the investment-friendly environment and incentives in Jordanian industrial estates, which encouraged a Lebanese investor at the beginning of 2021 to establish a chocolate and candy manufacturing project in Jordan. The favorable investment climate in the Kingdom, particularly the strategic location and incentives in Madaba Industrial Estate, played a significant role in this decision.
Today, investor Bassam Al-Gharawi begins his initial production operations in Madaba Industrial Estate with a 25% production capacity and an initial export volume of 1.5 million JOD, expected to reach 20 million JOD annually. The project has created 150 job opportunities for residents of Madaba across various professions and specializations.
Benefiting from the incentives in Madaba Industrial Estate, this factory is among the largest companies attracted to the estate, occupying around 20 dunams with three floors built using the latest engineering techniques. Its high-quality products are exported to various global markets, including the Gulf, the USA, Brazil, and Australia.
Believing in continuous improvement, Al-Gharawi has established a development and training unit to build employee expertise, aiming for a unified management approach between Jordan and Lebanon. The company has plans to enhance workers' skills, culture, and behavior.
Al-Gharawi chose Jordan due to its strategic location, political and security stability, and the benefits provided to industrial investments, along with the export markets accessible to Jordanian products. He mentioned that the project, in its various production phases, aims to achieve full production capacity, providing approximately 1,000 job opportunities for the residents of Madaba.
He highlighted the factory's architectural system, costing 15 million JOD, which includes designated areas for production lines, packaging, shipping, and comprehensive employee facilities.
The Jordan Industrial Estates Company, managing Madaba Industrial Estate, stated that this investment adds significant value to the estate’s investment movement, offering high-quality Lebanese-Jordanian products to global markets and creating awaited job opportunities for Madaba’s youth.
General Manager Omar Jouied welcomed all Arab investments in Jordanian industrial estates, which have thrived in the attractive investment climate. He invited Lebanese, Arab, and foreign investors to benefit from the opportunities in Jordanian industrial estates, aiming for the desired integrated Arab industry.
Jwaid announced that the number of investments in Madaba Industrial Estate has reached 34 industrial companies with a total investment of approximately 22 million JOD, expected to provide around 1,400 job opportunities in their initial operational phases.
Madaba Industrial Estate is located in Madaba Governorate, developed in its first phase over an area of 250 dunams. It is 40 km from Amman and 13 km from the governorate center, close to Queen Alia International Airport and the desert highway connecting the south and north of the Kingdom. Due to high investment demand, the Jordan Industrial Estates Company has started constructing new industrial buildings (the third phase) over an area of 11,000 square meters after utilizing all buildings established over 18,000 square meters.