Masterchef 8000 pic

France’s Moulinex creates Masterchef 8000 for the Gulf region that makes food and juice preparation easier than ever before with the direct drive technology.

Featuring a special front use appliance with a powerful 850 watt motor incorporating a 1.5 litre blender, preparing a meal is faster than ever.

Masterchef 8000 from Moulinex - the world’s leading domestic appliance manufacturer – is a versatile device for the kitchen. It works on two speeds plus pulse, with the premium model incorporating a citrus press for extracting juice, with a plastic dough blade for preparing pastries, metal blade and whisk for general mixing and blending tasks and a storage box to stow the bowl when not in use.

Masterchef 8000 is designed for heavy use with full metal whisks and disks for perfect cutting, fine grating and slicing and a metal grid in the juice extractor for added durability.

Key photovoltaic materials and marine coatings help demonstrate transportation with lower environmental impact can be achieved

September 1, 2010

PlanetSolar

DuPont will provide innovations in photovoltaic modules and high-performance marine coatings to PlanetSolar, the largest solar boat ever built.  PlanetSolar is a 31 meter-long and 15 meter-wide catamaran covered by 500 square meters of photovoltaic solar panels that will power an electric motor.  In 2011, the boat will undertake the first world tour powered by solar energy — demonstrating that renewable energy and technology can be applied today to achieve sustainable transportation.

“Using technology and our knowledge to improve our energy efficiency and promote renewable energies is the path toward a lasting world.  PlanetSolar wants to show that solutions exist,” said Raphael Domjan, founder and skipper of the project.

“PlanetSolar is more than a solar boat.  It is the very concrete demonstration of how science and technology can transform the sun’s potential into clean energy.  This project showcases solutions that help raise mainstream awareness of sustainable alternatives in the transportation industry.  We are very proud to be part of this project,” said Ian Hudson, president — DuPont Europe, Middle East & Africa.

The photovoltaic modules used to power the boat are exposed to a harsh marine environment.  The full range of materials that make up these solar modules must be highly durable.  For example, DuPont™ Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) film, used as a component of the photovoltaic backsheet, is a key material that protects the PlanetSolar modules and ensures reliable power generation during the cruise.

The generation and storage of renewable energy is expected to be the fastest growing sector in the energy market for the next 20 years.  DuPont global sales target in the photovoltaic sector are planned to exceed $1 billion by 2012.  DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions is the leading technology supplier to the photovoltaic industry, with more than 25 years of experience in photovoltaic materials development, and a broad and growing portfolio of materials and technology solutions designed to work together to increase the efficiency and lifetime of photovoltaic modules.

PlanetSolar’s 1,300 square meter external surface and the whole interior area including the cockpit have been painted with high-performance DuPont Marine materials coatings.  The cockpit was painted with DuPont ™ PercoTop® 449, a topcoat system, while the external structure was painted with DuPont ™ Imron® Marine, which is designed to deliver excellent appearance, durability and eye-catching color.  These coatings are specifically developed for marine conditions.  UV resistant and extremely durable coatings are essential for the long-lasting performance of the boat.

DuPont – one of the first companies to publicly establish environmental goals 20 years ago – has broadened its sustainability commitments beyond internal footprint reduction to include market-driven targets for both revenue and research and development investment.  The goals are tied directly to business growth, specifically to the development of safer and environmentally improved new products for key global markets.

DuPont is a science-based products and services company.  Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere.  Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

For more information, visit: http://www.planetsolar.org, http://photovoltaics.dupont.com, and http://coatingsolutions.dupont.com.

Dubai, UAE, 01 September 2010: Leading digital lifestyle provider and 2010 Red Dot Award winner BenQ has enhanced its home cinema projector offering with the new power-packed features of the W600+, its latest home cinema projector model. Equipped with 3D projection technology to bring viewers the same 3D effects as in 3D movies, the cutting-edge entertainment projector provides the ultimate multi-media viewing experience.

Manish Bakshi, General Manager of BenQ for the Middle East and Africa, said, “BenQ’s dedicated research and development department are always looking to create lifestyle products that meet a diverse range of requirements. Whether you want to enjoy an immersive, viewing experience watching a movie with the family at home, or are presenting images, graphs and charts at a meeting- the W600+ projector will bring every image to life.”

The W600+’s keystone adjustment technology prevents the distortion of graphs, charts and images, enabling an accurate and stress-free experience when conducting a presentation.

Offered for no added cost, the new BenQ W600+ projector comes with 3D glasses, content and video card. With 2600 ANSI lumen brightness, 4000:1 high contrast ratio, as well as other top visual technologies, viewers can enjoy the ultimate in multi-media viewing.

In- built with intuitive features such as comprehensive connectivity with Dual HDMI, the W600+ provides hassle-free, simultaneous hosting of digital devices such as Blu-ray players and gaming consoles.  The Dual HDMI feature allows one to switch from watching the latest blockbuster to playing your favourite Playstation 3 game without needing to switch cables.

BenQ’s W600+ is priced at AED 3549 and is currently available at all major retail outlets across the Middle East. For further information, please visit www.BenQ.co.ae

Program is part of local arbitration centre’s legal security initiatives aimed at promoting Sharjah as an attractive investment hub

August 31, 2010

The Sharjah International Commercial Arbitration Centre (SICAC), a dispute resolution body operating under the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), has recently announced completion of the third phase of its integrated training program. The training, which was held in partnership with the Emirates International Law Centre, covered a series of workshops and lectures aimed at improving the arbitration and dispute handling skills of Sharjah based arbitrators. The program is part of SICAC’s continued commitment to help reduce and resolve labor and commercial arbitration issues in the emirate while also helping in the efforts to package Sharjah as a safe and attractive investment destination in the Middle East region.

The program was attended by academics and specialists in the area of law and commercial arbitration. During the course of the training, participants submitted and reviewed working papers and reports that dealt with key issues and topics in arbitration such as the adoption and implementation of best practices in commercial arbitration and key experiments applied in local, regional and international labor disputes. The training sessions were conducted by leading law professors and arbitration specialists from the UAE and abroad.

Ahmad Saleh Al Ajlah, Assistant Director, SICAC, said, “Investors today are always on the lookout for potential investment destinations that can provide them with a safe and secure business climate. Another requirement these investors look for is the presence of a credible arbitration body that can help them in settling possible disputes – providing them with speedy yet sound solutions; flexible handling of procedures and services at low costs. Confidentiality is also a big factor here. Conducting a sound arbitration proceeding prevents the disputed parties from divulging company secrets and allows them to continue to work together even after the dispute has been settled.” 

SICAC is committed to the development of prospects and strategies in arbitration handling and its promotion as an effective means of solving commercial and business disputes. The centre also aims to help ease the burdens of the local judiciary by reducing the fees of the Arbitration Centre in Sharjah and the cost of services for arbitrators, which can thereby lead to an increase in the number of cases received by the Centre.

The centre aims to promote the culture of arbitration among legal specialists, professionals and businessmen in the local, regional and international levels by conducting seminars, training courses and workshops and organising international conferences. The centre currently maintains a list of outstanding arbitrators that can be recommended to help handle mediation proceedings between disputing parties.

Canon's CMOS image sensor

First APS-H-size CMOS image sensor to realize record-high resolution of 120 megapixels

August 30, 2010 - Canon Inc. has recently announced that it has successfully developed an APS-H-size*1 CMOS image sensor that delivers an image resolution of approximately 120 megapixels (13,280 x 9,184 pixels), the world’s highest level*2 of resolution for its size.

Compared with Canon’s highest-resolution commercial CMOS sensor of the same size, comprising approximately 16.1 million pixels, the newly developed sensor features a pixel count that, at approximately 120 million pixels, is nearly 7.5 times larger and offers a 2.4-fold improvement in resolution.*3

With CMOS sensors, while high-speed readout for high pixel counts is achieved through parallel processing, an increase in parallel-processing signal counts can result in such problems as signal delays and minor deviations in timing. By modifying the method employed to control the readout circuit timing, Canon successfully achieved the high-speed readout of sensor signals. As a result, the new CMOS sensor makes possible a maximum output speed of approximately 9.5 frames per second, supporting the continuous shooting of ultra-high-resolution images.

Canon’s newly developed CMOS sensor also incorporates a Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels) video output capability. The sensor can output Full HD video from any approximately one-sixtieth-sized section of its total surface area.

Images captured with Canon’s newly developed approximately 120-megapixel CMOS image sensor, even when cropped or digitally magnified, maintain higher levels of definition and clarity than ever before. Additionally, the sensor enables image confirmation across a wide image area, with Full HD video viewing of a select portion of the overall frame.

Through the further development of CMOS image sensors, Canon will break new ground in the world of image expression, targeting new still images that largely surpass those made possible with film, and video movies that capitalize on the unique merits of SLR cameras, namely their high mobility and the expressive power offered through interchangeable lenses.

Entire proceeds donated by IWC to environment project

IWC Ingenieur Automatic

IWC Schaffhausen has auctioned a platinum watch - the IWC Ingenieur Automatic Mission Earth Edition “Adventure Ecology” at an online auction. The IWC organized auction concluded with a bid of AED 146,800 (about $40,000). IWC is donating the entire proceeds to the Sculpt the Future Foundation, an environmental organization that will be channeling the funds into the ongoing Plastiki project by the name of “The Plastiki Pod.”

“As a CO2-neutral company, we are particularly pleased that the proceeds from the auction will be used to support inspiring ideas in the struggle against environmental pollution,” said IWC CEO Georges Kern, following the successful auction. “It means that the basic idea behind the Plastiki expedition will live on.”

Adventure Ecology founder and environmentalist David de Rothschild embarked on an adventure taking them 11,000 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney. The Plastiki drew attention to the health of our oceans, and in particular the large amounts of plastic debris, by showcasing waste as a resource and demonstrating real world solutions through the design and construction of the Plastiki.

The luxury watchmaking company IWC Schaffhausen, as official partner was also highly delighted by the successful conclusion of the expedition dedicated to environmental protection. Members of the crew wore the Ingenieur Automatic Mission Earth Edition “Adventure Ecology” on their wrists during the voyage. A one-off watch in platinum was auctioned at www.theplastiki.com.

David put his vision of a society which regards waste as a resource into practice imaginatively by building the hull of the vessel from 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles, and even specified a high-tech fabric, a uniquely recyclable and until now relatively unexplored material, for the hull’s super structure. The avant-garde Plastiki, with its sDavidolar panels, wind turbines and bicycle generators for producing electricity is an impressive demonstration of what is possible when you are prepared to think out of the box.

15 Chinese companies participating in Paper Arabia 2010

Mr Khanna

Dubai, UAE, 29th August, 2010: UAE ranks 28th among countries exporting Chinese tissue paper, with a volume of 1,233,621kg. As for hygiene products, the export volumes from China to UAE stand at 1,390,391kg, ranking it 24th, according to the China National Household Paper Industry Association (CNHPIA).

As far paper and machinery industry are concerned, trade between UAE and China has been growing by leaps and bounds year by year.

The leading Chinese association said that the Chinese participation at Paper Arabia 2010 exhibition is 19 percent bigger than in the previous edition, consolidating the position of the Middle East as one of the primary markets for the Chinese companies’ tissue paper and disposable products.

Paper Arabia 2010, the three-day exhibition will be held at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre from September 26 to 28, 2010.

Commenting on the Chinese participation at show, Mr. Satish Khanna, General Manager, Al Fajer Information and Services, said: “The growing and potential tissue market of the Middle East is the main attraction for the Chinese companies participating Paper Arabia 2010. They want to explore the huge market or establish stable customs relationship in the Middle East area through the exhibition. Paper Arabia is an ideal platform for them to explore business in the Middle East.”

There are 15 Chinese companies attending Paper Arabia 2010. Ten of the Chinese exhibitors are tissue/sanitary products converting machinery manufacturers, two are tissue producers, two sanitary products related companies and one tissue package sealing label maker.

In 2009, the export of tissue paper kept growing, and tissue paper export volume reached 445,000 tons, up 8% over 2008. The export revenue was US$531.49 million, up 3.9%. The net export volume was 422,000 tons, up 7.9% than 2008. The net exports revenue was 495.08 million US dollars, up 3.8%.

In 2009, Chinese sanitary napkins market also continued to grow rapidly. According to the statistics by CNHPIA, the total producers’ sales revenue of sanitary napkins was about 18.1 billion yuan. The market size was about 38.1 billion yuan.
   
Paper Arabia 2010 will host a number of Chinese companies displaying a vast array of paper and tissue products and latest machinery pertaining to this industry. The show will exhibit for the first time machines for making disposable products, a clear indication of the evolution of this business in the Middle East.

Al Fajer Information and Services, which is organizing the show for the third year, will host companies from the paper, tissue and converting industry. This show offers opportunities to the manufactures and suppliers of finished products, equipment, machinery, paper chemicals, services, suppliers of paper, tissue and converting sector to tap the Middle East and North African markets.

Khanna added: “Paper Arabia 2010 will work to promote technique improvement and economic development of the industry, and to accelerate the modernization drive in this fast growing industry. As Dubai is the gateway for reaching out to the Middle East market, Paper Arabia represents the ideal platform for specialized Chinese companies to establish new contacts and seek new partners and customers from the Middle East region.”

Web-based ‘Product Selector Guides’ let users identify the ideal product for various applications

August 29, 2010

Vipin Sharma

Tripp Lite, a world leading manufacturer of power protection and connectivity equipment, has unveiled its ‘Product Selector Guides,’ an online handbook to power protection, power distribution, network control and connectivity solutions. The web-based guides are designed to let users identify the ideal product for their applications and provide crucial help in designing an integrated solution and in identifying the products required to build a robust power protection system. Product Selector Guides can be accessed for free at www.tripplite.com.

A total of seven intuitive, interactive selector guides on different products, including UPS Systems, Power Distribution Units (PDU), Surge Suppressors, Cables and Connectivity, KVM Switches, UPS Replacement Batteries and Inverters and Inverter/Chargers can help users assess and design their own solutions for a single desktop computer or an enterprise network. In addition to providing complete information on each product, users can also compute their total load via a calculator within the guide.

“As a leader in the power protection market, we are always thinking of ways to provide value added services to our clients, with a focus on building a complete solution that best fits their requirements,” said Vipin Sharma, Vice President, EEMEA and India Sales, Tripp Lite. “Our new online guides offer all our clients a convenient way to check what they need and to know what fits their business or home very well before going and buying any UPS, thereby allowing them to save money and time.”

Epson 1815 projectors used to develop immersive display system that takes audiences on a virtual journey through different eras of Egypt

August 28, 2010

Epson, the global market leader in projectors, has announced a successful collaboration with the award-winning Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural & Natural Heritage (CULTNAT) in implementing a state-of-the-art IT solution to promote Egypt’s rich cultural and natural heritage. Epson revealed that nine Epson 1815 projectors are being used at CULTNAT’s fully interactive multimedia program known as Cultural Panorama (CULTURAMA), which offers audiences an opportunity to experience virtual journeys through the different eras of Egyptian civilization, starting from the Pharaonic period, passing through the Coptic and Islamic, and ending with the modern era.

The Epson 1815 projectors, which are mounted on the ceiling in a semi-circular formation and are controlled by a single computer, and a 180-degree interactive computer screen, which consists of nine individual screens also arranged in a semicircular shape, combine to make CULTURAMA a world-class immersive display system. Taking advantage of Epson’s excellent colour quality, CULTURAMA is ideal for displaying large scenes that are not served well by regular display systems, such as panoramic images.

Eng. Mohamed Farouk, Vice President – IT, CULTNAT, said: “Epson has been chosen to provide some of the hardware components of CULTURAMA because of the company’s strong reputation in terms of product durability and service excellence. The Epson 1815 projectors also deliver fantastic colours that match the technical requirements of the interactive display system. In addition, the projectors have excellent real lamp life and we are likewise fully satisfied with the high level of maintenance and after-sales services being provided by Epson.”

Khalil El-Dalu, General Manager, Epson Middle East, said, “CULTURAMA is a very important initiative that provides an innovative, informative and entertaining platform to promote, preserve and create awareness about the rich history and heritage of Egypt. Epson is thus pleased to be part of this project and to offer our products and expertise for its success. We will build on our partnership with the Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural & Natural Heritage to support similar high-profile projects to achieve the desired results in terms of image quality and overall projector performance.”

CULTNAT, which is supported by Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), is mandated to document the various aspects of Egypt’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage as well as its natural heritage. The Center has been recognised by various awards-giving bodies for its efforts to apply information technology to the field of cultural and natural heritage documentation.

The Epson 1815 projector has been renowned for its clear, bright images in superb colour using Epson’s 3LCD technology, while it is also recognised for its low-power consumption through the E-TORL lamp technology. The projector also perfectly aligns images in all room shapes and sizes with the Automatic Keystone Correction and features an exclusive Quick Setup to automatically project a perfect image. It also comes with the EasyMP™ Monitor Suite that enables remote network monitoring and control and even sends automatic email alerts and reports in the unlikely event of technical problems.

HTC-Desire

UAE – August 25, 2010 – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, has announced that it is introducing the HTC Desire in the Middle East. The HTC Desire features an enhanced HTC Sense experience that takes Android to the next level.

HTC Desire
HTC Desire is the best way to visually experience news, friends, photos, favourite places and everything else that is important on a mobile phone. With one of the most advanced displays available on a phone today, HTC Desire is designed with a large 3.7-inch Ultra bright display to enhance and maximise content, whether it is pictures and videos, browsing the Web or checking on friends’ status updates. HTC Desire is powered by a one gigahertz Snapdragon processor and is Adobe Flash 10.1 ready. The HTC Desire also includes an optical joystick.

HTC Sense
HTC Sense is a user experience focused on putting people at the centre by making phones work in a more simple and natural way. This experience revolves around three fundamental principles that were developed by observing and listening to how people live and communicate. These core tenets of Make It Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected continue to be the key to the new HTC Sense experience. 

The new HTC Sense experience continues to focus on improving user interactions with the most important people. This begins with a new HTC application and widget called HTC Friend Stream that seamlessly aggregates all social communication including Facebook and Twitter into one organised flow of updates. This simple aggregation makes it easier than ever to focus on what friends are doing as well as to view the images and links that they share.  In addition to Friend Stream, people can be organised into specific social circles, such as groups of friends, colleagues or any other way that makes sense.

The new HTC Sense experience also introduces broad improvements to applications including the browser, email client and others. In addition, the new version of HTC Sense includes a new newsreader application and widget, as well as a new seven-screen ‘Leap’ thumbnail view for quick and easy access to specific screens. Arabic applications available in the device include Quran, Prayer time with Qibla Direction, Dictionary and a Hijri calendar.

Mohamed Kais Zribi, Regional Manager of HTC Middle East and North Africa said, “The HTC Desire further strengthens our premium selection of mobile phones in the Middle East and helps increase our share of the region’s smartphone market. The HTC Desire delivers an intuitive user experience with its power and customisable nature, while offering a distinctly attractive design that reinforces HTC’s reputation as a leader in innovation and creativity.”

Availability

The HTC Desire will be broadly available at a retail price of AED 2299 by the end of August 2010