The GCC’s ambitious plan to connect through an extensive railway network has seen member states roll out multi-billion-dollar projects. The Middle East is now host to some of the world’s most ambitious rail and metro projects which are estimated to be worth more than $200 billion.

Saudi geosynthetics manufacturer Alyaf Industrial Company has made its mark once again, having started supply of its latest range of geocomposite products for drainage works at the multi-billion-dollar Riyadh Metro project in the kingdom.

Pultron Composites, which produces high-performance glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) pultrusions, sees good prospects for growth in the region where large infrastructure projects such as metro and rail projects are under construction.