Industry of Glass and Glass Products In GCC

Manufacture of Glass and Glass Products in the GCC
13 November 2016

 

GOIC’s Gulf Industrial Knowledge Centre: Specialised Studies and Reports

203 factories and up to 2.4 billion USD worth of investments

 

GOIC’s Gulf Industrial Knowledge Centre continues to publish detailed industrial reports on various industrial sectors in GCC countries. These reports are available on the website in easily accessible categories. Topics include: food products, medical products, plastics, textiles, leather, chemical and petrochemical products, engineering, environment, recycling and other important sectors.

The Gulf Industrial Knowledge Centre is a website that was designed in Arabic and English to provide all sorts of industrial information about the Gulf region. It offers a unique set of GOIC’s industrial studies, industrial investment opportunities and up-to-date reports on several industrial sectors. To view and buy the reports or to download free reports, you can visit www.knowledge.goic.org.qa.

A recently published report revealed that the manufacture of glass and glass products represented approximately 7% of the total factories, 6.4% of the total investments and 7.3% of the total labour force in building materials manufacture in 2015.

 

Investment: 2440 million USD

 The number of factories operating in this industrial activity increased from 151 in 2011 to 203 in 2015 (7.7% CAGR), and during the same period of time, investments jumped from 2204 million USD to 2440 million USD (2.6 CAGR) and the labour force expanded from 15406 to 20107 workers (6.9% CAGR).

This class includes the manufacture of glass in all forms, made by any process and the manufacture of articles of glass. In details, it includes:

The manufacture of flat glass, including wired, coloured or tinted flat glass

The manufacture of toughened or laminated flat glass

The manufacture of glass in rods or tubes

The manufacture of glass paving blocks, glass mirrors and multiple-walled insulating units of glass

The manufacture of bottles and other containers of glass or crystal

The manufacture of drinking glasses and other domestic glass or crystal articles

The manufacture of glass fibres, including glass wool and non-woven products thereof

The manufacture of laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware

The manufacture of clock or watch glasses, optical glass and optical elements not optically worked

The manufacture of glassware used in imitation jewellery

The manufacture of glass insulators and glass insulating fittings

The manufacture of glass envelopes for lamps and the manufacture of glass figurines

 

 

Evolution of the manufacture of glass and glass products in the GCC

 

 

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Factories

151

164

167

196

203

Investments – million USD

2,204

2,286

2,304

2,404

2,440

Labour force

15,406

16,288

16,335

18,627

20,107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

2013

2014

2015

Average growth (5 years)

Average growth in the number of factories operating in the manufacture of glass and glass products

8.6

1.8

17.4

3.6

7.7

Average growth in the investments in the manufacture of glass and glass products

3.7

0.8

4.3

1.5

2.6

Average growth in the labour force of the manufacture of glass and glass products

5.7

0.3

14.0

7.9

6.9

 

 

Structure of the manufacture of glass and glass products in the GCC

 

  

 

 

 



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