Air Products and Dow Corning have entered a long-term supply agreement for electronic-grade silane, a material used for manufacturing flat panel displays, semiconductors and photovoltaic cells.

Dow Corning is a global leader in silicones and innovative silicon-based technology and the agreement will provide Air Products with access to significant silane volume to meet the present and future needs of its global customers, as well as the future growth of the electronics and solar industry.

Alan Swaby takes a look at an industrial brand that is almost as well known in the home as it is in the factory.

You know you are doing something right as a company when your brand name turns into a verb. Just as ‘to Google’ is synonymous in everyday speech with the act of searching for something on the internet, so too in some European dictionaries there is the verb ‘to Kärcher’—signifying cleaning down surfaces by means of pressurised water. 

Steel production in India may not match the volumes being produced in China but it is still a massive industry, as Alan Swaby learns in conversation with one of the most productive manufacturers in the country.

The Indian economic boom is such a hot topic of discussion in the media that we tend to think of it as a recent development. The quickening pace actually goes back to 1991, when the government opened up the economy to outside interests—but the seeds were sown even before that date.

Namibia Breweries Ltd (NBL) offers more than a winning portfolio of some of the region’s best-selling beers. Contracts manager Gideon Shilongo explains it is also setting the standard with a range of ground-breaking environmental initiatives.

Since opening its first warehouse in 2005, Doha-based Gulf Warehousing Company has grown at an impressive rate. Chief executive officer Ranjeev Menon talks to Gay Sutton about building the new Logistics Village and plans to replicate this highly successful business model internationally.

There’s a mining boom in Namibia that is placing extra demands on electricity supply—necessitating a complete restructuring of the industry, as Alan Swaby learns.

Let a private company sell below cost for any length of time and it will inevitably end up staring down the barrel of disaster. But when the seller is a public body, it’s much easier to fudge the true situation and avoid a similar fate.

As Alan Swaby learns, there’s precious little allowance for Africa’s regional differences or difficulties when it comes to the performance expectations of multi-national customers.

Logistics has become a critical component for economic success in today’s global scenario and Container Corporation of India is showing the way—by educating the farmer and helping everyone to reap rich rewards.

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is setting a new standard for healthcare design and delivery, as Suhail Mahmood Al Ansari, executive director of Mubadala Healthcare, and Dr Marc Harrison, chief executive officer of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, explain to Richard Halfhide.

Carl Zeiss Vision South Africa has been making use of strategic partnerships in order to improve visibility across the supply chain and underline its commitment to excellent customer service.