ChemaWEyaat and Indorama in JV for aromatics plant in Abu Dhabi

The plant is expected to have an annual design capacity of about 1.4 million tonnes of paraxylene and 0.5 million tonnes of benzene.

Burger joint to open 10 outlets in Pakistan

The international food chain Johnny Rocketts has announced the first location in Karachi

Jones Engineering to focus on Saudi's FMCG

The Irish engineering contracting group will focus on food and beverage, pharmaceutical and health care industries

The WhiteWave Foods to form JV with China Mengniu Dairy

The new joint venture will manufacture, market and sell WhiteWave products to China

Nicole by OPI and Dove chocolate ring in the new year

Nicole by OPI and Dove Chocolate and celebrate the New Year with the launch of the "Discover Your Dark Side in the New Year Sweepstakes."

WIDIA grooving, cut-off system adds new PH geometry

Chipbreaker and rigid cutting edge are first choice for hard materials and interrupted cuts

Seco introduces cermet grade for threading operations

Seco designed its new cermet grade TP1030 to consistently deliver premium threading performance and maintain excellent tool life in high-production thread turning operations that involve steels and stainless steels.

The year in Gulf country GDP

Year 2013 saw a promising comeback for GCC countries in the real estate and construction markets and consistent oil revenues despite minor panic over the U.S. shale gas boom. But while GDP growth remains steady, economic diversity is key in the years ahead.

Iranian carmakers manufacture 72,000 cars in month

Iranian carmakers produced around 72,000 cars in the past Iranian calendar month of Azar (ending on December 21), IRNA reported on Dec. 27.

Emirates Extrusion to expand production

Emirates Extrusion Factory (EEF), a leading aluminium extrusion company in the UAE and a subsidiary of Masharie LLC - the private equity arm of Dubai Investments, has announced plans to add a new production line at its aluminium extrusion plant in Techno Park, Dubai entailing an investment of Dh13 million.

Siemens to implement tailor-made solutions for Rabigh 2 power plant

SIEMENS has been recently awarded the contract for the supply of six gas and three steam turbines to power the 2 GW Rabigh 2 power plant.

World Rubber Summit 2014 to be held in Singapore

A timely opportunity to examine how leaders at the helm of the global tyre and rubber industries are confronting transformative political and economic challenges that shape the growth of the global rubber economy.