Amman: The Jordan Industrial Estates Company (JIEC) organized a promotional tour of Zarqa Industrial Estate (ZIE) for a delegation from the East Amman Industrial Investors Association to showcase the city's investment opportunities, incentives, and integrated business environment as Jordan's first green industrial estate built around sustainability, innovation, and environmental standards.
According to Jordan News Agency, JIEC Board Chair Obaid Yassin stated in a company statement that ZIE represents a strategic project aligned with Jordan's Economic Modernization Vision, aimed at positioning the national industrial sector among the kingdom's leading productive industries and establishing Jordan as a promising regional industrial and investment hub despite regional geopolitical challenges.
Yassin mentioned that the city was developed according to advanced engineering standards for industrial zones, noting that the completion of its first phase reflects the company's commitment to its implementation timeline to attract industrial investments in the coming period. He added that the board is currently studying several options to present to industrial investors to enhance investment attraction to the city.
JIEC Director General Oday Obaidat highlighted that the company has already attracted seven industrial investments in the ZIE across multiple sectors and is preparing to launch a promotional campaign targeting local and international markets to highlight available opportunities. He emphasized that ZIE is the first green industrial estate in Jordan, featuring renewable energy solutions and Internet of Things systems, alongside water harvesting projects and natural gas supply aimed at reducing energy and water costs.
Obaidat explained that the first phase spans 1,386 dunums out of a total 2,475 dunums, with a total cost of JD 35 million, including developed industrial plots and ready-built facilities covering 21,000 square meters. Preliminary studies indicate the estate could attract around 217 industrial investments in its first phase, generating about 8,500 jobs.
The chair of the East Amman Industrial Investors Association (EAIIA), Iyad Abu Haltam, and delegation members praised the infrastructure of ZIE, along with its investment advantages and incentives, stressing the importance of partnership with the JIEC to promote the estate and present available investment opportunities to the business community and visiting delegations.
The estate is expected to ultimately host about 530 industrial companies, creating nearly 21,000 jobs, leveraging its strategic location 30 kilometers from Amman and 15 kilometers from the Zarqa Free Zone, targeting sectors including electronics, mobile devices, medical equipment, engineering industries, and automotive manufacturing.