DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 24, 2024--
The 2024 Zhejiang (Saudi Arabia) International Engineering Exhibition successfully concluded on November 21 at the Dhahran International Exhibition Center in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Organized by the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province and executed by the Zhejiang International Contractors Association and Hangzhou Boheng Business Exhibition Co., Ltd., the event was held in parallel with the influential Saudi Arabia (Dammam) Construction and Building Materials Exhibition.
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The Zhejiang delegation showcased a unified exhibition space, featuring 10 leading enterprises and 20 participants across a 105-square-meter area. Over the course of the four-day event, Zhejiang companies engaged with over 920 professional visitors from 12 countries and regions, achieving potential cooperation agreements valued at USD 5.7 million.
This exhibition highlights Zhejiang's continued commitment to global collaboration in engineering and construction. In recent years, the province has implemented significant initiatives under its "Groundnut Economy" and "No. 1 Opening-up Project," driving substantial growth in the international contracting sector. In 2023, Zhejiang’s foreign engineering projects secured new contracts worth USD 4.92 billion, reflecting a 7.4% year-on-year increase, while cumulative turnover reached USD 6.94 billion, an 8.4% rise. These achievements have solidified Zhejiang’s position as a leader in the industry, ranking fifth all provinces (municipalities) and advancing one position from the previous year.
Hangzhou Boheng Business Exhibition Co. Ltd served as the official media partner for the event.
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The Detroit Red Wings fired coach Derek Lalonde on Thursday and named Todd McLellan as his replacement, a major change by general manager Steve Yzerman more than a third of the way through another disappointing season in the place known as “Hockeytown.”
The move the day after Christmas comes with the Red Wings on a three-game skid and having lost nine of their past 12. They've lost 21 of their first 34 games this season and are above only the lowly Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference.
Lalonde was nearly midway through his third season with Detroit after winning the Stanley Cup twice as an assistant with Tampa Bay. Yzerman inherited Jeff Blashill as coach when he left the Lightning for the Red Wings in 2019 and hired Lalonde in the summer of 2022 with the goal of getting the team back in the playoffs.
Despite signing three-time Stanley Cup champion Patrick Kane in 2023 and re-signing him last offseason, the success has not approached the Red Wings’ glory days when they won the Cup four times between 1996-97 and 2007-08 — three times with Yzerman as captain and once with him working in the front office. Instead, their playoff drought is on track to reach a ninth year — second-longest in the league behind Buffalo.
Associated coach Bob Boughner was also fired and Trent Yawney hired to work on McLellan’s staff as an assistant. McLellan signed a multiyear contract to start his fourth NHL head coaching job after stints with San Jose, Edmonton and Los Angeles.
McLellan, 57, coached his team to the playoffs in nine of the 14 full seasons he was in charge behind the bench. He returns to the Motor City after getting his first job in the league as a Red Wings assistant in 2005 and serving under coach Mike Babcock on the 2008 title run.
The Melville, Saskatchewan, native was hired by the Sharks just after and led them on three trips to the West final. Most recently, McLellan was fired by the Kings in February during the All-Star break and interviewed for other vacancies since.
This is the fourth coaching change around the NHL this season and 15th this calendar year, counting Rick Bowness' retirement in Winnipeg. The Boston Bruins in November fired Jim Montgomery, who was hired by the St. Louis Blues less than a week later, and the Chicago Blackhawks replaced Luke Richardson with Anders Sorensen in early December.
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FILE - Los Angeles Kings head coach Todd McLellan watches his team's NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks in Los Angeles, Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker, File)
Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde talks to his players during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde, standing, watches during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
