Investments in the manufacture of glass and glass products in the GCC countries reached $2.6bn in 2015, the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (Goic) said in a new report.
The report, published by Goic’s Gulf Industrial Knowledge Centre, said 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.
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 $2204mn to $2440mn (2.6 CAGR) and the labour force expanded from 15,406 to 20,107 workers (6.9% CAGR).
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.
The Centre publishes detailed industrial reports on various industrial sectors in GCC countries, including food products, medical products, plastics, textiles, leather, chemical and petrochemical products, engineering, environment, recycling and other important sectors.
Goic is a regional organisation that brings together the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen.
Based in Doha, Goic is an advisory knowledge-based institution aiming at developing regional industries by providing data, information, specialised researches, consultations and technical services for the public and private sectors in GCC countries.