Barry Callebaut opens its first chocolate factory in Indonesia

The new factory will supply chocolate to GarudaFood, one of Indonesia's leading food and beverage companies

Oil & Gas to take coordinated and streamlined approach

Organisations in the oil and gas industry must adapt to an increasingly interconnected energy landscape by taking a streamlined and coordinated approach to security, urge UAE and international experts. 

Heat and Control to exhibit at Pack Expo 2016

The company will showcase processing, conveying, coating, seasoning, weighing, packaging, and inspection systems at Pack Expo International 2016 in Chicago

Digitisation, innovation, technology to transform global auto aftermarket

More than 100 professionals of the Middle East’s automotive aftermarket gathered in Dubai to discuss the future trends in their industry, with the rise of digitisation likely to have a major impact on the way they do business in the region.

False economies may be harming the UAE construction industry

Zander Muego, director of UAE construction and property consultancy, Thomas & Adamson, explains the pitfalls of the common decision to choose cost over value:  

AED 40 billion machinery and equipment trade in Jafza

Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), Dubai and the UAE's flagship trade and logistics hub for the wider Middle East region comprising West Asia, the CIS, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent organised a forum for Machinery and Equipment sector. 

X-ray systems boast increased accuracy

Ishida’s new X-ray inspection system improves foreign body detection

Mobility in industrial manufacturing

Connecting industrial automation systems with mobile devices using software toolsets to provide on-the-go machine related information to factory workers and supervisors is termed as industrial mobility.

Industry 4.0: How 'the rise of the machines' is being driven by Cloud

Oracle finds 64% of Gulf businesses are currently implementing robotics technology or planning to do so; and about 14% of Gulf businesses currently have an integrated cloud model in place that works for legacy applications and new platforms - higher than any other surveyed region.

Multi-axis calibrator measuring all six degrees

As demands on component tolerances increase, manufacturers are now required to consider all error sources from the machines producing parts; angular errors as well as linear and straightness errors.

High-performance modular milling tools taking a giant step forward

Kennametal has built a modular endmill solution able to compete at solid carbide levels, and outperforms its nearest modular competitor by more than two to one.  

K 2016: The future of plastics processing

At K 2016, a special show "Plastics shape the future" highlights the developments that are already taking shape and the visions that may become reality tomorrow.