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00:30a normal Lexus but maybe what you don't know what you're about to see in this
00:33video is all about bulletproofing cars this is a fully armed Lexus now the
00:39question is how do you turn a normal vehicle into a state-of-the-art armored
00:44car? TAG Middle East is a manufacturer of armored vehicles based in the United
00:50Arab Emirates with facilities in different countries. We went to their
00:57factory in Ras Al Khaimah to see why this factory became one of the leading
01:03companies in building armored vehicles not only in the UAE but in the region
01:08the factory supplies the United Nations, NGOs, cash transit companies, presidents
01:15VIPs and politicians. TAG Middle East was founded in 2009 in Ras Al Khaimah in a very
01:23small rented shop we were five people only we've been growing organically
01:28since in 2017 Mr. Ismail Shtawy joined as the chairman and my partner in the
01:34business and we set up this facility that we're sitting in now this is a 10,000
01:40square meter production floor 27,000 square meter plot we build and
01:45manufacture anything from the small cash-in-transit up to the big MRAPs and
01:49military vehicles. Now armored vehicles are designed to offer the highest level
01:54of security and protection to ensure the safety of the people they are designed
01:59to sustain fires, bullets, explosions and any other attacks directed at harming
02:05the passengers. The process of armoring a vehicle is meant by bulletproofing it
02:10and adding protective layers in order to make sure it can withstand any sort of
02:16attack. The main purpose is not to bring attention to customized vehicles who is
02:21inside it wanted to look like any normal car that's why the company keeps its
02:27vehicles as low-profile as possible. Another important thing I think our role
02:32as a manufacturer is to educate the customers unfortunately there is a lot
02:35of misconceptions about what an armored vehicle is what we always try and do
02:39when we meet with customers tell them what an armored vehicle is what is the
02:42good armored vehicle what is a bad armored vehicle you don't want to know
02:44your armored vehicle is badly built when it's too late because that's a
02:48matter of life and death. The factory has been developed from building
02:51bulletproof cars to building military designed vehicles from scratch. The
02:56military designed vehicles are for the Ministry of Interior or the Ministry of
02:59Defense and law enforcement in countries around the world. All vehicles in TAG
03:06Middle East are certified they got high quality certified materials and build
03:11the vehicle before sending it to Europe for testing. 90% of our clients is outside
03:17the UAE we are based in the UAE because it's it's a transit it's a good hub it's
03:22close to our end-user market which is Southeast Asia Middle East and Africa
03:29Armored vehicles might look like any normal car from the outside but it's the
03:33unseen quality that make all the difference to survival. With cameraman
03:37Clint Egbert, this is Ali from Golf News