Objectives | Benefits | Target Sectors | GSPX Statistics

Activities

The major activities of SPX have the following functions:

  • Rich collection of database for various company profiles to rapidly retrieval the information on the existing production capacities and capabilities of industries.
  • Identification of subcontracting companies, suppliers and fulfilling inquiries from foreign or domestic buyers or main contractors and then disseminating to potential subcontractors or subscribers.
  • Assistance to potential subcontractors, suppliers and partners in organizing production clusters and associations and in negotiating agreements with main contractors.
  • The promotion of the activities of SPX and its members is delivered through mailings, press releases, advertisements, personal visits, participation in fairs/exhibitions and Conducting subcontracting promotional activities

Objectives of subcontracting exchange :

  • Centre for Matchmaking

  • Centre for Industrial promotion

  • Centre for Technical information

  • Centre for Processing inquiries of main contractors

  •  Maintain computerized data bank with detailed information of the Main contractor &
     Sub contractor

  • Enhance the productivity and competitiveness large & SMEs

  •  Capacity building of SMEs

  • Facilitate substantial economies of scale

  • Reduce competitiveness

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Benefits :

Benefits
to SUBCONTRACTORS – Suppliers

Benefits
to MAIN CONTRACTORS – Buyers

  • Strengthens their position in the Supply Chain: Regionally & Internationally.
  • Capitalize on their strengths/Reduce their weaknesses.
  • Benefit from supplier development programs.
  • Access to regional & international markets.
  • Broaden their supplier-base
  • Participating in upgrading their supplier
  • Reduce the lead time for supplier identification and selection
  • Ensuring high quality and reasonable price.

BENEFITS
to  INVESTORS/ DEVELOPMENT AGENTS

Benefits
to the Overall Economy
  • Identifying of potential partners.
  • Understanding of the sectors activities.
  • Identifying Supply gaps and opportunities.
  • Strengthening the industrial linkages.
  • Increasing the manufacturing output
  • Identifying sector priorities

 
  • Creates jobs (for subcontractors and suppliers)
  • Optimizes the allocation of industrial resources
  • Increases productivity and competitiveness
  • Spreads benefits (employment, financial, technological) to SMEs (and other segments of the economy)
  • Promotes import substitution (local content)
  • Promotes exports (global outsourcing)
  • Promotes investments

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Target Sectors

SPX carefully chooses subcontractors who manufacture components and parts in the above-mentioned sectors and offers their capacity and know-how to the main contractors or buyers. GSPX cover the primarily following main sectors as initial sectors to work with, namely:

Petrochemicals & Desalination sectors: Oil ; natural gas; petrol ;diesel; plant management ; desalination process; etc.,

Metalworking: Mild steel/Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Castings, Forgings, Pressings, Extrusions & Sintered Metal Parts; Fabrications; decorative items, Tanks, Vessels, Piping Systems; Sheet Metal & Wire Work; Machined Parts; Engineering & Machine Assemblies; Production components: metal furniture etc.,

Plastics and Rubber: Plastic components; Pipes; Fitting; Joints cables; Toys; FRP products; ornaments;
Molding tools; molding products; gasket; bushes; Reinforced Products; Special Rubber Products; Semi-Finished Products etc.,

 

Electrical and Electronics: Switchers & Sockets ;Electric Power house / Generation, Conversion, Storage, Distribution, Transmission Products; Electric Motors ; Installation Safety Devices; Distributors; Safety System; Signaling & Calling Equipment; illumination system; Passive Components; Electronic Sub-Assemblies; Electromechanical Components; Control Engineering; Transport Engineering; Electromagnetic Devices; Electro medical Equipment ; Decorative lights etc.,

 

Industrial services: Consultancy, maintenance, testing lab, technical assistance, logistics, port management, project management, industrial skilled workforce assistance. etc.,

 

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GSPX Statistics:

GSPX is in the process of covering all the GCC region companies by visiting and collecting the company profiles to enable the members to enhance their business matchmaking effectively through its powerful database at GSPX. The current % level of membership distribution by sector is given below:

Membership structure by sector             Membership structure by Country

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