 Exhibitors say the Materials Handling Middle East 2009 trade show had a good turnout of quality visitors. |
Exhibitors say the Materials Handling Middle East 2009 trade show that ended last week had a good turnout of quality visitors from the Middle East, Africa, India and CIS regions.
Held from May 31 to June 2 at the Dubai International Convention Centre, the exhibition showcased materials handling, logistics and freight handling equipment, and machinery and tools used in the warehousing and manufacturing industries.
TVH Middle East territory manager Sanjoy Roychoudhury tells
Forkliftaction.com News that Dubai, the region's leading trade hub, is "the perfect venue" for the exhibition.
"Our clients from the Middle East, Near East and South and West Asia visited our stand. We are satisfied with the show and have introduced our wide product range to most of the attendees," Roychoudhury says.
Logsquare, a tie-up with Gebhardt Group from Germany, displayed conveyor transportation and auto storage equipment for cartons and pallets. The company also exhibited a robotic arm for use in the manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, automotive, consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, clothing and food industries.
Jacques Adem, Logsquare's executive director, says visitors were interested in the new technology.
"We have received enquiries from as far as Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and a number of these inquiries are serious and we will be following up these business leads generated."
At the Made in Germany pavilion, SSI Schaefer showed off its A-frame automated picking machine. Spokesman Carsten Spiegelberg says the machine is versatile and can be used to sort different products in an assembly line and track them electronically.
"The machine is ideal for packaged items in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, tobacco and stationery industries. It can store 30 modules and up to 2,000 different product lines," he says
Muneer Chan Basha, FAMCO's sales engineer, says the trade show had "good quality visitors". The company exhibited a complete range of storage and handling solutions, and overhead conveyors for use in the textile industry that is used by Marks & Spencer, Zara and Next.
Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al Bahar, a Caterpillar machinery and power systems supplier in the Middle East, had a special 18-ton forklift display at the show, which the company says attracted attention and enquiries.
Elisabeth Brehl, managing director of the show organiser EPOC Messe Frankfurt GmbH, says: "In an economic downturn when economic budgets limit marketing spend, participating in a trade exhibition still remains to be a top choice for most of the large, medium and even small-sized companies, in order to maintain their standing in front of customers."
EPOC Messe Frankfurt GmbH is a subsidiary of Messe Frankfurt, Germany's largest trade fair organiser, with EUR436 million (USD613 million) in sales in 2008 and over 1,400 employees worldwide. The Messe Frankfurt Group has a presence in over 150 countries. It organised over 100 trade shows, of which more than half took place outside Germany, in 2008.
Materials Handling Middle East 2009 was held under the royal patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, chairman of Dubai Airports and chief executive and chairman of Emirates Group.