Logistics

Mubadala, Solvay enter aerospace joint venture in Abu Dhabi

Solvay member of the executive committee Roger Kearns, Boeing Commercial Airplanes vice president and general manager supplier management Kent Fisher and Mubadala CEO of aerospace and engineering services Homaid Al Shimmari at the Farnborough International Airshow, UK. (Image Source: Mubadala)

Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi government owned investment company and Solvay, the Belgium chemical and advanced materials company have announced the establishment of a joint venture company to manufacture primary composite materials in the UAE for the aerospace industry

Haulotte machines support Riyadh Metro Project

Haulotte articulated booms and telescopic boom are being used in the construction of the Riyad Metro project. (Image Source: Haulotte)

A range of Haulotte aerial work platform machinery is being used in the construction of the Riyadh Metro Project, which is scheduled for completion in 2018

?GCC investing US$100bn in airport expansion?

Dubai International Airport is the world?s busiest international airport. (Image source: Michael Ranzau/Flickr)

With the International Air Transport Association projecting Middle East passengers to grow by 4.9 per cent per year to 2034, the GCC is fuelling US$100bn in airport expansion and construction projects in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, according to Deloitte

Hormann Middle East launches energy-saving cold storage door

The ISO Speed Cold is the optimum solution for all areas with high temperature differences. (Image source: Hormann Middle East)

Hormann Middle East has introduced ISO Speed Cold, a high-speed door for cold storage areas that also helps save energy in production and distribution areas

Kuwait awards airport terminal contract worth US$4.4bn

The building is planned under a single roof canopy, which will have glazed openings that filter daylight, deflecting direct solar radiation. (Image source: DGCA)

Kuwait has signed a US$4.4bn contract with Turkish firm Limak Construction for a new terminal at Kuwait International Airport that will more than triple passenger capacity