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Sharjah / WAM SAIF Zone-based Delta Food Industries opened an AED 40 million dairy plant in Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, SAIF Zone. Speaking during the opening ceremony, Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of SAIF Zone and Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, said, “We welcome Delta Food Industries’ new initiative. It is pleasing to see more manufacturing units flocking to SAIF ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium’s Laboratories have received ISO/IEC 17025:2005, general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, accreditation in the field of Metallurgical Testing. The certificates were recently presented to Abdulla Kalban, MD and CEO of EGA by the Director of Dubai Accreditation Centre, DAC, Amina Ahmed Mohammed, in the presence of EGA senior management and ...

Fujairah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday extended condolences to the family of martyr Mohammed Rashid Al Dhanhani, who fell while participating in Operation Restoring Hope, being conducted by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen. During a visit to the ...

Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Tuesday joined the staff of Dubai Civil Defence in celebrating World Civil Defence Day, being marked this year under the theme, “Civil Defence and Modern Media.” During a visit to a civil defence centre on Sheikh Zayed ...

Dubai / WAM Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, has emphasised keen interest of UAE in general and Dubai in particular, to attract and care for all global sports and to disseminate a culture of sport as a way of life for all members of the community. This statement came when HH Sheikh Maktoum ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHAs) smart clinic discussed the importance of awareness and early detection of Tuberculosis on Tuesday. Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease caused by bacteria that is spread from person to person through microscopic droplets released into the air. This can happen when someone with the untreated, active form of tuberculosis coughs, speaks, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Bayer Group had a very successful year in 2015, both strategically and operationally. “Operationally it was another record year for Bayer. Sales reached the highest level in the company’s history, exceeding EUR 46 billion. Clean EBITDA substantially rose by about 18 percent and also set a new record of more than EUR 10 billion,” Management ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, today announced the Qualys ThreatPROTECT solution. Built on the Qualys Cloud Platform, ThreatPROTECT correlates data from vulnerability scans and active threat data from multiple sources into a single dynamic dashboard to provide a holistic and contextual view of an organization’s threat ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) received over 1.4 million telephone calls in 2015. DEWA’s call centre, the Customer Care Centre, answered 665,343 calls, while a further 754,190 calls were managed by its Interactive Voice Response system, enabling DEWA customers to make use of its services smartly and efficiently. DEWA’s Customer Care Centre also received up ...

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has launched Dubai Wholesale City, the largest global wholesale hub, set to span over 550 million sq. feet, with an expected development cost of AED30 billion over ten years. The new development aims to increase the UAE’s share ...