Karwa bus factory a quantum jump for Oman’s industry

Karwa bus factory a quantum jump for Oman’s industry

The implementation of the Karwa Automotive Project began in 2019 in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm on an area of 568,000 square metres with an investment of $71 million, and despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the project was able to produce the first bus in November 2021.

Muscat: The Karwa Automobile Factory in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm represents a quantum leap in Omani industry with its capability to produce state-of-the-art bus bodies and chassis that will serve not just the Omani market but markets in the entire Gulf region.

With its factory going on steam, it has enhanced the value to the industrial sector in the Sultanate, and promises to establish other small and medium enterprises in its train that will serve the factory during the coming period, in addition to providing jobs to at least 300 Omani youth.

The factory aims to bring in bus manufacturing technology to the Sultanate, especially in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, and to localise the manufacture of various buses. The project, officially inaugurated last week, came as part of the strategic investment partnership between the Sultanate, represented by the Oman Investment Authority, which owns 30 percent of the project, and