US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, which introduced three new tyre brands to the Gulf recently, has marked out the region as a key market in its strategic business review.

French company Presto, engaged in the manufacture of water saving and tapware products, expects that a Middle East subsidiary it opened in the UAE last year will help build on its successes in the Gulf The company makes a range of products for washbasins, showers, the flush area, urinals and kitchens and has expertise to serve the needs of medical

Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) has been notified by Alstom that it has begun production of trainsets to be deployed on the Riyadh Metro.

Bahrain Commercial Services Company, which operates under the Jawad Group and which relaunched China’s JAC Motors trucks last year in Bahrain after acquiring the commercial vehicles dealership in 2014, expects sales to pick up sharply within the next two years in the kingdom. The company sells or leases JAC trucks of 3.5 tonnes and 4.

Two product and chemical carriers had a naming ceremony performed by their owners Oman Shipping Company (OSC) at the Hyundai Mipo Dockwayd in Ulsan, South Korea. The vessels are Muscat Silver and Rustaq Silver.

Banz Trading & Contracting, one of Bahrain’s leading importers and distributors, has reported strong sales of items from Germany-based MTU (Motoren und Turbinen Union GmbH), mainly diesel engine parts for marine and industrial applications.

UAE-based Dhofar Global recently launched in the Gulf several hygiene care products imported from the German company Kleen Purgatis. The debuting products are aimed at the hospitality industry’s food and beverage and housekeeping departments.