Give Your Business the KEZAD Advantage

KEZAD Group is the UAE’s largest operator of fully integrated economic zones, business services, staff accommodation and industrial real estate solutions.

Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi - KEZAD Group - empowers your business with unmatched access to markets through a world-class transport infrastructure with multimodal connectivity by sea, road, air and in future rail networks, connecting you to over 4.5 billion consumers across the region.

Offering both Free Zone and Domestic Economic Zone jurisdictions, KEZAD is committed to creating competitive business ecosystems that encourage sustainable growth, through an open, agile, and integrated environment. This attracts foreign and local investment to Abu Dhabi by offering market access, low operating costs, and ease of doing business both regionally and globally.

KEZAD’s 12 economic zones are located in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra Region. KEZAD offers 100% foreign ownership, 100% repatriation of capital and profit, the potential for duty-free trade within the region, and advanced technology platforms that bring together the port community systems with the economic zones. These exclusive offerings allow both clients and partners to be more competitive in an everchanging global environment.

One of the Largest Economic and Logistics Ecosystems

KEZAD Group, under AD Ports Group’s Economic Cities & Free Zones Cluster, supports AD Ports Group as an enabler of maritime trade businesses which provides vital set-up, transportation convenience and services, and hosts close to 1,900 clients from 17 industrial sectors, including (but not limited to) Food Processing, AgTech, Life Science, Speciality Chemicals, Plastics & Polymers, Metals, Retail & Logistics, Pharmaceuticals, Hi-Tech & Green Energy, Building Materials, Oil & Gas and Automotive.

Covering a total area of 550km2 including 100km2 designated as Free Zone, KEZAD Group currently has more than 572,000m2 of prebuilt facilities and more than 40 staff accommodation complexes with a capacity of over 450,000 beds under its subsidiary KEZAD Communities.

Focus Sectors

KEZAD will be of particular interest to companies operating in its focused sectors where significant advantages are available. These sectors are automotive, food & AgTech, life science, metals, polymers and speciality chemicals.

A Regional Hub for the Automotive Industry

KEZAD offers customised industry solutions for automotive manufacturers, parts makers, distributors and aftermarket products and service providers seeking to explore the markets in the Middle East, Africa, India and Europe.

Key Business Advantages for the Auto Sector

• Ready infrastructure for manufacturing and retail

• Cost-efficient utilities and logistics solutions

• Port-integrated industrial ecosystem

• Easy and efficient raw material access

Be Part of the MENA Region’s Pioneering Food and AgTech hub

KEZAD provides the perfect base for food processing, AgTech, storage, and distribution activities in the UAE and offers companies access to major markets within the region.

KEZAD nurtures businesses by providing infrastructure ready-land plots, readyto-move-in warehouses, customised and built-to-suit facilities, access to advanced laboratories and specialised logistics solutions, reliable utilities, efficient waste management and a pollution-free environment.

Key Business Advantages for the Food & AgTech Sector

• Close to source and consumption markets

• Reliable and predictable availability of utilities

• Access Advanced laboratory services

• Pollution-free operating environment

• Efficient infrastructure for waste management

• Packaging, printing & specialised logistics solutions within the zones

Join the MENA Region’s Pioneering Life Science Hub

As the region’s premier life science industry hub, KEZAD fosters a biopharmaceutical and life sciences nucleus, enabling science for a better life. Businesses thrive in the Life Science Sector in KEZAD with access to the most comprehensive AI-Powered National Genome Programme, and a world-class health information exchange connecting businesses to hospitals, insurances and other health systems

Key Business Advantages for the Life Science Sector

• Strategic Investment Incentive Programmes

• Investment capital for select strategic projects

• Business Guarantees and Partnerships

• Robust regulatory environment

Specialised Ecosystem for the Metals Sector

KEZAD offers the perfect platform for primary metals and metals conversion industries to serve the construction, infrastructure and industrial development projects in the Middle East and African markets.

Key Business Advantages for the Metals Sector

• A dynamic metals ecosystem and infrastructure

• Reliable supply of power gas and water at highly competitive rates

• Presence of anchor industries enabling easy access to raw materials: aluminium & steel

• Unique hot metal road to deliver aluminium in molten form to the factory

• Large areas of serviced land plots for future expansions

Specialised Ecosystem for the Polymers Sector

KEZAD offers the plastics and polymers sector the distinctive advantage of connectivity, cost-efficiency, supportive environment, and various additional benefits expected of a world-class polymers hub.

Key Business Advantages for the Polymers Sector

• Volume rebates on raw materials available within our zones

• Essential products and services in polymers value chain within the zones

• Shorter transits and lower order batch sizes to reduce supply chain costs

• Large areas of serviced land plots for future expansions.

Specialised Ecosystem for the Speciality Chemicals Sector

KEZAD provides a comprehensive speciality chemicals ecosystem from an interconnected network of support industries, access to onsite natural gas and raw materials, proximity to bulk dry and liquid storage facilities, third-party logistics to specialised transportation services.

Key Advantages

• Access to an abundant supply of feedstock

• Availability of liquid storage facility

• Upcoming hub for Hydrogen & Green Ammonia production

• Reliable supply of gas, power and water

• Compliance with In-Country-Value (ICV) requirements

• First Lithium production facility in the Middle East.

KEZAD’s Offerings

Whatever your sector, KEZAD has exceptional offerings for your business.

• Serviced Land Plots

KEZAD can accommodate industries of any scale due to the meticulous master plan of its economic cities and free zones. Because the Group comprises multiple economic zones, we allocate land by grouping certain industries and service providers based on how best they can benefit one another. Value is created by leveraging anchor clients and facilitating synergies and operational efficiencies; clients can utilise products produced by another within the zones.

This gathering of collective expertise also creates a business environment that fosters research, growth and the development of skills and talents.

• Pre-built Facilities

Pre-built Facilities at KEZAD Logistics Park (KLP), Abu Dhabi, are ideal for storage, logistics, and light industrial activities. Businesses can thrive within a growing industrial and business hub and can minimize capex costs by setting up operations in KEZAD.

KLP is comprised of pre-built, welldesigned modular warehouse units equipped with fast access loading docks for trucks, raised docked floor levels and clear open spaces for the eaves. Each unit has its own dedicated loading yard with ramp access for forklifts and designated on-site parking. >>>

• Build-to-Suit Solutions

Build-to-Suit is an approach to real estate development where KEZAD Group manages the process of delivering a facility from start to finish that is tailor-made to a client’s specific requirements.

KEZAD’s Build-to-Suit developments are unique in that they provide a streamlined collaborative process that draws upon the breadth and depth of our experience in developing industrial and logistics real estate.

• Free Zone Offices and Business Startup Solutions

KEZAD Incubation Hub offers businesses of all sizes a cost-effective company setup solution with an exclusive Free Zone business licence in Abu Dhabi, 100% foreign ownership and no VAT to pay.

Offering the most competitive Free Zone business packages in the UAE, KEZAD Incubation Hub provides a wide range of options suitable for both short-term and long-term plans for entrepreneurs and start-up entities.

Businesses can also set up a free zone company in three easy steps:

1. Choose the package;

2. Submit the documents and payments;

3. Receive the Free Zone Business Licence

Specialised Zones and Hubs

Abu Dhabi Food Hub – KEZAD

An Integrated Food Trading and Logistics Development

Abu Dhabi Food Hub – KEZAD in collaboration with Rungis is a publicprivate partnership between AD Ports Group and Ghassan Aboud Group. It is a purpose-built marketplace to facilitate domestic and international food trade. With modern infrastructure facilities, supported by an ecosystem of logistics services providers, government-backed services, and general commercial services, the market is set to become the region’s new centre for food trading and logistics.

An integrated ecosystem comprising trading pavilions, logistics providers, cold and dry warehouses, government support services and commercial support services.

Global Auto Hub – Abu Dhabi

An Integrated Automotive Export and Distribution Hub

Global Auto Hub – Abu Dhabi is a Public-Private Partnership between AD Ports Group and Ghassan Aboud Group. It is set to become one of the region’s largest automotive export and distribution hubs trading globally across all automotive product categories.

The hub will consist of dedicated areas for trading new and used passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, heavy equipment and machinery, spare parts, mobility players, and aftermarket products and services, further strengthening the UAE’s position as a globally connected regional automotive trade and distribution centre.

Rahayel

Rahayel is an integrated community stretching across 4 km² of automotive focused businesses.

It is a one-stop-shop automotive cluster in the Middle East with the highest standards of safety and sustainability, and conveniently located in KEZAD. With world-class infrastructure, Rahayel is strategically designed to cater to all automotive activities, and create a dynamic ecosystem comprising trading, customisation, repair, residential, retail, and recreational activities.

Golden Visa Offers

The Golden visa is a long-term residence visa which enables foreign talents to live, work or study in the UAE while enjoying exclusive benefits. Investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, outstanding students and graduates, humanitarian pioneers and frontline heroes are among those eligible for the Golden visa.

The Abu Dhabi Golden Visa offers long-term residency to investors and innovators. It is available to top talent from around the world who wish to live, work and grow in Abu Dhabi for years to come. The Abu Dhabi Golden Visa is valid for up to ten years and offers a wide range of visa options for talented professionals such as doctors, scientists, inventors, real estate investors, entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives.

An Investment in the Future

KEZAD offers an investment in the future and, through its exceptional benefits, partnerships and connectivity, it is attracting an increasing number of clients including leading international brands operating in various different fields.

Contact

For dedicated support every step of the way, contact KEZAD Group Abu Dhabi Office Tel: +971 800 10 20 30

Email: enquiry@kezad.ae https://www.kezadgroup.com

A Platinum member of the ABCC, KEZAD Group is Headline Partner for ABES2023.