{"id":394114,"date":"2025-08-22T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=394114"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:19:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:19:46","slug":"jordan-companies-join-modernization-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/jordan-companies-join-modernization-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan: Companies join modernization plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The second round of Jordan\u2019s Industry Modernization Program attracted 67 companies from the sector on Thursday (21), which signed grant agreements totaling JOD 4.5 million (equivalent to USD 6.3 million). According to the state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petra.gov.jo\/Include\/Main.jsp?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petra<\/a>, the program is implemented by the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO) and provides funds for companies to modernize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the program\u2019s objectives are expanding production capacity, reducing operational costs, and minimizing risks to the environment and health. The first phase of the program saw participation from 131 companies, with grants totaling more than JOD 11 million (USD 15.49 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Including other industrial support programs, the country has assisted 654 companies with more than JOD 65 million (USD 91.5 million) over the past two years. As a result, sector exports grew by 29%, and more than 3,000 jobs were created, according to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, Yarub Qudah. The president of the Jordan Chamber of Industry, Fathi Jaghbir, said the Industry Modernization Program is a \u201cadvanced step\u201d in strengthening the national industry and enhancing its resilience in global markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/jordan-strengthens-partnerships-in-sao-paulo\/\">Jordan strengthens partnerships in S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-394092\">\u00a9Salah Malkawi\/Anadolu\/AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the initiative\u2019s objectives are to expand production capacity and reduce operational costs. The program is in its second phase and has seen participation from more industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":394092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[54142,9590,54141,9537,8086],"class_list":{"0":"post-394114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-costs-2","9":"tag-industry-en","10":"tag-jedco","11":"tag-jordan-en","12":"tag-modernization"},"wps_subtitle":"Among the initiative\u2019s objectives are to expand production capacity and reduce operational costs. The program is in its second phase and has seen participation from more industries.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}