H.E. Mr. Abdullah bin Adel Fakhroo, Minister of Industry and Commerce, affirmed the Kingdom of Bahrain's pride in the growth of investment projects and international factories based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, noting the facilitations provided by the Government to enhance the Kingdom's investment position as a gateway for business in the region, and ensuring a  friendly industrial environment for these projects to thrive in, which contributes to attracting major international projects to the Kingdom.

This came during a meeting between the Minister of Industry and Commerce and Mr. Maher Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and CEO of Universal Rolling Factory, where they reviewed a number of topics of common interest and developments and mechanisms of work in the factory.

During the meeting, H.E. Fakhro praised the new steps taken by the management of Universal Rolling Factory to transform the facility into an advanced environment-friendly facility, and their work to increase productivity according to local and international standards, noting factory's significance as one of the largest steel factories in the Kingdom of Bahrain for rebar production.

For his part, Mr. Maher Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman and CEO of Universal Rolling Factory, noted the keenness of the Kingdom of Bahrain to promote and develop partnership between the public and private sectors and raise the contributions of the private sector to the economy and national development.​