ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, February 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Lieutenant General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, attended on Thursday the graduation ceremony of the 68th Basic Training Course for police recruits. The course was attended by 220 recruits at the Federal Police School in Sharjah. In his speech at the ceremony, the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior emphasized that the UAE enjoys enviable stability, safety and security, which constitute the key strategic components of development and progress, and the main pillar to building the nation and ensuring happiness among the people. He said: “The wise leadership of the United Arab Emirates has placed security and safety at the heart of its strategy, towards achieving nation-wide stability and prosperity for each and every society segment. In this day and age, police forces undertake greater responsibilities; the country’s leadership and citizens’ expectations of the poli ... Read more »

Expansion at Leverkusen plant to double current NXT availability WATERFORD, N.Y. - Tuesday, February 16th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (“Momentive” or the “Company”) announced a strategic expansion of its Leverkusen, Germany site as part of its global initiative to expand production capabilities serving the automotive markets. The Company will invest approximately $30 million to expand its NXT* silane manufacturing capacity at Leverkusen. This expansion will enhance our capability for meeting the growing demand for innovative products that help global tire producers improve product performance. The NXT silane manufacturing facility is expected to begin production in late 2017. “The expanded capacity will enable us to better serve our customers as Momentive continues to make strategic capital investments in our specialty technologies,” said Jack Boss, President and CEO. “The project in Leverkusen is well aligned with our targeted growth pl ... Read more »

Security Policy Orchestration and Analytics to be showcased at #MWC16 in Demonstration Involving Check Point Virtual Firewalls and Wind River Titanium Server OTTAWA, Ontario - Tuesday, February 16th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nakina, a leader in identity access and configuration management solutions, today announced enhancements to its award-winning cybersecurity solution. NI-DEFENDER combines identity access, configuration management and analytics. It allows service providers to prevent, pin-point, and neutralize network security threats. New enhancements include security policy orchestration across physical and virtual, multi-vendor and multi-technology networks, enhanced analytics, trending and reporting. Automated identity access and configuration management improves network security, accelerates detection and remediation of vulnerabilities, and proactively pin-points misconfigured or compromised network assets. The solution enables Chief Information Security Officers ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, February 14th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Dr. Michael’s Dental Clinic, the leading and most advanced dental health care provider in the region, is proud to welcome Dr. Walter Goriwoda, MD, DMD to its team of dental experts. Dr. Walter Goriwoda is a well-published Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who brings to Dr. Michael’s his many years of specialized training in Germany, Austria, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK and the US. His major fields of clinical interests include oral and dentoalveolar surgery (including complex dental rehabilitation via augmentation/distraction procedures), maxillofacial traumatology (experiences in 3-D navigated surgery), orthognathic surgery (surgical correction of skeletal jaw discrepancies) and facial aesthetic surgical procedures (blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, genioplasty, facial implants). “Maxillofacial surgery is a very delicate and precise type of surgery, which I find very appealing. It is visible surgery and highly ae ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] 61 players under the age of 18 along with their coaching staff in Al Ain Sports Club attended an awareness lecture titled “The Law Respect Culture and Sports Ethics” organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau, at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. First Lieutenant Abdullah Mohammed Al Muhairi of the Law Respect Culture Bureau said that the office seeks to strengthen the aspects of cooperation and community partnership with the various institutions of society in a way that reflects the spirit of cooperation. He continued that this aims to benefit young generation and promote their positive perceptions and their sense of belonging to homeland. Al Muhairi shed light on the importance and benefits of sports for humans, in terms of self-discipline and acquiring perfect sportive health, as well the role of sports in instilling good morals. “Sports are a s ... Read more »

The Company Reinforces Its Growth Strategy in Developing Markets LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, February 16th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced today the appointment of a new Vice President, Commercial, for Latin America/North. Clemente Cabello will be based in Mexico City and will be responsible for leading SES’s commercial activities in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. He comes to SES with more than fifteen years of experience in the satellite industry, during which he has held strategic planning, marketing, sales, and business development roles. Clemente holds a BS in Actuarial Science from ITAM in Mexico, and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Before joining SES, Clemente was Corporate Director at Grupo Autofin Mexico, a major diversified group with investments in Mexico’s automotive, tourism and financial sectors. Prior to that, Clemente held several ... Read more »

Under the Patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, February 15th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, attended the graduation ceremony of the 26th batch of cadets and university graduates, the 10th batch of female university graduates, and the 3rd batch of master degree holders. The ceremony took place on Monday at the Police College Headquarters in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of General HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. The number of male and female graduates was 223. 161 were male cadets, 60 were male university students, and 2 were female university students. He also explained that 12 of the male cadets were from 7 other Arab countries; one student from Kuwait, two from Qatar; two from Bahrain, two from Jordan, two from Yemen, two from Palestine, and one from the Como ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] The Emirates Women Police Association (EWPA) recently organized the second winter camp initiative in the Winter Camps Region in the emirate of Dubai. Female staff members of the MoI and female employees of other entities took part in the camp, in addition to a number of female students. Lamya Al Zaabi, the Association’s coordinator in the emirate of Sharjah and the Eastern Region and founder of the initiative, explained that organizing the camp aims to enhance the spirit of cooperation and harmony among the participants and to motivate them to show their talents and various skills such as photography, poetry, and other hobbies. The winter camp program included a number of activities and events. Awareness lectures were held and tackled topics such as the importance of monitoring children while using social media, raising mothers’ awareness of the role of domestic workers, emotional intelligence and its role ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] The Security Media Department extends its warmest greetings and thanks for your unrelenting cooperation. We highly value your partnership aimed at boosting security and safety system in the UAE. In line with our ongoing effort to shed the light on the positive and negative behaviors that are captured by the Security Media patrols’ cameras, we will keep providing you with a reality photo and caption that reflect the various behaviors and incidents taking place in society; in order to promote security awareness and improve the sense of security and community responsibility. We hope that you would kindly dedicate the appropriate space to these photos and captions. Photo Caption: “Transferring gas cylinders unsafely is an objectionable dangerous behavior that is contrary to public safety requirements and instructions, and misrepresents the cultural image.” (Courtesy of the Security Media) For more informati ... Read more »