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2/23/24, 10:18 AM KERNO to manufacture enterprise-class infrastructure products in the UAE as new member of NextGenFDI Program | Emirates …
and cultivate local talent and have adopted an

ambitious ‘Made-in-UAE’ plan whereby they are

committed to keeping development, manufacture, and

support functions within the UAE, as they leverage the

country’s position as a global trading hub to reach

markets across the world.

KERNO is using the NextGenFDI program to help

accelerate the start of its operations in the UAE with the

company’s first phase of 5,000 sqm manufacturing

facility (SMT & Assembly) expected to be in full

operational mode by the 3rd quarter of this year, with

the first UAE-made enterprise-class products being

delivered to customers by the 1st quarter of next year.

Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for foreign Trade

said: “KERNO is an important and welcome addition to

the NextGenFDI program, contributing to the UAE’s

progress towards becoming a technology-driven

knowledge economy. With the rapid digitization of our

societies, there is significant demand from large private

and public sector organisations regionally and globally

for the enterprise-class IT solutions and products that

KERNO will design, develop and manufacture in the UAE.

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