L&T developing Oman facilities as regional manufacturing hub.

Engineering giant Larsen & Toubro has said it is developing its facilities in Oman as a regional manufacturing hub to cater to the growing needs of the countries in the Gulf and beyond.

L&T's facilities at Sohar in Oman are already the company's largest manufacturing footprint outside India - far larger than its plants in China, South East Asia and Europe - and are actively contributing to the economic growth of countries in the region, the company said in a statement.

The $14 billion technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing major's twin facilities in Sohar consist of a large modular fabrication yard - the only such large facility in Oman and among few facilities in the region capable of loading out large structures weighing as much as 20,000 tonnes.

Adjoining the yard is a heavy engineering manufacturing facility that makes complex process plant equipment for the refining, petrochemical, fertilizer and power sectors, the Times of Oman reported.

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