UAE looks to boost national industry with spending by companies on local purchases and services
Industry 4.0
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COP28
UAE’s MoIAT reveals $120bn worth of investment opportunities in 11 key sectors ahead of COP28
The UAE government’s Operation 300 Billion is set to drive investment in 11 key sectors, the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s Al Suwaidi reveals, as the country continues to pave the way to COP28
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi reveals new jobs plan
The programme is designed to equip talent with technical and soft skills including the basics of technological advancement
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi debuts ‘smart manufacturing’ index for private sector
The smart manufacturing technology will help boost growth and increase competitiveness
Abu Dhabi
SAP to work with ADDED to help realise Abu Dhabi Industrial Strategy objectives
The German company to focus on talent acquisition and development with global training programmes focused on technical, business, and behavioural skills
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi economic body, Italy’s MADE to collaborate on advanced skill development programme
The agreement is part of the department’s efforts to work closely with best-in-class partners in various areas to ensure the ecosystem in the emirate is empowering manufacturers to transition to Industry 4.0 technologies
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi taps GE Digital to accelerate digital transformation in manufacturing sector
The two are to collaborate to adopt circular economy strategies to drive more productive, competitive, advanced and innovative measures for the manufacturing sector, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi to invest $2.7 billion to boost its manufacturing sector
The strategy will focus on six programmes, which will create 13,600 skilled jobs and boost the emirate’s non-oil exports by 143 percent
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Sharjah launches accelerator programme to help Industry 4.0 startups scale up
The SAIA 2.0 programme will support early stage businesses in the areas of smart construction management, smart materials, green building, modularisation or prefabrication, building information modelling, additive manufacturing, as well as connected infra and connected ecosystems
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development and SAP ink MoU to support startups and SMEs
The collaboration will also enhance industry innovation and digital transformation, aid the development of advanced business models, nurture Emirati talent, and foster local digital competencies
Artificial intelligence
Zooming into Industry 4.0: Why companies in the Middle East should foster digital maturity
Currently, bionic pioneers run the show as they spearhead value from digital maturity, marking them as a leading point of reference to deploy digital maturity
Brand View
An industry in transformation
Many companies had notably been moving away from their traditional business models and into new areas of growth and coinciding with advances related to Industry 4.0
AI strategy
Predictions for AI in 2022
How an industrial organisation can execute a digital transformation plan that sees wider adoption of, and strategy around, fit-for-purpose industrial AI applications
Artificial intelligence
UAE, Cisco gear up for three-year partnership extension
Cisco and the UAE partnered under a three-year program in 2018, and the next phase of the partnership will focus on hybrid workspaces, safety and security online, and creating an innovation ecosystem
4IR technologies
Future-proofing the industrial sector will pay rich dividends for connected workers
For a generation that sees technology as a partner, national strategies aimed at unlocking the benefits of the fourth industrial revolution have come not a moment too soon, says Dr Tariq Aslam, Head of Middle East & Africa, AVEVA
Artificial intelligence
GCC countries must lead the next industrial revolution
Mazen Pharaon, leader of Deloitte’s new Digital Delivery Centre in Riyadh says change requires a combination of training younger generations as well as international perspective as to what is working effectively elsewhere
Brand View
Investment in the next generation fuels the future of the Middle East
Brand View: Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software allows state-of-the-art product design, simulation, analysis, manufacturing, and product data management and lifecycle support