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UAE & Saudi automotive industries accelerate shift from imports to local manufacturing

Changing industry landscape opens range of new opportunities This year marks 100 years since the first recorded passenger car arrived in the GCC – historians note that it arrived in Saudi Arabia in 1921, brought by King Abdul Aziz 11 years before the country’s unification, when the King was known as the Sultan of Nejd. […]

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Middle East tire and battery suppliers urged to adopt new tech for post Covid growth

Strategic business overhauls on the cards in promising path to recovery Back in September 2018, management consultants Tech Sci Research, forecast the Middle East tire market would reach US$ 24.83 billion in value by 2023 with an average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.63 percent. At the time, the research-based company attributed its optimism […]

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Automechanika Dubai opens today, all set to welcome global automotive services fraternity

Three-day exhibition from 14-16 December 2021 at Dubai World Trade Centre Automechanika Dubai, the Middle East and Africa’s largest automotive service industry trade fair, will run in December 2021, with a host of new and returning features designed to keep thousands of professionals up-to-date on the latest market trends. The 18th edition of the three-day event, […]