VOL. XXXIX

No. 43

22-July-1996

UAE

GIAT Plans Abu Dhabi Steel Plant Under Offset Program

GIAT Industries of France, which was awarded a $3.5bn contract to supply the UAE with Leclerc tanks and 46 armoured support vehicles in 1993 (MEES, 22 February 1993), has announced plans for the construction in Abu Dhabi of a $30mn stainless steel processing plant as part of the UAE offset program. The General Manager of GIAT Offset Abu Dhabi, Mr. Daniel Danoffre, told a local paper last week that...