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Growing UAE Health Awareness – Big Business for Manufacturers

55% believe they are overweight, and 63% are trying to lose weight. 83% say they are willing to pay a premium for foods with healthy...

Lockheed Martin becomes Shareholder of Abu Dhabi-based Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair...

Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) announced today the closing of a transaction where Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) acquired an equity...

Fresh opportunities in UAE for contractors and suppliers

In terms of overall size of the GCC projects' market, UAE stands at the top of USD815bn, with nearly USD404bn worth of developments...

Confidence about business in Dubai grows among exporters, manufacturers

DED survey shows confidence growing among exporters and manufacturers Quarterly business survey reveals robust optimism leading to third quarter of 2012 Stronger optimism among exporters, manufacturers...

One in three CEOs are confident of revenue growth in 2016

Business confidence among industrial manufacturing CEOs has fallen to the lowest levels since 2013 according to PwC’s 19th Annual Global CEO Survey. In the...

Shaw Selected to Provide Project Management Consultancy Services for Base Oils...

The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) today announced it has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) to provide project...

Gulf investment corporation expands investments in Iron & Steel industry in...

Gulf United Steel Holding Company (“Foulath”), a leading global steel investment vehicle and the world’s first fully integrated steel producer, today announced the acquisition...

KSA, UAE eye US$3bn Suez industrial city

A Saudi-UAE alliance involving a group of companies has submitted a request to the Economic Commission of the Suez Canal to obtain 5 million...

UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt amongst world’s top 40 most competitive...

Deloitte releases the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index  Over the next five years, 20th-century manufacturing advocates like the United States, Germany and Japan will be...

Seventeen Million Ways to Say Happy Anniversary Dubai Refreshments

One of Dubai’s best known business landmarks, Dubai Refreshments Company (DRC), the sole franchisee and distributor for Pepsi Co in  Dubai and the Northern...

Al Jaber Group Selects Oshkosh Defense Global Heavy Equipment Transporter for...

Al Jaber Group, a privately owned, multi-faceted group of companies based in Abu Dhabi, has selected Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK),...

Worldwide IT spending to grow 3.1 percent in 2014

Worldwide IT Spending on Pace to Reach $3.8 Trillion in 2014 IT Spending Across All Segments to Grow in 2014 After a Flat 2013 Worldwide IT...

Amazon to Challenge Hollywood’s Film Production Houses in Cinemas

Amazon delivered a strong message to the exhibitor industry on its movie distribution plans during a presentation this week at CinemaCon. "All films will be...

Investments in UAE industries reach AED77b

The UAE has recorded strong growth in the industrial sector with total volume of investments reaching AED77 billion in 2008, according to the UAE...

NPC awarded British Retail Consortium Global Standard for Food Safety

National Prawn Company, world leader in desert coastal aquaculture, has been awarded the prestigious British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Food Safety. The BRC,...

Industrial Commodities Prices to Surge in 2017

Tight supply, strong demand boosts energy, metals prices The World Bank is forecasting strong gains for industrial commodities such as energy and metals in 2017,...

Fastest Growing Industries for Small Business in 2014

Although it is predicted that 2014 might offer businesses better opportunities, it will certainly not put an end to the present difficulties. Despite that,...

Competition in Event Structures Set to Intensify as New Supplier Enters...

Asia Tent International (ATI), a leading manufacturer of clear-span, tensile and architectural structures, has set up operations in the UAE to support increasing demand...