Following increased regional demand for bulk materials handling engines, Germany’s Stiebel Industries has established its first GCC branch in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
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Ford eyes $170m expansion of EMEA assembly plant
Ford Motor Company has announced plans to invest $170m to expand operations at its Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria, South Africa
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Chicago Pneumatic expands walk-behind roller range
Chicago Pneumatic has launched the MR7005, a walk-behind double-drum roller designed to offer an extended lifetime in tough operating conditions
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ABB robots to build new Mercedes-Benz GLC model
ABB has secured the contract to deliver more than 250 robots to Valmet Automotive, which will use the machines to build the new Mercedes-Benz GLC model from 2017 onwards
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Chicago Pneumatic launches MV58 plate compactor
Chicago Pneumatic’s latest forward plate compactor, the MV58, weighs less than 70kg
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Dongfeng Renault opens first plant in China
Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company (DRAC) has opened its first China-based production facility in Wuhan, two years after the formation of the joint venture
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Multinational polymer JV opens plant in Kizad, UAE
Polysys Additive Technologies Middle East (PAT ME) has inaugurated a 7,000MT-capacity production facility in the UAE’s Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad)
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Largest readymix concrete plant in India unveiled
Birla Shakti Concrete has showcased its new Liebherr programme logic-controlled (PLC) readymix plant, which boasts an annual production capacity of 6.5-lac cubic metres
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BCI opens manufacturing plant in Sharjah, UAE
Baalbaki Chemical Industries (BCI) has inaugurated its first UAE manufacturing facility in Sharjah’s Hamriyah Free Zone
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Work starts on Mexico plant for $1bn automaker JV
Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance have broken ground on their joint-venture manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico