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Kommunikationchef skifter den ene højborg ud med den anden. Photos: Claus Fisker Read More | View Original Article
Dubai sugar silos expected to start in March
Three new sugar storage silos at the Dubai Al Khaleej refinery, with a total capacity of 465,000 tonnes, are expected to start operations next month, site managers said on Monday. The main dome-shaped raw sugar silo, with a capacity of 1 million tonnes, now holds some 250,000 tonnes of raw sugar, they added. The site managers were taking delegates from the February 4-7 Kingsman Dubai sugar conference on a tour of the plant, one of the biggest sugar refineries in the world. The Al Khaleej Sugar refinery has a production capacity of 6,000 tonnes a day. - Read More | View Original Article
Al Fajer to launch top petchem expo in India
UAE-based Al Fajer Information & Services has partnered with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to expand its flagship event Arab International Plastic and Rubber Industry Trade Show & Conference (ArabPlast) into Asia. The inaugural 'IndiaPlast' expo will be held from March 6 to 8, 2014, at Chennai Trade Centre, said Al Fajer and CII, India’s biggest industry association, after signing the deal. Arab plastics and petrochemical sector will get a fillip in India with this launch, remarked Satish Khanna, general manager of Al Fajer Information & Services during the signin Read More | View Original Article
Awal IT backs for Saudi metal expo
Awal IT Services, a leading IT services provider, is participating as the technical sponsor in the ongoing Metal & Steel Saudi Arabia 2012, a leading gathering for steel, steel fabrication and metal works. The event was inaugurated by Mazen Batterjee, deputy chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and is being held from February 4 to 7 at the Jeddah International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Awal’s participation in this specialized event underlines the company’s strategy of supporting the Kingdom’s industrial sector and keeping up with the latest trends a Read More | View Original Article
Top industrial exhibition opens in Bahrain
HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain, inaugurated the fifth Gulf Industry Fair (GIF 2012) this morning at the Bah-rain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIEC). Over the next three days some of the most prominent industry-related companies in the region and beyond will showcase market-leading products, services and capabilities to a highly targeted local, regional and international visitor audience. Held under the Premier’s patronage, GIF is firmly established as the region’s most high-profile industrial exhibition. Read More | View Original Article
KHC plans Riyadh project expansion
Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), the investment company chaired by Saudi Prince Alwaleed, has announced the expansion of its key project in Riyadh, Kingdom Centre (Trade Centre) at an investment of SR43.8 million ($11.6 million). The Kingdom Centre occupies 94,230 sq m of land comprising the Al Mamlaka shopping mall, one of Riyadh’s most prestigious shopping malls, and a 300 meter office tower which was, when built, the tallest building in the Middle East. Read More | View Original Article
Drake & Scull wins $34m MEP deal in Qatar
Drake & Scull Qatar (DSQ), a leader in civil contracting and engineering services, has been awarded a QR125 million ($34.36 million) MEP contract for Phase 1 of Qatar Petroleum’s multipurpose administration complex. The MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing ) fit outs will be installed by DSQ for the medical center, office, canteen and central plant of the complex, which is located around 70 km north of Doha at Ras Laffan. The industrial city is Qatar’s main site for the production of liquefied natural gas and gas-to-liquid processing and is administered by Qatar Petroleum, Read More | View Original Article
Toyota skuffer trods opjustering
Toyota opjusterer forventningerne til regnskabsåret 2011/12, uden dog helt at nå på omgangshøjde med markedsforventningerne. Photos: KIM KYUNG-HOON Read More | View Original Article
Jumbo Electronics opens factory in Doha
Jumbo Electromech Engineering, a subsidiary of Qatar-based Jumbo Electronics, has opened a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) duct works plant in Dohas Industrial Area, Gulf Times has reported. The plant will produce standard and specific designs of ducts to meet the design specifications of various HVAC industry requirements. In addition to manufacturing for in-house projects requirements, the MEP firm will undertake fabrication and supply of HVAC ducting for other HVAC/MEP contractors in the market, the firm said. Read More | View Original Article
Dubai sugar silos begin operation in March
Three new sugar storage silos at the Dubai Al Khaleej refinery, with a total capacity of 465,000 tonnes, are expected to start operations next month, Reuters has reported. The main dome-shaped raw sugar silo, with a capacity of one million tonnes, now holds some 250,000 tonnes of raw sugar, site managers said. The Al Khaleej Sugar refinery has a production capacity of 6,000 tonnes a day. Read More | View Original Article
Sobha acquires 8 million sq ft plot of Dubai land
Indian developer to build a mixed used project due for completion in eight years Read More | View Original Article
ArcelorMittal reports USD1.71b earnings in Q4
(MENAFN) Luxemburg-based ArcelorMittal posted the lowest quarterly profits in two years as slowing economies in China and Europe sapped demand for steel, leading to lower prices, Bloomberg ... Read More | View Original Article
Construction industry must raise the safety game
Recent scaffold collapses raise the spectre of poor health and safety compliance Read More | View Original Article
دار الأركان تطرح مجموعة من أراضي التلال في المدينة المنورة
طرحت شركة دار الأركان للتطوير العقاري مجموعة من أراضي مشروع التلال الذي طورته الشركة في المدينة المنورة للبيع لراغبي الشراء والاستثمار، حسبما نشر موقع مباشر. وطرحت دار الأركان مجموعة من أراضي التلال السكنية والتجارية ذات المساحات المختلفة والتي تمتاز باكتمال البنية التحتية والعلوية ووقوعها ضمن مشروع تتوافر فيه كافة الخدمات الأساسية والمواقع المخصصة لخدمات المرافق العامة. Read More | View Original Article
(MENAFN) Siemens' Fossil Power Generation Division's CEO, Roland Fischer, said that the company received a USD1 billion order from Samsung C&T to supply main components for the IPP Qurayyah combined ... Read More | View Original Article
Saudi- President Lee's visit to cement cooperation
(MENAFN - Arab News) South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will arrive in the Kingdom Tuesday, the last stop in his Mideast tour that took in Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Korean ... Read More | View Original Article
Dutch to boost ties at top Industry fair
Significant opportunities exist to enhance bilateral trade and investment links between Bahrain and the Netherlands, particularly in the booming industrial sector, according to acting Dutch consul in Bahrain, Jaap Vaandrager. Announcing the launch of a Dutch trade pavilion at Gulf Industry Fair (GIF) 2012 in Bahrain, Vaandrager said the two countries are both small, outward-looking and business-friendly and should take advantage of their mutual strategic advantages. GIF 2012 will be held from Tuesday to Thursday at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Read More | View Original Article
US mill services firm opens Dubai office
US-based TMS International Corp, the parent company of Tube City IMS Corporation, a leading provider of outsourced industrial services to steel mills globally, has opened a trading office in Dubai. The opening of the office follows the company's recently announced seven-year contract for a variety of outsourced services with a leading regional steel company in Abu Dhabi. J David Aronson, president and chief operating officer of the company's Raw Material and Optimisation Group, said the Mena region is an increasing important market. "We believe the steel industry will c Read More | View Original Article
Emirates Float Glass wins recognition
Emirates Float Glass (EFG), a leading manufacturer of architectural flat glass in the Middle East, said it has won a special award of appreciation from the Department of Economic Development (DED) of Abu Dhabi for its significant role in improving the emirate’s non-oil export targets last year. A subsidiary of Glass LLC and wholly owned by Dubai Investments, EFG said its product range of clear, tinted and pyrolytic-coated float glass caters to the architectural and automotive industries, and is exported to over 40 countries. Read More | View Original Article
Bahrain readies for Gulf Industry Fair 2012
More than 100 exhibitors from 21 countries will showcase their products, services and capabilities at the fifth edition of Gulf Industry Fair opening on February 7 in Bahrain. The three-day fair, is being held under the patronage of HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister of Bahrain. It is organised by Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions (HCE) and will be held at Hall 1 of the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC), featuring some of the biggest names in the industrial sector of the Northern Gulf and beyond. This year, the Fair Read More | View Original Article
PMI Gulf chapter finalises charter
The executives of Project Management Institute (PMI) - Arabian Gulf Chapter Bahrain, under the chairmanship of Majeed Al Gassab, met to discuss and finalise the 2012 charter. The discussions were led by chapter vice-chairman Abdul Nabi Al Sabah. The meeting was attended by all the board executives including the newly inducted directors for different positions. As an outcome of this key planning meeting, the board has drafted an activity calendar for the year 2012. The proposed activities reflect the requirements and needs of different stakeholders and aligned to Read More | View Original Article
Qatar group among top bidders for Turkish TAV stake
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has joined hands with US private equity firm Carlyle Group to bid for a near 40 per cent stake in Turkish airport operator TAV Havalimanlari Holding, said three sources close to the deal. French construction group Vinci is also one of the top bidders in the race for the key TAV stake, the sources told Reuters on Friday. TAV shareholders construction firm Tepe Insaat and Akfen Holding are selling 18 per cent stakes each, they said. Minority shareholders holding 3.52 per cent of the shares will also sell their stakes in a deal which values Read More | View Original Article
Experts head to Qatar for top construction event
More than 450 leading construction industry experts will be in Doha to attend the annual 'Qatar Projects 2012' conference which opens its doors on Sunday. The event, to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, will see experts discuss construction and investment opportunities as Qatar prepares for the 2022 World Cup and beyond to fulfill its 2030 vision, said the organisers, Meed events. Building on last year’s event, Qatar Projects 2012 has been expanded to include more client-led presentations and case study analysis, providing an in-depth look at the mega projects and investment a Read More | View Original Article
Illegal trade results in Saudi cement crisis
A cement crisis resulting from illegal trading and a steep hike in prices is spreading from Jeddah and Madinah to other major cities and regions in the kingdom, a top official said. Abdullah Ridwan, chairman of the committee for contractors and ready-mix concrete at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, urged the authorities to intervene and make available an adequate quantity of cement in the local market to contain the soaring prices. Read More | View Original Article
Danube opens new showroom in Muscat
Danube Building Materials, a leader in construction, building materials and shop fitting industries, has announced the opening of its fourth showroom in Muscat. The new Danube showroom measures at around 45,000 sq ft, the newly opened branch showcases the latest collection of luxury sanitaryware, ceramic tiles, chandeliers, wallpapers, lawn & garden accessories, hardware, home decor & range of other building materials. “We would like to extend our congratulations to the Danube group on the opening of their new showroom in Muscat,” said Akmar Mustafa Abdul Reda Sultan, managing Read More | View Original Article
Al Jaber sponsors Qatar Projects 2012
Al Jaber & Partners (AJP), part of the Al Jaber Group – UAE and one of Qatar’s leading infrastructure and energy contractors is a bronze sponsor of Qatar Projects 2012, a leading energy and infrastructure event. Qatar Projects takes place at Grand Hyatt hotel from February 5 to 8. “As a leading player in the growing infrastructure market in Qatar and one of the largest local construction companies, we are sponsoring Qatar Projects 2012 to underline our deep commitment to Qatar and to the construction industry here. Our mission is to set standards of excellence in all our deve Read More | View Original Article
Imdaad ‘expects rise in 2012 FM services’
Imdaad expects a steady rise in demand for FM services in 2012, fueled by the broadening range of offerings and growing ability of FM providers to integrate outsourced services into existing business operations and systems. The company’s positive growth outlook matches the sentiments of 72 per cent of respondents in the inaugural KPMG 2011 global real estate and facilities management outsourcing pulse survey, who expect outsourcing demand to increase over the next 12 months. The global survey, which polled both buyers of outsourced services and outsourcing providers, further r Read More | View Original Article
Oman convention centre to be ready by 2014
The Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, which is being built in Muscat, is expected to open for business in 2014. While the state-owned Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran) is developing the centre, it will be operated by AEG Ogden, which is taking initiatives to market the venue among top organisers of international events, said a report. Read More | View Original Article
RWI eyes major projects in Bahrain
Rubber World Industries (RWI), a key player in the rubber insulation products sector based in the UAE, aims to expand its trading portfolio to help complement the growing number of projects in Bahrain, said a senior official. Unveiling its expansion plan, Rizwan Shaikhani, managing director of RWI, said, "Strong government support through major investments and programs is expected to help key in more growth for Bahrain’s construction segment in 2012." "Bahrain has allotted over $477 million to bankroll various social housing projects for 2012," Shaikhani said, citing industry Read More | View Original Article
