PIF Buying 30% Stake in Saudi Tabreed

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The Public Investment Fund (PIF) logo
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PIF Buying 30% Stake in Saudi Tabreed

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) logo
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) logo

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has acquired a 30% stake in cooling company Saudi Tabreed through a private placement of shares, according to a bourse filing on Wednesday.

The sale is subject to completion procedures.

United Arab Emirates-listed National Central Cooling Company, known as Tabreed, has also boosted its stake in the Saudi venture to 21.8% after acquiring additional shares from Al Mutlaq Group for Industrial Investments for 55 million Saudi riyals ($14.63 million), the bourse filing said.

On Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported that the PIF's stake in Saudi Tabreed could be worth about $250 million.

The company provides district cooling services to major urban developments across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region.



GASTAT: Saudi Industrial Production Index Up 2.0% in March 2025

GASTAT released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025
GASTAT released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025
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GASTAT: Saudi Industrial Production Index Up 2.0% in March 2025

GASTAT released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025
GASTAT released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) released on Sunday its Industrial Production Index (IPI) for March 2025, revealing a 2.0% increase in the overall index compared to March 2024.
According to the data, manufacturing activities recorded a significant growth of 5.1% on an annual basis, and the index of water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities also increased by 15.0%.
The mining and quarrying activity saw a slight decrease of 0.2%, and the electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply index also declined by 0.9%.
The IPI for main economic activities showed a modest 0.5% rise in the oil activities index, while non-oil activities recorded a substantial increase of 5.6% compared to March 2024.
GASTAT issues the IPI monthly to measure relative changes in the volume of industrial output. The index is calculated based on the industrial production survey, which samples establishments in key industrial sectors including mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation.