Abu Dhabi Fertiliser Industries has won the Diamond Award in the Shaikh Khalifa Industry Awards 2000. Three companies - Advanced Pipes and Cast, Gulf Precast Concrete and Al Ain Cement Factory - won the Gold Award.

General Industries Corp chairman Shaikh Hamad bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan announced the results of the third Shaikh Khalifa Industry Awards. Twenty-two of the 33 companies that participated this year, competed in 1999 also.

A comparison showed that 18 companies had improved over the previous year and they received Improvement Awards, a press report quoted him as saying. Ten companies received the Silver Award. They are Emirates Bio Fertiliser Factory, Baniyas Concrete Products, Abu Dhabi Compost Plant, Emirates Flour and Animal Feed Mill, Al Ain Mineral Water Bottling Factory, Cement Blocks Factory, Al Ain Vegetable Processing and Canning Factory, Gulf Paints and Adhesives Factory, Emirates National Chemical Co and Deutsche Babcock Services Co.