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Zamil Glass, a business unit of Zamil Industrial and the prominent processor of architectural glass serving contractors and end users in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the GCC region, is pleased to announce that expansion efforts have resulted in a…
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Glass LLC, the glass arm of Dubai Investments PJSC, has announced that it has recently partnered with Abdullah Abdul Ghani & Sons group of companies to launch a new $20 million (Dh73.46 million) Qatari-based glass company, in a move that aims to…
A much-anticipated green building rating system will be introduced as a pilot in the UAE later this year, according to a Dubai Municipality official.
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Emirates Bank announced that the AED 292 million facility for Emirates Float Glass ('EFG') has been successfully closed, and oversubscribed.
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In a move to cater to the exponential growth in the demand for processed architectural flat glass products in the UAE and the region, Dubai-based Select Glass Industries (SGI), a part of the Select Group, today announced its plans to set up a state-…
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Leviev Boymelgreen Marquis Developers of Florida has commissioned renowned artist Tom Patti to create a monumental wall sculpture for the garage façade of the Marquis luxury condominium – adding art and flair to Miami’s new cultural arts district.
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