Qatari food company Baladna has signed a $3.5 billion agreement with the Algerian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to develop the “world’s largest integrated dairy farming and production project,” according to a filing on the Qatar Stock Exchange. The framework agreement, signed between the two entities, is targeting the production of powdered milk in
Washington has called on China to provide a level playing field for American businesses as Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a visit aimed at resolving a raft of contentious issues that could jeopardise the newly repaired relationship. Blinken’s trip is the latest high-level contact between the two nations that, along with working groups on
India’s spice exports regulator has asked leading spice brands MDH and Everest to provide details of quality checks after sales of some of their products were halted in Hong Kong for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide. The companies’ products are hugely popular in India and are exported to countries in Europe, Asia
US manufacturing grew for the first time in 1.5 years in March as production rebounded sharply and new orders increased, but employment at factories remained subdued amid “sizable layoff activity” and prices for inputs pushed higher. The survey from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) on Monday suggested the sector, which has been battered by
The ninth edition of Global Smart Manufacturing Summit will be held at Mercure MOA Berlin, Germany from May 15 to 17. The event promises to highlight the digital transformation and innovation within the manufacturing industry. Building upon the success and insights gained from previous editions, this year’s summit promises to be an even more significant
In 2023, more than 550,000 new robots were installed in factories, according to the International Federation of Robotics. But the vast majority were at large-scale plants, with an estimated 10% of them deployed at small- and medium-sized businesses. It’s these manufacturers that are the target for RobCo, a start-up designing low-cost and modular robots that
Since 2005, NLT Trade KZ has been a pioneer in lighting engineering consulting for retail lighting in the markets of Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Kazakhstan. Boasting of cutting-edge and creative solutions, a highly qualified design staff and dependable equipment, NLT Trade KZ has stayed ahead of the curve for the last several
A new £4.7 million project, the Factory of the Future Open RAN (FoFoRAN), has been launched by an industrial consortium to make 5G Open RAN more accessible for the manufacturing sector. The project, led by research engineers at AMRC North West, aims to explore the benefits of open radio access networks (Open RAN) for manufacturers
A Northern Ireland modular construction group is set to invest strongly in the growth of its SmartSpace temporary building fleet following demand across the healthcare, pharma, education and commercial sectors. Based in Lisburn, McAvoy revealed a strong performance last year within its rental division with revenues of £12million and is on track to achieve revenues
As many companies wrestle to extract full value from their digital transformation efforts, the limitations of today’s automation architecture are being realized. Technology stacks built around each functional department – production, reliability, safety and most recently sustainability – have resulted in islands of fragmented data, which are proving difficult to integrate or use. As a
