JIEC, JEA sign investment agreement in specialised food manufacturing

AMMAN — The Jordan Industrial Estates Company (JIEC) and the Jordan Engineers Association (JEA)  on Tuesday inked an agreement pertaining to a new investment in Al Hassan Industrial Estate, focusing on specialised food manufacturing, including fish processing, vegetable slicing and freezing. The agreement was signed by Omar Jwayed, JIEC general manager, and Ali Abu Nuqta, chairman of the board of directors of JEA-owned Ruwad Jordan Company, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.  Jwayed said that this investment is part of the projects benefiting from an incentive project tailored for the agricultural ventures in the industrial estates, as per an agreement signed between the company and the Ministry of Agriculture. There are nine investments under this project, with a total cost of JD4 million, which are expected to create 200 job opportunities for Jordanians, he added.