ServeU, a UAE-based leading facilities management company and subsidiary of Union Properties, has launched its new security company Ehkam as part of its efforts to expand and enhance its offered security services. The company’s new venture was founded to raise the bar in terms of delivering technology-driven security solutions, as well as broaden its market footprint and contribute to meeting its target revenue growth by the end of next year. Employing 1,200 security personnel, ServeU has been providing certified security services for two decades to more than 50 clients located across the UAE. It sees its customer base further…
Author: Kasun Illankoon
A new whitepaper by consultants Frost & Sullivan indicates that the GCC logistics market is rebounding following a Covid-induced downturn and predicts the region’s surging e-commerce trade will support warehousing courier, express and parcel growth in the coming years. The 17-page whitepaper – ‘GCC Supply Chain & Logistics: What should your Digitization Priorities be?’ – reports a recent upsurge in Gulf container volumes, which rose more than 15% in the first half of this year with Saudi Arabia and the UAE accounting for 83% of the region’s 2021 logistics market. Prepared exclusively for Materials Handling Middle East 2021, the region’s…
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has recorded a significant milestone in its 5G rollout strategy to date. The telco provider’s 5G network has become the fastest in UAE. This achievement is the result of du’s efforts to drive the 5G agenda in recent times, with huge investments allocated to develop the 5G network, enhance performance and efficiency, and ensure customers avail the very best communication services. 5G is fundamental for enhancing the telecommunications sector and raising the country’s global competitiveness, with sustainable infrastructure advancements and world-class connectivity for all topmost priorities. Today’s announcement reaffirms du’s commitment to…
Global logistics automation partner, Swisslog has announced a series of new appointments within its senior management team to support continued growth and stability. Antonio Trioschi has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer, who joined Swisslog nine years ago and has since held several leadership positions across the business. Most recently, Antonio was responsible for the unity of two regions, Central and Greater Europe, into one strong EMEA region. He succeeds Dr. Christian Baur, who left Swisslog in June and who has played a key role in setting Swisslog on a path to growth over the past six years.…
Euro Auctions, world leading auctioneers of construction, agricultural and earthmoving machinery, is amassing a fleet of ‘new & unused’ excavators and commercial vehicles for the next sale at its Dubai site in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, with the message to buyers ‘we have great stock at this sale’ and to sellers, we still have room for more’. The last sale from Euro Auctions in Dubai is attracting consignors with kit to sell by the end of the year, as the market demands good late, low hours equipment as OEMs continue to struggle with delivery of new machines. …
Soudah Development (SD), a closed joint-stock company owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has announced plans to further enhance its commitment to environmental and wildlife conservation and the impact of its development program. It has started a monitoring program of endangered animals living in Soudah and parts of Rijal Almaa that will document their behavior to develop a framework of protective measures that will also enable the reintroduction of new species. The ambitious program will play a vital role in helping to restore the ecological balance across a 627 sq km site managed by SD that will promote long-term…
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced a new partnership with aswaaq LLC, a local brand that delivers retail industry services, to implement a SD-WAN solution in their key sites. In line with evolving digital era requirements and du’s commitment to integrate innovative technologies with local enterprises, the new solution will provide a host of operational-centric benefits. The collaboration between the two parties, which was finalised at GITEX Technology Week 2021, will see du assume responsibility for the provision of a managed SD-WAN solution as the front-end service provider. Fahad Al Hassawi, CEO, EITC, said: “In the telecommunications…
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) – one of the largest listed integrated utility companies in the EMEA region – along with Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni), announced today a partnership to develop a greenfield cogeneration power and water desalination project in Saudi Arabia with the world’s largest integrated oil and gas company, Saudi Aramco. The Tanajib Cogeneration and Desalination Project will have a net capacity of 940 megawatts (MW) of power generation, 1,084 tons per hour of steam and 5.25 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of desalinated water gross capacity (net capacity: 4.3 MIGD). TAQA and Marubeni have…
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), today announced that it has been selected as the cloud service provider of choice for Watani Al Emarat Foundation, the social development program promoting UAE national identity and good citizen practices across the local community. With the Foundation identifying the Dubai Pulse platform as the preferred secure cloud-hosting environment for availing complete managed services, the leading national telco provider will assume responsibility for successful Dubai Pulse cloud migration. The new partnership has been finalised with a signing ceremony at the 41st GITEX Technology Week, which is currently being held until October 21 at…
DHL Express, the world’s leading express and logistics provider, has further cemented its presence in the UAE by launching the construction of a new stand alone, logistics hub, at the Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA). The 15,000sqm facility, on a 30,000sqm airside/landside plot, located in ADIA’s Future Cargo Area, is being developed in partnership with Abu Dhabi Airports Free Zone Authority (ADAFZ) – a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Airports – and Middle East General Enterprises (MGE). DHL’s new airport facility constitutes the company’s latest investment in strengthening the global trade links of the UAE’s capital and acts as…