Gulf aluminium sector grows 8.4% annually

Gulf aluminium industry is expanding by 8.4 percent annually, compared to an average annual global expansion of 3.5 percent.

Emirates Steel eyes on high-value products

Emirates Steel said that Middle East region imports most of its high value added steel and it wants to capitalise the demand by manufacturing these products domestically.

Iran to expand steel production by 55 million tonnes

Iran plans to increase its annual steel output to 55 million tonnes by the end of the Fifth Five-Year Development Plan (2015).

Must-attend summit for cosmetic formulators

Technology-driven innovation and safety in cosmetic science will be topics at the 2014 SCC Cosmetic Innovation Summit in Hong Kong on November 13

Roche to buy InterMune for $8.3 billion

Roche to acquire California maker of pirfenidone for $74.00 per share in an all-cash transaction

China health summit set be world’s largest

Over 6,000 exhibitors will join ‘tHIS’, an integrated health industry event from May 15-18, 2015, expected to draw 150,000 visitors to Shanghai

Marel – innovation through partnership

Marel will showcase new low-pressure portioning technology at Gulfood Manufacturing

The “Healthy Meals” project

A research, which shows effect of salmon, broccoli and barley on gut microbiota and in weight loss, may help food manufacturers develop better products, including those that increase the feeling of satiety

Coveris buys flexographic print company

Acquisition of Learoyd Packaging (Holdings) Ltd. to support Coveris flexible packaging business

Potato peels to green power

Remo-Frit, producer of potato products, achieves energy benchmarks for food processing as it invests in GWE wastewater treatment

Global plastics market worth $654.38 billion by 2020

Growing at a rate of 8.1%, the global plastics market will see rising demand for bio-based plastics

Ineos invests into shale gas exploration in the UK

PEDL 133 license covers 329 square kilometres of the Midland Valley of Scotland which includes Ineos’ Grangemouth refining and petrochemical complex