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Honda’s robot grows up, ready for office chores
Honda has announced that its humanoid robot, Asimo, is now ready to take on simple office work, greeting visitors and fetching...
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Chip gear sales to rise 9pc
Global semiconductor equipment sales are expected to rise 9.1 per cent in 2006, an industry group said, revising up its July forecast of 8.1 per cent growth...
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China world’s top PC exporter
China surpassed the United States as the world’s top exporter of laptop computers, mobile phones and other information and communications technology devices in 2004, the...
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Make your own biodiesel
Bioprocessor units that produce diesel fuel from vegetable oil have been introduced by MB Industrial, a UK company based in Cheltenham...
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Tetra Pak stops using ITX printed cartons
Swedish packaging firm Tetra Pak has aid it will no longer use the ink component isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) in its cartons in...
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AES in $1.2bn Bulgaria deal
US energy firm AES has signed agreements with four international banks to finance construction of a 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) coal-fired power plant in Bulgaria...
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Statistics
Gulf states’ GDP set to cross $600bnThe economic boom in the GCC is set to enter its fourth year thanks to high oil prices and the group’s GDP is expected to double to $...
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Project Information
Technip wins ethylene plant dealProject Name: Ethylene plantProject Location: Shuaiba, Kuwait...
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Sagia, Swicorp team-up for investments
A consortium has been formed to boost investments in energy-related projects in Saudi Arabia...
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Float glass plant coming up in UAE
Emirates Float Glass (EFG) LLC, founded by Dubai Investments PJSC, is setting up a 600 tonnes per day state-of-the-art float...
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Emirates Glass wins major orders
Emirates Glass, a Dubai Investments subsidiary, has won three major orders to supply 30,000 sq m of its premium glass products to prestigious projects around Dubai...
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Alcan stake in Oman smelter
Alcan has announced it is taking a 20 per cent stake in a $1.7 billion primary aluminium smelter in Sohar, Oman, and would proceed with the construction of the project...
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Qatar’s success cited at forum
The role of investment banking is a crucial component for increasing the efficiency of Arab economies, said a leading economic expert Sheikha Hanadi Nasser bin Khalid Al...
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MESC wins Kuwait contract
MESC Specialised Cables has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract in Kuwait for the supply of specialised cables...
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Globalpharma signs agreement
Globalpharma has secured an agreement for the production of new products lines from Polichem SA...
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Gulf’s super yacht reputation rises
The Arabian Gulf region will be among the world’s top four super yacht markets within 5-10 years, according to a global...
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AFI launches Enerpac ‘Z’ pumps
A Dammam-based engineering firm has formally launched Enerpac’s newly introduced ZE series pumps...
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Dubai firm buys Doncasters
Dubai International Capital (DIC), the international investment arm of Dubai Holding, has signed an agreement to acquire UK-based Doncasters Group Limited from Royal...
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Trade exhibition to be held in Bahrain
A major trade exhibition will be held in Bahrain for Asian companies following the signing of an MoU between the Bahrain...
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UAE plea on duties
UAE Economy and Planning Minister Shaikha Lubna Al Qassimi has urged the World Trade Organisation to help remove duties from primary aluminium, saying the move would help...
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Alstom wins Sohar contract
Alstom has won a contract of around 425 million British pounds (around $510.6 million) from Sohar Aluminium Company for the turnkey construction of a 1,000 MW gas-...
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Major Sumitomo stake in Mezon
Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd, one of the leading Dubai based oil and gas services companies, has announced that Sumitomo Corporation of Japan has secured an 80 per cent...
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ExxonMobil’s role lauded
ExxonMobil Saudi Arabia (Emsa)’s support for a programme of partnership between the private and public sectors (PPP) came in for praise from the kingdom’s top investment...
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Saudi Anfal launches fire-rated doors
Saudi Anfal Factory for Automated Doors, a leading Saudi Arabia-based supplier of a range of products related to the...
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Riyadh to reduce farm subsidies
Saudi Arabia, in its post-WTO era, will have to dismantle its agricultural subsidies by 13.3 per cent over a 10-year period, according to a report...
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Plans being finalised for boat show
Plans for the 2006 Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS 2006) are being finalised with the 14th annual event set to break all...
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Acimall booked for Sharjah event
Acimall, the Italian Woodworking Machinery and Tool Manufacturers’ Association, will be participating at the WoodWorking Middle East exhibition, scheduled for January 22-...
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Paspaley opens boutiques in Dubai
Paspaley Pearls has just opened two Paspaley boutiques in Dubai...
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Rasasi implements Lotus Domino
Rasasi Perfumes Industry, a regional perfume manufacturer based in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone, has announced the implementation of a technology platform that supports...
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Sitaco seminars promote catalogue
Jeddah-based Saudi Industrial Tools Corporation, distributors of industrial tools and equipment, has held several seminars in November and December to promote its...