{"id":116966,"date":"2026-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?p=116966"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:59:26","slug":"mro-hub-coming-to-al-ain-more-steel-production-for-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/05\/12\/mro-hub-coming-to-al-ain-more-steel-production-for-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"MRO hub coming to Al Ain + more steel production for Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Sanad to build AED 480 mn aircraft engine repair hub in Al Ain<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"id.9uggywl5efsw\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>A new MRO facility coming to Abu Dhabi: <\/strong>Mubadala\u2019s aerospace engineering and leasing arm Sanad is investing AED 480 mn into a new advanced aircraft engine components repair center in Al Ain, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaoffice.abudhabi\/en\/economy\/sanad-to-build-aed480m-engine-repair-hub-in-al-ain-region-advancing-abu-dhabis-aerospace-ecosystem\/\" style=\"\">Abu Dhabi Media Office<\/a>. Once fully operational, the center is expected to lift repaired component volumes in Sanad to around 65k annually. By 2030, the site is expected to support all major engine platforms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why now? <\/strong>Bringing such capabilities in-house fits in with a wider UAE drive <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/05\/11\/how-miite-2026-became-an-inflection-point-for-the-uaes-industrial-strategy-amid-regional-disruption\/\" style=\"\">to reduce reliance on external suppliers<\/a>, as well as expand its technical offerings and compete more directly with larger international MRO players, especially as newer engine technologies enter the commercial fleet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Steel expansion keeps rolling through Dubai Industrial City <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"id.ngsxhd5tvzvo\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Dubai-based <\/strong><strong>Assent <\/strong><strong>Steel Industries is pouring AED 120<\/strong><strong> mn into its Dubai <\/strong><strong>operations<\/strong>, aiming to expand production capacity for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/business\/investment\/assent-steel-industries-to-expand-structural-steel-fabrication-at-dubai-industrial-city-ifssqo1g\" style=\"\">press release<\/a>. The investment, tied to a new musataha agreement with Dubai Industrial City, covers roughly 2.2 mn sq ft of new development space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The new facility is expected to become operational by 2Q 2028<\/strong>, with phased expansion linked to project demand. Once completed, Assent\u2019s capacity is set to increase to roughly 130k tonnes per year from around 100k tonnes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 2030, the new hub will offer repairs for all major engine platforms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1552],"tags":[47,306,7,1916,61],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-116966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-aviation","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-sanad","tag-steel","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"e006fc11-987c-4056-ba25-f737b4c4290b","order":"10","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/3\/1365.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"MRO hub coming to Al Ain + more steel production for Dubai","related_issue":[116951],"teaser":"By 2030, the new hub will offer repairs for all major engine platforms"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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