Post-show press releasse_DUBAI_2009 - Aluminium 2012

as 4 million tones a year (t/y) by 2012 and could prompt expansion across the
region’s aluminium-processing industries.
New primary smelters up and coming in the region are Qatar, the UAE, Oman, with
future developments in the Saudi Arabia. Global output is expected to reach 60
million tones by 2020. When the new planned projects come on stream, the Middle
East could even double its production.
Organised by Reed Exhibitions Middle East, ALUMINIUM DUBAI took place from 29
– 31 March 2009 and played host to 166 companies from 24 countries, occupying
6,000 sqm of exhibit space at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition
Centre (DICEC). The show was inaugurated by H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance.
Over 40 percent of exhibiting companies at ALUMINIUM DUBAI 2009 showcased
midstream technologies such as aluminium extrusion, casting and heat treatment,
while smelting, plant engineering, fabrication and other technologies made up the
rest. The exhibitor portfolio at this year’s edition included products used for building
and construction, transportation, electrical and mechanical engineering, factory
equipment, packaging, and container construction, as well as those used in designoriented
applications.
Among the key UAE exhibitors at Aluminum Dubai are Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL),
EMAL, Al Jaber Aluminium Extrusions, Alba Tower Aluminium Factory Ltd, ATBIN
International, Gulf Extrusion, Inma-Gulf Development and Construction LLC, CIE
Environment Dubai and Smartouch, among others.
International exhibitors include SMS Demag, FATA Group, Zenergy Power Pty Ltd,
Hydro ASA, RHI AG, Harbin Dongsheng Metal Co. Ltd and, Nanjing Welbow Metals
Co. Ltd,, to name a few. Germany and Norway have national pavilions at the event.
Nineteen of Reed Exhibitions’ global partners at its other aluminium shows including
ALUMINIUM Essen, ALUMINIUM China and ALUMINIUM India have participated at
the show. Companies including Harbin Dongsheng Metal Co Ltd, Zenergy Power Pty
Ltd, Compagnia Italiana Ecologia SRL, Claudius Peters Technologies GmbH, EMAL,
Alba Tower and CIE Environment Dubai have hosted workshops at ALUMINIUM
Dubai.
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For more information:
Tarek S Ali
Show Manager- Middle East
Reed Exhibitions Middle East
P O Pox: 60799, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Tel: +971 2 4446113 ext 132 Fax: +971 2 4443768.
E-mail: tarek.ali@reedexpo.ae
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