{"id":"dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","canonicalSlug":"dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","language":"en","title":"Dubai manufacturing award recognises SWS Board Technology","summary":"Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed recognised SWS Board Technology with a Dubai award in the economy category, citing the company’s board manufacturing activity and export reach.","body":["WAM reported on 17 October that the Dubai-based manufacturer produces kiteboards, wakeboards and snowboards. The company says its annual capacity exceeds 450,000 boards and that its output is exported; these figures are attributed to the source/company.","The report also describes recyclable board products designed to reuse about 95% of materials in new boards. It presents the recognition as an award and does not announce a new factory or contract."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Dubai manufacturing award recognises SWS Board Technology\n\nSheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed recognised SWS Board Technology with a Dubai award in the economy category, citing the company’s board manufacturing activity and export reach.\n\nWAM reported on 17 October that the Dubai-based manufacturer produces kiteboards, wakeboards and snowboards. The company says its annual capacity exceeds 450,000 boards and that its output is exported; these figures are attributed to the source/company.\n\nThe report also describes recyclable board products designed to reuse about 95% of materials in new boards. It presents the recognition as an award and does not announce a new factory or contract.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-17","eventDateBasis":"source publication date","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:07:15Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:07:15Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T15:02:45Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-17","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2seed3-hamdan-bin-mohammed-announces-sws-board-technology","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","licence":"No open reuse licence asserted. Original factual reporting; no source prose or image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2seed3-hamdan-bin-mohammed-announces-sws-board-technology","attribution":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), 2026-10-17","publishedAt":"2026-10-17"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/dubai-sws-board-manufacturing-award-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"dubai","name":{"ar":"دبي","en":"Dubai","es":"Dubái","fr":"Dubaï","pt":"Dubai","ru":"Дубай","tr":"Dubai"},"type":"city","source":{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2seed3-hamdan-bin-mohammed-announces-sws-board-technology","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-17"},"context":{"ar":"بيانات أو نشاط مُعلن في دبي.","en":"Reported data or activity in Dubai.","es":"Datos o actividad comunicados en Dubái.","fr":"Données ou activité signalées à Dubaï.","pt":"Dados ou atividade relatados no Dubai.","ru":"Сообщаемые данные или деятельность в Дубае.","tr":"Dubai’de bildirilen veri veya faaliyet."},"countryCode":"AE"}],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["industry-event"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-DU"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}