GiMAS Opens Ten Million Euro Green Energy Manufacturing Facility In Ħal Far

GiMAS Malta Heavy Industries Ltd has opened a €10 million manufacturing facility at Ħal Far, marking Malta’s entry into a new industrial focus on advanced components for the sustainable energy sector. The plant is the Turkish group’s first manufacturing site outside Türkiye and its first investment in the European Union, and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Robert Abela.

The facility covers 8,400 square metres within the Ħal Far Industrial Estate and will produce components for wind turbines, supplying the renewable energy supply chain across Europe. It will initially employ just over 40 highly skilled workers, a figure expected to rise to 60 by its fifth year of operation, with roles for engineers and technicians among them.

GiMAS was founded in 1976, and now makes components for wind turbines, cement plants, hydroelectric power stations and other heavy industries, and already exports to more than 20 countries. The Malta project was first announced in May 2024 as a €7.5 million investment, with the company signalling at the time that it would expand the commitment to €10 million.

Speaking at the inauguration, the Prime Minister described the project as a high-value investment that creates skilled green jobs while placing limited demand on local infrastructure, reflecting Malta’s move towards an economic model that prioritises quality and workforce skills. He thanked the GiMAS investors for their confidence in Malta, and Malta Enterprise and INDIS Malta for their work in bringing the project to completion.

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said the investment demonstrated the results of a new approach at Malta Enterprise, which has established a specialised unit to identify international companies with the potential to set up operations in Malta and approach them directly. He noted that the same approach had delivered results with Vantive, and that it would be used again in meetings with chief executives of international companies in the United Kingdom in December.

GiMAS Chairman Bekir Girgin has said the company views Malta as a strategic manufacturing location and aims to build a future based on industrial excellence, innovation and sustainability. Following the Ħal Far opening, the group has also announced a new warehouse in Stuttgart to serve its European customers.