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Mammut set to double capacity by next year

Mammut Building Systems (MBS), the manufacturer of pre-engineered steel buildings in the Middle East, has announced two key appointments in the company. MBS is a subsidiary of Emaar & Industries Investments (EII). Emirates Business 24/7 - 20Nov 06:29GMT
Investors Hail Planned GCC Railway Network

Local investors have welcomed the proposed GCC railway network saying that it would boost the member states' economy and reduce the time taken to transport raw materials and consumer goods from one country to another. The Peninsula - 17Nov 08:24GMT
Emirates Float Glass Signs Deal With PPG

Emirates Float Glass (EFG), a subsidiary of Glass LLC, wholly owned by Dubai Investments PJSC, has signed a technology licensing agreement with American conglomerate PPG Industries for its second float glass manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi. Press Release - 16Nov 09:09GMT
Alumco wins mixed use development contract in Abu Dhabi

Alumco LLC announced that it has won a mega contract to provide aluminum composite cladding, aluminum and glazing works for the Mixed Use Development Project undertaken by Morganti International for East and West International Group (EWIG) at Muroor Road in Abu Dhabi. Press Release - 15Nov 08:23GMT
Qatar aluminum project 'on track'

Norsk Hydro's $5.6 billion aluminum smelter in Qatar is on track to start production in late 2009 or early 2010 and all the company's other big projects are also on schedule, its chief executive said. Arab News - 13Nov 06:17GMT
EHC to build petrochemical facility in Egypt

EHC announced a further step in the development of its Greenfield Olefins Complex consisting of a 2.5 MTPA Naphtha Cracker and 2 x 450,000 MTPA Polyethylene Complex at Ain Sokhna on the Suez coast of Egypt (the "Project"), with the selection of HSBC Bank plc as its financial adviser. Press Release - 12Nov 12:04GMT
NATPET lanches large-scale polypropylene plant in KSA

National Petrochemical Industries Company (NATPET) , a subsidy of Al Lujain owning 57% of NATPET has commenced experimental operations of propylene and polypropylene plant in Yanbu Industrial City. Press Release - 12Nov 11:51GMT
China to Invest In Iran's Combine Company

China has announced its readiness to invest in Iran Combine Manufacturing Company. Iran Daily - 12Nov 09:33GMT
Iran Wagon Exports to Cuba Planned

Iran's Wagon Pars Company has planned to export 25 million euros worth of wagons to Cuba and China by March 2009, the company's managing director Gholamreza Razzazi said. Iran Daily - 12Nov 09:31GMT
Solvay Group acquires ASCC

Solvay Group has acquired Alexandria Sodium Carbonate Company (ASCC), according to Pharos Holding for Financial Investments, which said it helped structure the deal. Emirates Business 24/7 - 12Nov 06:31GMT

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