On Wednesday May 3rd, Her Majesty Queen Rania visited Fab Lab Irbid and the latest Offline Show held at the Jordan University for Science and Technology in  Ar Ramtha, Irbid.

Arriving at Fab Lab, The Queen was welcomed by the E.U Ambassador to Jordan, Mr. Andrea Fontana, the Founding Partner and Director of Fab Lab Irbid, Mr. Loay Malahmeh, and the CEO of Luminus Group, Mr. Ibrahim Al Safadi. She took a tour of the laboratory’s facilities and met with the entrepreneurs of several startups making use of the space. As part of the tour, Queen Rania stopped by the lab’s Industrial Area where hands-on manufacturing activities are conducted at the metal shop, wood shop, and molding shop.

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Met with some truly talented and inspiring young Jordanians today at Fab Lab Irbid #Jordan #LoveJO pic.twitter.com/cbFNJsL1sM

— Rania Al Abdullah (@QueenRania) May 3, 2017

Her Majesty also passed by the Clean Area and browsed the facility’s technology-powered machinery, including the latest 3D printing devices.

Fab Lab Irbid is a space dedicated to providing up-and-coming entrepreneurs with the latest modern technologies, knowledge, and means for product innovation. Equipped with state-of-the art machinery, the laboratory is designed to help startups experiment with and build any product prototype from scratch.

Her Majesty’s next stop was the Offline Show where she was greeted by the university’s President, H.E. Professor Omar Al-Jarrah.