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Article: Glass breaks new ground in Jebel Ali. (glass container plant)(Special Report: UAE)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- December 1, 1995
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AMER AL-TAJIR has come back home. After a lifetime living almost exclusively abroad, the executive-director of one of Dubai's leading family-owned businesses has returned, not only to enjoy the home life, but also to help launch the company's expansion into Dubai's growing industrial sector. And by next autumn, the first fruits of his efforts will be plain to see when the UAE's first glass container plant comes on stream in Jebel Ali at a cost of $50 million.
The story of the Al-Tajir group, owned and chaired by Mahdi al-Tajir, is testament to the growing attractiveness of Dubai and its industrial sector in the eyes of local investors. Like many other family ...