The term ‘innovation’ can mean different things to different people. No two manufacturing businesses are at the same point in their journey to innovate systems and processes.

Celeros Flow Technology has been launched as a standalone company following the divestiture by SPX FLOW of its Power & Energy division to an affiliate of funds managed by private equity company Apollo Global Management.

The amount of cargo handled at Abu Dhabi Airports in the last quarter of 2019 totalled 147,853 tonnes, a growth of 4.4 percent from 141,638 tonnes in the comparable period of 2018, a media report said.

Airbus said it is pausing production at its A220/A320 manufacturing facility in Mobile in the US state of Alabama and temporarily adapting commercial aircraft production and assembly activity at its German sites in Bremen and Stade.

The French government has asked, on March 22, a group of French industrial companies led by Air Liquide to study the possibility of increasing the production of respirators so as to provide 10,000 respirators in 50 days.

Oman Global Logistics Group (Asyad) has invited bids from leading firms to develop a residential, commercial or mixed-use project on a prime land owned by sultanate's public transport services company Mwasalat in Azaiba region of capital Muscat.

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There is a lack of clarity when considering the Force Majeure provisions for businesses in the region as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a panel of experts has said.

The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) has successfully managed to enhance its role as a representative and voice of the business community and the private sector to overcome the challenges they face in light Covid-19 impact.

Shumookh Investment and Services, the investment arm of Oman’s Public Establishment for Industrial Estates – Madayn, has signed a partnership agreement with Ibn Al Muallem United Trading to manage and operate Barkha Application.

The Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (Sezad) has formed a dedicated team to develop a response plan for the emergency cases arising out of the coronavirus (Covid-19) spread in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZD), said a report.

Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialised by industry, today announced it has officially launched a customer user community for Infor CloudSuite EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) in the Middle East.

Ecolog International, a leading global provider of integrated services and Desolenator, a Netherlands-based solar desalination technology company, have signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement.