Sohar Freezone signs six land-lease agreements worth USD 163 mn

Sohar Freezone signed six land-lease agreements representing more than USD 163 million in planned investment across over 440,000 square metres, according to a press release from the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones. The agreements were signed at an investment ceremony organised by OPAZ and cover automotive and advanced industries, transformer manufacturing, medical devices, textile reuse and specialised logistics.

Automotive park accounts for USD 100 mn of total investment#

The largest project is an automotive and advanced industries park by Sohar Automotive & Advanced Industries Park SPC, established by EW Partners. The company will invest approximately USD 100 million in real assets on roughly 317,000 square metres. A first phase will develop approximately 180,000 square metres as production facilities, assembly workshops and storage buildings for vehicle manufacturers, component suppliers and industrial operators. The facility is designed to serve automotive and industrial operators requiring integrated production and logistics capacity.

Transformer and medical-device manufacturing add USD 51 mn#

Voltamp International will invest USD 39 million in a 75,000 square metre facility producing power and distribution transformers. The plant expands Oman's electrical-equipment manufacturing capacity and is intended to develop specialised technical skills and strengthen local content. Lalan Middle East will invest approximately USD 12 million to expand its medical-device manufacturing and integrated services by 7,500 square metres. The expansion adds downstream manufacturing, laboratories and specialised warehousing to support healthcare supply chains across Oman and the GCC.

Textile reuse and logistics facilities complete the group#

Five Star Group will spend USD 10 million developing a 25,000 square metre facility for sorting used clothing destined for Angola, Congo and Tanzania. The operation advances textile reuse and circular-economy activity and is expected to generate additional cargo volumes through Sohar Port. Volt Power and Lighting will spend USD 2.08 million on an 8,406 square metre facility to handle electrical and lighting products from Asian manufacturers for African buyers, providing import, storage, trade and re-export services. Dynamic Logistics Services will spend USD 390,000 developing a 7,000 square metre facility for storage and re-export operations, beginning with tools and engineering equipment and expanding into other warehousing categories.

Leases follow two larger projects at Sohar this year#

The land-lease agreements follow two larger projects at Sohar announced earlier in 2026. Subsidiaries of MAK Germany and OQ are setting up a USD 550 million PTA and PET complex with a combined 1.5 million tons of annual capacity, using assets relocated from a shuttered plant in Rotterdam. CMA CGM and Asyad Group signed a framework agreement to develop a USD 400 million multipurpose logistics terminal at the port. Dr Raid Al Rubaiey, CEO of Sohar Port and Freezone, said the agreements reflect growing investor confidence in Sohar's integrated industrial and logistics ecosystem.