Qatar is intending to set up a new electricity plant with a capacity of up to 5,000 megawatts by 2016 in order to meet rising energy demands according to a senior official from Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC).

ABB has signed an agreement with Kuwait's central power and water utility, to provide maintenance services related to the Doha East power station and the Shuwaikh desalination plant.

Sarasin-Alpen (ME) Limited, a subsidiary of the Swiss private bank, Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd, Switzerland, has opened its representative office in Abu Dhabi.

With the region's IT market hungry for new innovation and design, Taiwan Trade Centre, Dubai has announced an enormous 67 per cent increase in year-on-year trade during the first half of 2010 between Taiwanese companies and those in the UAE.

Twelve UAE nationals have become the first recruits to commence a new course focusing on administrative skills under the Pre Employment Course (PEC) scheme at Emirates Aluminium (EMAL).