Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone) recently organised road shows across several Indian cities aimed at attracting more business to the free zone.

The road shows, titled ‘Business Opportunities in SAIF Zone’, were organised in Delhi, Faridabad, Jalandhar, Chandigarh and Gwalior, said a statement from SAIF Zone.

Saud Al Mazrouei, director of SAIF Zone and Hamriyah Free Zone, said: “The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has been extending its support to us in order to organise road shows in India to project the facilities made available by us for setting up manufacturing, assembling, distribution, warehousing, and branch office activities in the UAE.”

“Indians have emerged as important investors within the UAE and the country has become an important export destination for the UAE's manufactured goods. India is UAE’s third largest trading partner for the year 2014-15 after China and the US,” he said.

In Gwalior, the event was chaired by Satyendra Kumar Jain, director of Saffron Transformers Components Ltd. The event was attended by major industrialists and entrepreneurs who showed great interest in expanding their business to the UAE, said the statement.

The SAIF Zone delegation also met several industrialists in Gwalior and visited Kurlon Limited which is India's leading mattress manufacturer, it added.

Raed Bukhatir, deputy commercial director of SAIF Zone, said: “Equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, the free zone offers unbeatable trade incentives and benefits to its investors making it the free zone of choice. Tax exemptions and its world-class infrastructure make it the premiere destination for investment.”

“SAIF Zone is located centrally and well-connected with three major sea ports, adjacent to Sharjah's airport and three major highways connecting UAE and GCC countries,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service