ISNR ABU DHABI
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (Adnec), part of ADQ, has reached a strategic partnership deal with Reed Exhibitions to acquire ISNR Abu Dhabi, a leading conference in Middle East and North Africa that covers security equipment sector.

Global innovators and entrepreneurs have been invited to submit sustainable solutions for repurposing poultry waste and compete for a $1 million sustainability challenge.

The Aluminium Two Thousand World Congress, an international conference about the aluminum industry, has been postponed.

August showed a year-over-year (YoY) drop of 17.2% in worldwide cargo volume and of 29% in shipments carried, but a YoY increase in revenues of 37%, thanks to rates in USD that were 65% higher than 2019, a report said.

Export Bahrain has launched a first of its kind national e-commerce initiative designed to support Bahrain based businesses access and list their products and services on prominent local, regional and international e-commerce platforms.

Total Lubrifiants, the world’s fourth-largest international lubricants company, has announced the acquisition of Lubrilog SAS.

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) have announced that they have signed a strategic agreement to train Emirati astronauts in Nasa.

A new online classifieds platform for unwanted children’s toys, books, clothes, gear and accessories, Toyit, has been officially launched in Dubai.

Oman Company for Development of Special Economic Zone at Duqm (Tatweer) and Iskan Oman Investment Company have announced their plan to allocate capital shares of their new projects in Duqm for the local community companies.

Norway’s Pipeotech has signalled its intention to rewrite the rulebook within the pipe sealing segment by offering a 10-year gas-tight guarantee as standard on its innovative DeltaV-Seal.

ANALYSIS
Despite Covid-19 crisis, electric vehicle (EV) sales break records, said an analysis from Alpho, a brand of Gulf Brokers, noting that in Germany, EV sales almost doubled from the first half (H1) in 2019 to H1 in 2020.

TIE-UP WITH US OPERATOR
The Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), in partnership with Dubai South, has announced the launch of Dubai Global Connect (DGC), a one million square metre B2B wholesale market in Dubai.