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Agility breaks ground on new logistics hub
United Arab Emirates
Agility, a global logistics provider, and Borouge, a provider of plastics solutions, broke ground on November 28th on a new logistics hub in Shanghai that will receive over 600,000 tons of polyolefins (polypropylene and polyethylene) annually. The 70,000 sq m facility, which will mainly serve the China market, will be completed by 2009 and will be fully operational by May 2010, employing some 120 dedicated Agility staff. The hub will receive the polymer granules in bulk containers directly from the Borouge Middle East gateway situated at Ruwais in Abu Dhabi. A 30,000 sq m Compound Manufacturing Unit will also be built for Borouge on the same site in Shanghai, producing 50,000 tonnes of compounds each year for use in automotive, domestic appliance, power tool and electrical applications.
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Post modern vision takes top prize at Index Dubai 2008
United Arab Emirates
A post-modernist vision of a hotel room has won two talented students for their university and the opportunity to work with one of the region's leading interior design companies.
Analysis
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Metka Wins EUR 650 million Deir Ali Power Plant Extension Contract
Syria
New power plant is part of a Government strategy to add 4,500MW within three years.
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