Private sector development in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province may finally pick up the pace as the kingdom continues its reforms push, with a thrust on privatisation and economic diversification. Saudi Minister of Finance Muhammad Abdullah Al Jadaan told a meeting at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce that the government will fund the private...
Alupco refurbishes Dammam plant
Saudi-based Aluminium Products Company (Alupco), a leading aluminium extrusion company in the Middle ...
Batterjee Medical City launched in Dammam
Prince Saud Bin Naif, emir of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, laid the foundation stone of th ...
Bahri to move VLCC fleet to Saudi flag
National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri), a global leader in transportation and logistics, ...
AMC lights up Saudi industrial market
Adwan Marketing Co (AMC) has been a prime source of electrical materials and test instruments to the ...
Agru Kunststofftechnik GmbH Austria, has supplied all the piping components made of a high-performance plastic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) for a Hungarian industrial company’s process water plant. The main challenge this project posed was in making a special part, the “header”, which consisted of a central manifold with an outside...
Leminar starts wastewater treatment plant
Leminar Air Conditioning Industries, one of the leaders in quality HVAC ductwork manufacturing in th ...
Advancing waste water technologies
Water reuse technologies are emerging as a vital solution to address the Middle East region›s ...
Smarter wastewater can cap wastage
Earlier this year, I watched the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) with interest. With global war ...
Mideast’s changing water industry
As concerns of water scarcity intensify across the globe, the Middle East is being prudent in dealin ...
The petrochemical industry in the Gulf region grew at 3.7 per cent in 2016 reaching 150 million tonnes of capacity, according to an annual study by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA), outpacing the global average growth of 2.2 per cent. The figures emerged from ‘Arabian Gulf Industry Year in Review’ part of GPCA’s...
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), has been awarded two c ...
Equate posts $679m net profit for 2016
Kuwait-based Equate Group, a global producer of petrochemicals, has announced a total net profit of ...
Sabic and ExxonMobil Chemical Company have announced the selection of a site in San Patricio County, ...
Air Liquide supplies nitrogen to Liwa
France-based Air Liquide and Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic), Oman&rsqu ...
The growing use of liquid biofuels in stand-by generators has increased the need for effective fuel testing to confirm that bio content levels remain within the required limits. With the introduction of new environmental standards and directives aimed at improving air quality, the low sulphur content, reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) and greenhouse gas...
Exova, a global testing company, has been awarded a contract with McDermott to deliver a range of te ...
On a global scale, movement of goods and resources is increasing. Goods are being transported over greater distances, meaning they are more vulnerable to being lost or damaged during transportation. Load security is, therefore, a major challenge for the supply chain and the freight industry, as cargo failures represent a major economic, safety and waste...
Dubai-based The Industrial Group has appointed its management veteran Dr Sameer Al Ansari as the vic ...
Siemens exhibits digital value chain
"Innovation in packaging – benefits of digitalisation” was Siemens’ motto at ...
IPM: a priority in packaging
In the world of food processing and packaging, the facility administrators usually have to abide by ...
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is changing manufacturing as we know it by delivering real-time conditions on the factory floor, making it possible to not only optimise production and eliminate waste but uncover new business opportunities. It is also helping in the ongoing maintenance and future design of the products factories are producing, says...
Siemens AG, one of the largest manufacturing and electronic companies in the world, has announced plans to set up its global headquarters for airports, cargo and ports logistics in Dubai, UAE. The company will use the site of Expo 2020 Dubai as the future location for this business after the next World Expo ends in April 2021. The decision of the German...
Mideast OSV activity sees 2.6pc increase
The Middle East was the only global market to witness an increase in demand in offshore supply vesse ...
