Industry and manufacturing consulting between Europe and the GCC
Saudi incentivesand financing
A European industrial team on the ground in Riyadh. We prepare manufacturing investments for approval and funding: feasibility studies, incentive applications and financing cases for SIDF, banks and investors.
- 100+
- engagements for companies, investors and ministries
- 8+
- years of industrial consulting across the team
- SAR 500 Mn+
- incentives secured for industrial manufacturing
Service areas
- 01Manufacturing Investments and Incentive AdvisoryBankable feasibility studies, KSA incentive applications and project financing.
- 02KSA Market Studies, Market Entry and Business EstablishmentMarket studies, entry strategy and company setup in Saudi Arabia, from MISA registration to first tender.
- 03Restructuring, Corporatization and Efficiency ImprovementTurnarounds, professional organisation design and cost programmes that hold.
- 04Corporate Strategy Development and Implementation / PMOStrategies for companies, ministries and national programmes, and the PMO that delivers them.
- 05Waste Management AdvisoryNational waste strategies, masterplans, licensing and new facilities.
We prepare manufacturing investments for approval and funding. We have supported investments across the GCC and know the Saudi incentive system from the inside: its programmes, committees and lenders.
We have written numerous market studies and helped manufacturing companies enter Saudi Arabia and establish their entity there. The same team sizes the market, sets the strategy and handles the registrations.
We have run turnaround, restructuring, cost optimisation and corporatization projects in the manufacturing and industrial sector. We stay until the savings are tracked and the new structure works.
Our experience includes manufacturing strategies, national industrial strategies and implementation programmes. We also support executives with day-to-day decisions and implementation.
We have worked on waste management projects in Saudi Arabia and Croatia, for government bodies and private operators. Our work covers national strategies and regional masterplans through to facility feasibility, design and optimisation.
On the factory floor
Plants and facilities from our engagements. We work where the investment is built and run, not only in the boardroom.
Paper machine, Riyadh
Plastics extrusion line, Riyadh
Waste sorting hall, Saudi Arabia
Gas treatment plant, Croatia
Pharmaceutical production line, Dammam
Experience across Saudi Arabia
Our team has worked on national strategies, industrial investments and market entry in Saudi Arabia, alongside ministries, investors and manufacturers from Europe and the Gulf.
Who we work with
GCC industry leaders and public bodies
We work with GCC industry leaders on investment feasibility, financing and strategy, including restructuring and implementation. We also support public bodies with national programmes and waste management.
European companies entering Saudi Arabia
We help European companies establish their business or legal entity in Saudi Arabia, from market studies and entry strategy to company registration and setup.
Sectors we know
Our team’s experience covers industrial investments, operating businesses and public programmes in these sectors.
Paper and packaging
Feasibility and NIC support for a mega paper factory
Pharma and biotech
Vaccine factory incentives, biotech group turnaround
Plastics
Feasibility and incentives for plastics plants, pipes and sheets
Chemicals
Detergents, wood coatings and a carbon-free LNG study
Food and dairy
Market entry for a major cream cheese producer
Energy and utilities
Solar, gas and wastewater treatment
Electrical equipment
Aramco and SEC supplier prequalification for a European group
Waste and environment
National waste strategy and regional masterplans
Automotive
Investment opportunities for the Standard Incentives Program
Aviation and aerospace
Aerospace investment opportunities for the Standard Incentives Program
Machinery and equipment
Saudi holding setup for a USD 3 Bn machinery and equipment group
Public sector and finance
Ministries, national programmes and banks
Clients and counterparts
The people who lead the work
Stjepan Dzalto
Founder
Works with industrial groups, investors and public bodies on turnarounds, corporate and national strategies, and the large programmes that follow them.
Dean Cinic
Partner, CEO
Leads the firm and works with boards, senior government counterparts and institutional investors. Keeps senior relationships across the Saudi industrial, investment and incentive ecosystem.
Ahmed S. Alqahtani
Partner, Government Relations
Retired Royal Saudi Air Force engineer officer and founder of Aflack Almotaqademah. Leads our relationships with Saudi government institutions and the defence sector.
Vedran Muhar
Head of Investments
and IncentivesLeads feasibility study development, investment cases and integrated financial models for board decisions, and structures incentive and financing applications with MISA, MIM and SIDF.
Josip Gudelj
Head of KSA
Market EntryLeads market studies and Saudi market entry for European manufacturers and investors, from feasibility and localisation strategy to the setup and registration of their legal entity in Saudi Arabia.
Tag Nasreldin
Head of Restructuring
and EfficiencyLeads turnaround, restructuring and cost efficiency work, including governance, operating model and performance frameworks for boards, shareholders and post-investment value creation.
Lea Raos
Head of Strategy
and PMOLeads strategy development and PMO support for industrial companies, ministries and public bodies, together with market analysis and public tenders from bid to proposal.
Dr. Alexander Jovcic
Head of Waste
ManagementLeads our waste strategies, regional masterplans and facility studies across the Middle East, drawing on over 20 years in waste, wastewater and environmental management.
How an engagement runs
- 01
Understand the business
Clarify the situation, the decision, the constraints and the outcome you want before designing the work.
- 02
Align on the approach
Turn the context into a practical roadmap with priorities, owners and implementation steps agreed with you.
- 03
Own end-to-end delivery
Support implementation and track progress against the agreed objectives.
Discuss your project with a partner
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- We read your requestA partner reviews your service and sector.
- A first conversationWe ask about the decision in front of you and what a good result looks like.
- A short proposalScope, team, timing and fee on a few pages, so you can decide quickly.