 4 3643400

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