Business & Money | Monday 9 March, 2015 12:48 pm

SABIC to produce new innovative polymer range

SABIC commercially launched a new range of non-phthalate polymer products developed at its technology center in Riyadh to fulfill customer demands for advanced solutions in various segments such as hygiene fabrics, and flexible packaging. In light of the changing market requirements, customers the...

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Technology & IT | Monday 9 March, 2015 12:34 pm

STC and Cisco Collaborate to Build Three New Data Centers

The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco announced today that they will strategically collaborate to build three new data centers in response to growing market needs to accelerate and streamline cloud adoption in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The deployment, which will represent the largest Cisco...

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Business & Money | Monday 9 March, 2015 12:30 pm

Good performance in a challenging environment

2014 was a successful year for Henkel. In a challenging and very competitive market environment we achieved our financial targets and made very good progress in implementing our strategy 2016,” said Henkel CEO Kasper Rorsted. “All three business units contributed with profitable organic growth...

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Technology & IT | Monday 9 March, 2015 11:29 am

InnJoo Aims to Sell 1 Million Smartphones in Middle East and Africa Region in 2015

- InnJoo ‘ONE’ with Built-In True Octa-Core™ to be Sold Exclusively on Souq.com in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt– The region’s fastest growing Smartphone provider InnJoo Technology Co. Ltd., today announced the launch of its flagship smartphone ‘ONE’ at a press conference at the...

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Business & Money | Monday 9 March, 2015 10:10 am

GOIC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with KOTRA

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at the Hilton Doha. The MoU aims at facilitating cooperation and coordination between the two parties in an effort to...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 9 March, 2015 8:32 am

Saudia undergoes safety auditing by IATA

An expert team from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) inspected the facilities of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) on the ground as well as on its flights for the purpose of safety auditing.The team included experts of operation safety, aircraft piloting, maintenance and evaluation...

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Healthcare | Monday 9 March, 2015 8:00 am

Yanbu begins campaign to combat coronavirus

The Yanbu Royal Commission has launched an awareness campaign on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus to combat the deadly disease that has claimed hundreds of lives.The campaign was launched on Saturday in the presence of Hamed bin Khider, the director general of the General...

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Business & Money | Monday 9 March, 2015 7:58 am

German firms urged to explore new opportunities in KSA

Saudi Arabia and Germany are seeking to develop their economic ties, the SPA news agency reported after talks in Riyadh between officials from the two countries.“The amount of trade and joint investments does not reflect the economic potential of both countries’ economies,” said Finance...

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Business & Money | Monday 9 March, 2015 7:53 am

Grow local talents, Fakeih tells firms

Labor Minister Adel Fakeih urged private sector companies and public sector institutions to focus on developing talents of local human resources.Representing Fakeih, Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) Gov. Ali Al-Ghafis delivered the keynote address at the Third Edition of the...

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Technology & IT | Monday 9 March, 2015 12:34 am

LG G3 NAMED BEST SMARTPHONE, LG URBANE SMARTWATCHES TAKE HOME 9 AWARDS AT MWC 2015

The LG G3 smartphone from LG Electronics (LG) was named Best Smartphone of the Year by the GSMA at the Global Mobile Awards during Mobile World Congress 2015 for its quality, variety of useful features and ease of use. Additionally, the LG Watch Urbane and LG Watch Urbane LTE won nine awards at the ...

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