Assarain Concrete Products (ACPD), part of Oman-based trading and investment company Assarain Group, has signed a 25-year land renewable lease agreement for a plot of 60,000 sq m with Duqm Industrial Land Company (DILC), a subsidiary of Port of Duqm Company (PDC)

Immensa Technology Labs, the UAE’s leading additive manufacturing (AM or 3D printing) company, in collaboration with Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) has released the result of a world-first joint effort to recover a series of concrete casting techniques with the aid of large-format 3D printing

Aluminium producing company Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has signed an agreement with Gulf Cement Company to supply a by-product from aluminium smelting for the next three years

Nexans, a global provider of advanced cabling and connectivity solutions, has received a major contract by France’s Rexel to supply lead-free HYPRON® cables for Oman’s US$4.5bn Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) project

The GCC region’s automation industry is on track for double-digit growth over the next five years, as recovering oil prices and economic diversification plans boost demand for industrial and building automation technologies, according to TechSci Research, a global consulting firm