Economic Zones World Bi-Monthly Newsletter - Jebel Ali Free Zone

PAGE 3Jafza and DAZ take Part in UAE-JapanBusiness ForumForceful Presence Generated Strong Investor Interest in FreeZone Facilities(From left to right) Mr. Abdulla Sultan, Secretary General, UAE Federation of Chambers ofCommerce & Industry, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Economy, Mr.Ibrahim Al Janahi, Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales, Jafza and HE Saeed Al Nowais, UAEAmbassador to Japan at the UAE-Japan Business ForumJebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) and DubaiAuto Zone (DAZ), wholly-ownedsubsidiaries of Economic Zones World,have once again, by their compellingpresence at the forum, succeeded inattracting huge investor interest fromthe Japanese business community intheir respective facilities.The UAE-Japan Business Forum 2007held in Tokyo on April 24-26, wasorganised by the Federation of UAEChambers of Commerce & Industry,Japan External Trade Organisation andIndex in collaboration with EconomicZones World, Ministry of Economy,Ministry of Finance and Industry,UAE and Department of Tourismand Commerce Marketing-Dubai.The Forum provided a platform forbusiness communities from both sidesto interact with each other to explorebusiness opportunities and enhancejoint ventures.The high power delegation from theEconomic Zones World at the Forumcomprised Mr. Ibrahim Al Janahi, SeniorVice President, Commercial Sales, Jafza,Mr. Talal Al Hashmi, Managing Director,DAZ and Mr. Fouad Mohammed,Assistant Sales Manager, Jafza.Huge business opportunities in theMiddle East region and Jafza’s uniquestrength as the most efficient regionalhub, and its value driven offeringsas a business facilitator for tappingthe potential in the region’s affluentmarkets were highlighted in Jebel AliFree Zone presentations and inone-to-one investor interactions.Talal Al Hashemi introduced distinctivefeatures of DAZ, which is designed tobe the most comprehensive marketplace for the auto industry cateringto buyers, sellers, service providers,principals and traders, to Japaneseinvestors at the forum. He also visitedsome of the leading Car and HeavyEquipment Auctioneers to apprise themof the huge business opportunities inthe region and Dubai Auto Zone’s valueofferings as a market place.Jafza and DAZ together receivedqueries from more than 100 Japaneseinvestors so far. Jafza is currentlyhome to over 100 leading Japanesecompanies. According to the Dubaitrade statistics Dubai Free Zone Importsfrom Japan in 2006 amounted to AED10.76 billion while its non-oil exportsto Japan stood at AED 91.78 million.(From left to right) Mr. Ibrahim Al Janahi, Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales, Jafza, Mr. EssaBin Nasser Al Serkal, Prominent UAE Businessman, Mr. Talal Al Hashimi, Managing Director, DAZand Mr. Fouad Mohammed Saleh, Assistant Sales Manager, Jafza at UAE-Japan Business ForumJafza to Further Enhance Its Portal eServicesInitiative Aims to Provide Greater Functional Ease to its CustomerMs. Fatima Salem, Executive Vice President,Customer Service, JafzaJafza, in pursuit of its commitment tocontinuously upgrade its CustomerServices, plans to introduce more than100 administrative services to Jafzabasedcompanies online over the Dubaitrade Portal. The new services will beintroduced in phases and will be fullyoperational in the next four months.“The introduction of new online servicesaims at enhancing Jafza Companies’Toshiba Gulf FZE, the regionalheadquarters of Toshiba Corporation,responsible for the sales and marketingof Toshiba’s diversified product rangein the Middle East, Africa and the CISmarkets, has recently completed tenyears in Jafza.In the last ten years, Toshiba has firmlyestablished itself as a market leaderin the region in the IT, ConsumerElectronics and Office Automationdomain. “We are today among thetop three players in the region incutting-edge Portable PCs, Televisions,DVD Players, Home Appliances andMulti Functional Printers,” said Mr.Yasuyoshi Matsunaga, ManagingDirector commenting on Toshiba’sremarkable growth in the region sincethe establishment of Toshiba Gulf FZEin January 1997. “In the Portable PCsegment, with US$ 300 million plusturnover, Toshiba is the second largestplayer in the region. Toshiba’s “Qosmio”operational efficiencies. The neweServices, once operational, will allowJafza companies to avail almost alladministrative services over the portal.The initiative is part of Jafza’s ongoingpursuit for excellence and reflects ourdeep commitment to customer service,”said Ms. Fatma Salem, Executive VicePresident, Customer Service commentingon the introduction of new eServices inJafza shortly.With these additional portal offeringsJafza will allow free zone companies toavail online services for transactionspertaining to company employmentcards, access/identity cards, drivinglicence, employee services, dependentservices, health card services, lease/licence renewal, letter requests,registration amendments, residencepermit, vehicle registration services,visa services, etc. The new services willalso allow Jafza companies to performactions like approve, cancel, submiton multiple service requests and willalso provide them the ability to queryservice requests submitted via the Portalor at the service counter.Toshiba Completes Ten Years in JafzaAchieves Robust Growth to Emerge Market Leader in the RegionNotebook series, which integrates thefull portfolio of multimedia applicationssuch as DVD, music and video into it,has seen a remarkable success in theregional markets. Our flat-panel LCDTVs and Plasma Display Panels offer thelatest and the best technologies makingus the market leaders in this segmentas well,” Mr. Matsunaga adds.We are looking forward to furtherstrengthening our presence in theregion with more and morecutting-edge products across multiplesectors in the coming years. Beingthe commercial and logistics hubof the region, Dubai and Jafza giveus immense freedom and flexibilityto handle our regional operationsmost efficiently, Mr. Matsunaga sayscommenting on Toshiba’s strategicfocus in the region. With continueddouble digit growth Toshiba expects itsturnover to touch US$ 0.6 billion markby the end of the current fiscal year.Issue6(01-08-07).indd 68/2/07 4:34:30 PM