Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS With 1, 55,000 sq. feet of land in Safe Zone Sharjah in place, Blend Polymer, one of the leading polymer industries in the Emirates, equipped with the state-of-the-art facility. It aims to manufacture only the finest products. Established in 1990 by Aziz Group & Skyline, Blend Group has been involved in diversified business lines. The ...

Our Correspondent / Emirates Business Louis Moinet is today an independent watch brand based in Saint-Blaise, Switzerland, has been able to woo Emirates with its specialised creation of high-end timepieces, often featuring exotic materials and innovative technology, underpinned by the philosophy of limited edition mechanical art. Damas & Damas Les are the exclusive retailers in UAE for all of Louis ...

London / AFP Britain will vote on its membership of the European Union on June 23, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday as he began the daunting challenge of persuading the country to stay in. He announced the date for the referendum after a two-hour cabinet meeting where he outlined the deal he struck in Brussels on Friday that ...

Moscow / Bloomberg Major oil-producing nations, seeking to curb a flood of supply that’s cut prices almost in half in the past year, agreed to wrap up talks on capping output by the start of March, according to Russia’s Energy Ministry. “We agreed that all consultations should be completed by March 1,” Energy Minister Alexander Novak told state TV on ...

Dubai / Emirates Business As it prepares to participate in the Gulfood 2016, UNIKAI Foods, one of the largest FMCG companies in the UAE, has reported a net profit of AED 13.5 million for 2015. UNIKAI is now looking to expand its operations following the remarkable competiveness in areas like quality, packaging, distribution, customer service, corporate governance, risk mitigation, talent ...

Ritika Sharma Emirates Business Considering ever-increasing rush of travellers between India’s commercial capital Mumbai and Dubai, Jet Airways, which works in alliance with UAE’s national carrier Etihad Airways, has announced increased frequency of flights between the two cities from March 1. Jet Airways is also starting one new flight from Indian capital New Delhi, making the Mumbai-Dubai and Delhi-Dubai sectors ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr. Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of Federal National Council (FNC), has received Ilyas Umakhanov Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, and the accompanying delegation, at FNC headquarters in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, they discussed ways to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the UAE and Russia in various fields.

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE ports are among the world’s largest ports in terms of advanced equipment, capabilities, shipping and unloading, Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime, has said. He added that the UAE has been ranked first at the Arab level and10th ...

Dubai / Emirates Business DAMAC Properties has announced a major new project, destined to become another icon of Dubai’s real estate landscape. ‘AYKON City’ is a six tower luxury project comprising Dubai’s first all-suites, 80 storey AYKON Hotel and Residences, a 63 storey DAMAC Maison Serviced Hotel Residences, a 60 storey apartment tower, a 65 storey office tower and two ...

Alkesh Sharma / Emirates Business Imagine a UAE farmer sitting in the cabin of his high-tech tractor and keeping tabs on swathes of fields by the click of the mouse. By monitoring a couple of computer screens, the ‘big data’ helps him figure out the exact locations in the farmlands where his worker had missed a seed, the zones where ...