The Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) was established in 1942 as the main national entity representing manufacturing companies operating in Lebanon. It addresses economic and social issues that industrialists face, and advocates for industrial development across all Lebanese regions. The Association seeks to create and maintain an environment that is favorable to industrial investment, job creation, growth, and development.
ALI represents the Lebanese Industry and conveys the needs and recommendations of the industrial community to trade unions, public institutions, the Parliament, the Government, and local and international organizations and stakeholders.
ALI actively participates in shaping national policies on a range of issues, including economic and social policy, labor legislation and industrial relations, social security and health care, taxation, policies for small and medium-sized enterprises, education, research and technology, and the environment. As of 2021, ALI represents more than 850 Lebanese industrialists.
Our vision is to build a globally competitive industrial sector by answering local manufacturing needs and empowering Lebanese industrialists to satisfy the local market, attract foreign demand, and become a regional and international hub for manufacturers worldwide. Our vision is built around deeply-rooted objectives that the Association has established since its foundation. Some of our strategic objectives include:
To protect and promote the interests of Lebanese Industry, vis-à-vis local, national, regional, and international institutions, authorities, and governments by being:
The Association’s fundamental aim is to promote and maintain an environment favorable to manufacturing businesses in the context of a competitive market economy.
The Association plays a major role in economic and social policy matters and is actively committed to fostering the development of Lebanese industries and supporting their response to the challenges of global competition and international integration. Faced with the prospect of globalization, ALI strives to improve the business environment, reduce the various burdens placed on industrial firms, and reform Lebanon’s labor market. Achieving these goals will help to accelerate the structural reforms needed to create growth and employment, and make a major contribution to the modernization and globalization of the Lebanese economy.
Our activities involve cross-sectoral initiatives that aim to upgrade the local Industry’s capabilities and enhance its output. Our strategic actions are planned on different axes and contain several measures such as:
The Board of Directors is the highest decision-making body of the Association
President
Vice President
Vice President
Secretary General
Treasurer
Secretary of Foreign Relations
Member of the Bureau
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President
Zeenni's Trading Agency
Bsarma - Koura
00961 6 930130
00961 6 930130
zeenni@zeenni.com
Vice President
Oriental Paper Products SAL
Ain Saadeh - Roumieh Industrial city, Coolrite Bldg.
00961 1 870555
00961 1 870557
opp@opp.com.lb
Vice President
Sonaco SARL
Gherfine-Main Road- Al- Rabih Factory
00961 9 623777
00961 9 623888
sonaco@alrabih.com.lb
Secretary General
Maximum Pour Le Commerce et L'industrie
Bir Hassan - Safarat Str. - Palm Residence Bldg.
00961 1 823263
00961 1 823262
info@maximumlb.com
Treasurer
Georgi Sabounjian S.A.L.
Halat - Kartabaa Road- Near Al Mokhtar Station
00961 9 477778
00961 9 711118
georgi@georgisabounjian.com.lb
Secretary of Foreign Relations
Mounir Bissat Factories
Saida- Ghazieh - Main Road - Industrial Zone 2
00961 7 221850
00961 7 221852
mbsat@mounirbisst.com
Member of the Bureau
Société Moderne Libanaise pour le Commerce sal
Choueifat - Tiro road - Pepsi Cola bldg.
00961 5 481900
00961 5 437750
w.abuhadeer@smlc.com.lb
Member of the Bureau
Usine Nationale Des Blocs Et Carreaux (Boustany, Mallah & Co. SARL)
Zouk Mosbeh - Wady Al Ayn Street
00961 9 220894
00961 9 220894
info@unbc-lb.com
Member of the Bureau
Dar Bilal For Printing and Publishing Co. SARL
Bir Hassan - Jnah - South Council Building - Ground Floor
00961 1 853638
00961 1 853637
ahmadkjaber@hotmail.com
Member of the Bureau
Lebanese Explosives Co. SARL (Majid Shammas & Co.)
Koura - Kafarhatta
00961 6 922682
00961 6 651250
ziad.w@chammas.org
Member
Helbawi Bros Co. sarl
Rwaiss Street - Zein Complex - Ground Floor
00961 1 556058
00961 1 556059
helbawi@helbawibros.com
Member
Top Cat sal
Koura - Bishmizzine - Main Road - Toufic Youssef Fares bldg.
00961 6 933426
00961 6 933427
dany.abboud@topcat.industries
Member
Rafaat Hallab & Sons SAL
Tripoli - Al Tall
00961 6 445820
00961 6 445820
corporate@hallab.com
Member
Polytextile sal
Ghazir- Industrial Zone - Abi Nasr bldg.
00961 9 926019
00961 9 920542
info@polytextile.net
Member
Michel El. Sayah Ind. & Com. Est. "M.E.S"
Zahle - Terbol - Main Road - MES Bldg.
00961 8 955055
00961 8 955009
info@messayah.com
Member
Kassem Mahfouz and Sons Co. "Mahfouz Stores"
Choueifat- Main Road - Mahfouz bldg.
00961 5 433399
00961 5 433565
bmahfouz@cyberia.net.lb
Member
Société Samizar pour l'Industrie - Samir Azaret fils sarl
Nahir Ibrahim
00961 9 446978
00961 9 448978
samizar@gmail.com
Member
Tinol Paints International Co. SAL
Choueifat- Al Omara Street
00961 5 435500
00961 1 867071
paints@tinol.com
Member
Somoplast - Riachi & Co.
Zahle - Industrial City - Riachi Bldg.
00961 8 930718
00961 8 930726
info@somoplast.com
Member
M.M. Sinno & Sons sal
Bchamoun- Zohour Street- Sinno bldg.
00961 5 803444
00961 5 803666
mmsinno@mmsinno.com
Member
Tufenkjian Freres sarl
Achrafieh - Charles Malek Str. - Netherlands bldg.
00961 1 330701
00961 1 330938
info@tufenkjian.com
Member
Benta SAL
Dbayeh - Zouk Al Khrab104 - Benta Bldg.
00961 5 541444
009615 541333
info@bpi.com.lb
Member
Zeenni Steel Industries & Trading sarl
Bchamoun - Yahoudieh street- Zeenni bldg.
00961 5 804222
00961 5 801788
info@zeennisteel.com
Member
3 M plast Industrial Company LLC
Ghazieh - Main Road - Kabalan bldg.
00961 7 224400
00961 7 222613
marco@3mplast.com
General Manager
Association of Lebanese Industrialits
Sanayeh
00961 1 350280
00961 1 351167
talal.hijazi@ali.org.lb
Establishes policies, strategic objectives, and provides overall leadership and direction
Acts as the focal point concerning all matters involving the Ministry
Processes all administrative matters pertaining to ALI and its members
Oversees quality assurance and assists members in reaching quality standards
Handles ALI’s accounting records and procurement activities
Provides industry-specific figures for the Association and its members
Oversees and coordinates projects related to energy and environment
Recruits, engages, and retains members
Administers all matters relating to social and labor affairs
The Association works on multiple fronts and across different levels. Each specialized committee focuses on its own role for the common goal of strengthening and supporting Lebanese Industrialists.
ALI Finance Committee
Advertising and Marketing Committee
Affiliation and Classification Committee
Communication with International Organizations and Donors "Taskforce"
Council of Industrial Sectors
Council of Industrial Zones
Exhibitions Committee
Export Promotion Council
Industrial Zones Committee
Social Affairs Committee
Sustainable Development and Energy /Environment Committee
The Association actively participates and plays a major role in several national entities such as:
National Council for Price Policy
The Courts of Labor Arbitration
The Economic and Social Council
The Foreign Agreements Committee
The Index Committee
The Industrial Research Institute
The Joint Committee on Vocational and Technical Curriculum Development
The Lebanese Standards Institute
The Lebanon Environmental Pollution Abatement Project
The Monitoring Cell with the Ministry of Labor
The National Council for Consumer Protection
The National Employment Office
The National Metrology Council
The National Social Security Fund
The Vocational Training Center
The Association works with different stakeholders in the Arab world such as:
The Arab Labor Organization
The Arab Federation for Food Industries
The Arab Industrial Development, Standardization, and Mining Organization
The Association actively cooperates with multiple international entities, including:
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
The International Labour Organization (ILO)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the United Nations agency for the world of work.
It sets international labour standards, promote economies that generate opportunities for investment, skills development and job creation, support the development of sustainable social protection systems and promote social dialogue. The ILO has a unique structure: it brings together governments, employers’ and workers’ representatives. The Association of Lebanese Industrialist is the ILO employer constituent in Lebanon and it is actively participating to the annually held International Labour Conference.Mr Mounir Bsat, ALI Board member, has been recently elected ILO Governing Body Member for the period 2021-2024.
For more info on the ILO www.ilo.org
For more info on the ILO in Lebanon
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The World Bank
The International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Furthermore, the Association maintains close working relations with Arab and international chambers of commerce and industrial associations.
Letter from the chairman of borad, Salim Zeenni
Lebanon has been navigating one of the worst socio-economic crises in the world and a proper assessment of what took us down this path is crucial to formulate a strategy that will lead us back to prosperity and growth Decades of economic mismanagement, political instability and a lack of vision has taken its toll on the country. The unmanageable trade and state deficits have resulted in a chronic balance of payment problem. Meanwhile the central bank continued implementing a currency peg of the Lebanese Lira to the US Dollar, in an apparent effort to keep a semblance of stability. The result of these policies has been an indirect subsidy of imports, an increase of interest rates and a crowding out of the private sector. Cost of production was driven to unsustainable levels which, in turn, resulted in more imports, exacerbating the trade imbalance. Subsequent governments and the central bank were basically burning through deposits to sustain a deeply flawed system.
The association has long been lobbying and fighting for the adoption of a more balanced economic model, centered around the productive sectors.
It has released a multitude of position papers and communicated them to all the echelons of government hoping for a change of course before reaching the point of collapse we have dreaded. It is now clear to all, that our approach was not that of a sector looking to increase its profits but rather one that was meant to grow the whole economy, improving every sector in the process.
While we acknowledge the depth of the economic and financial crisis, we also believe we can turn it around.
Lebanon can recover, Lebanon will recover.
Throughout this document, we have tackled the necessary policy reforms to take the country out of its vicious spiral and unto a virtuous cycle. If we implement them swiftly and decisively, the manufacturing sector will rapidly expand, generating GDP growth and creating thousands of jobs in the process. The only way to solve the currency conundrum is by addressing the large trade deficit. We believe that a strong, resurgent sector will be able to exponentially increase its exports while offsetting some of the imports by producing them locally. Lebanon has a limitless manufacturing potential; these policy proposals will unleash it. The private sector, with the industrialists at its forefront, is the only one capable of rebuilding an economy that grows continuously and fairly. An economy that leverages the incredible energy of our youth and their entrepreneurial spirit.
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