Kuwait is set to spend around US$15.6bn (KD4.74bn) on infrastructure and other projects in financial year 2017-2018 with the private sector contributing 16.9 per cent of the investment
Construction
Outokumpu win stainless steel order for bridge project in Kuwait
Outokumpa Long Products have won a contract to provide 1,600 metric tonnes of stainless steel rebar for the Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad Al-Sabah highway bridge project in Kuwait
Volvo CE headquarters to move from Brussels to Gothenburg, Sweden
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) announced on 12 January that it is moving its global headquarters from Brussels, Belgium to Gothenburg, Sweden
Volvo EC140D, available for EMEA, boosts profitability on-site

The new EC140D excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment combines high fuel efficiency, up time and productivity to become the ultimate earning machine. (Image source: Volvo CE)
The new Volvo EC140D excavator is available with a Tier 2-compliant engine in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets (excluding Turkey)
DWTC awards US$197mn contract to AFC for One Central phase 1A6
Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has awarded the US$197mn contract for phase 1A6 of the 182,500 sq m One Central, to Al Futtaim Carillion (AFC), which will commence operations later this month and be completed before the end of 2018