Sourcing in China for building Africa's infrastructure development

The Big 5 2012: Building on solid foundations

As the Middle East's largest event for the building and construction industry, the The Big 5 2012 now fills the entire venue at Dubai World Trade Centre, hosting more than 2,300 exhibitors from 64 countries, and some 32,000 visitors.

TATEF 2012: The "Industrial Summit" is ready for action

Being one of the most important industrial summits, the 14th International Metal Machinery and Technologies Fair TATEF has prepared to gather the leaders of the sector in Istanbul Fair Centre/CNR Expo, which will be held on 2-7 October 2012.

Advances in five-axis CMM inspection

Five-axis processing is moving into the mainstream as a powerful strategic solution to lean manufacturing. On the metal cutting side, contoured parts can be machined in-the round from a single set-up and prismatic parts machined on four or five sides, as well as angles. The automated processing optimises in-cut times, speeds throughput, and reduces operator intervention to save on labour burden. One-stop processing eliminates the error-stacking unavoidable with part transfers and multiple set-up

Advantages of high-strength steel pipes

The latest evolution in these high strength pipe steels carries a specified minimum yield. With even more advanced steels expected soon, unique opportunities are being created for the arc welding industry to introduce new welding consumables and processes capable of welding high strength steels. The welding industry's priority is quality. All pipeline fabricators in Middle East & Africa need to provide repeatable, high quality welds - the first time.

High-speed CNC machining

CAD/CAM generated programs used to design parts commonplace in the Aerospace market are large and require a specific CNC System treatment in order to obtain the maximum speed with the desired precision. The solution implemented by Fagor 8065 CNC system to process CAD/CAM generated programs consist of the combination of splines and polynomial transitions as well as the interpretation of the NURB format utilised by CAD/CAM programs.

Cost-effective material for tube bending tool

Reshaping Middle East's container trade, supply chain dynamics

Middle East's growing trade with Asia looks set to overtake the historically important transatlantic trade in the next few years, and is by no means the only one recording highly positive results.

New developments widen the versatility of plasma cutting

SolidWorks: Leading integrated software for design and manufacture

Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (DS SolidWorks) started its presence in the Middle East in 2000 through Dr. Grida, serving as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for SolidWorks in Cairo.

EMEA's AEC software to grow 7.6% CAGR

South Africa's iron ore mining output up 31.4% in June

South Africa's actual mining production index increased by 4.2% compared to June 2011 in June this year, according to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa. Meanwhile, the seasonally adjusted mining production index in June went up by 1.6% compared to May this year.