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PAGE 9CBC, Japan’s leading Surveillance Equipment ManufacturerOpens its Regional Office in JafzaPlans to strengthen its presence in the Middle East marketsCBC, one of the world’s largestproducers of closed-circuit television(CCTV) lenses and cameras, has recentlyannounced the opening of its regionaloffice in Jafza.CBC was established in 1925 in Tokyo asa trading house for chemical productsand continued to broaden its portfolioever since. The CBC Group, with anannual turnover of more than two billionUS dollars, is today one of Japan’smost diverse business conglomerateswith interests in digital surveillanceproducts, industrial products, chemicaland pharmaceutical products, medicaldevices, precision instruments, plasticsand resins, textiles and flooring.From its base in Jafza, CBC plans to notonly secure a larger market share in therapidly growing markets for securityproducts in the Middle East, but alsomarket its other products and systems inthe region. The company expects a goodresponse for its recently introduced hightechnologyproducts such as advancedIP-based Video Management System(VSoIP), as well as its Thermal ImagingSystem and Radar Detection Systemwhich are deployed in high-securityareas such as airports, oil refineries andborders among others.CBC has more than 20 sales offices andten manufacturing facilities acrossIbrahim Al Janahi, Senior Vice President of Sales, Jafza presents a memento to Masataro Doi of CBCthe world, with a strong presence inNorth America, Europe, China, Asia, theMiddle East and Japan. It is currentlyengaged in CCTV and the chemicaltrading business in the Middle East butplans to expand its portfolio to otherproducts, as well as bring Japanese farmproducts to the region.CBC recently celebrated the opening of itsoffice in Jafza, at the Park Hyatt in Dubai.The function was attended by IbrahimAl Janahi, Jafza’s Senior Vice Presidentof Sales, His Excellency Kobayashi, theConsul General of Japan, Masataro Doi,apparent heir of CBC, along with seniorofficials from both companies andimportant CBC clients in the region.US Technology Major A.O. Smith Opens its Regional Hub in JafzaSeeks to serve the Middle East, Africa and South Asian markets from its new officeA.O. Smith Electric Products Company,one of the largest manufacturersof electric motors for residential,commercial and industrial applicationsin the world, has recently opened itsregional hub in Jafza.So far A.O. Smith Electrical ProductsCompany has been serving the GCCregion from its US-based headquartersin Tipp City, Ohio. Now from Jafza, itplans to further extend its footprint toWest Asia, Africa, India and South Asia.Mohammed Al Banna, Vice President of Sales, Jafza with A.O. Smith officials at the functionThe company is a part of the WisconsinbasedA.O. Smith Group, a leadingcompany which specialises in electricmotor technologies, water systemsand storage, fluid handling devices,and manufacturing of electric motorswith operations in the United States,Mexico, Europe and China.The company has a strong presence inmore than 60 countries worldwide withan extensive product line includingfractional horsepower, hermetic andintegral horsepower electric motors;commercial/residential water-heatingequipment and copper-tube boilers.A.O. Smith distributes electricmotors for heating, ventilation,air conditioning and refrigeration(HVAC&R) applications in the MiddleEast and will add motors for swimmingpools, spas and related applications tothis product offering.“A.O. Smith FZE will focus on providingcustomer and logistics services;developing additional distributionand after-market business, as well asmaintaining a stock of replacementmotors for air conditioningapplications. Over the next sixmonths, it plans to expand distributionthroughout the region, targeting SaudiArabia in particular,” Drexler said.To mark the opening of its new officein Jafza, A.O. Smith FZE held a formalfunction attended by ChristopherMapes, President, Daniel J. Drexler, VicePresident-Global Sales and Marketing,Joe Thomas, International Sales Managerfor A.O. Smith Electrical ProductsCompany, Laurie Farris, the CommercialCounselor of the Embassy of the UnitedStates of America - Abu Dhabi andMohammed Al Banna, Vice President,Sales at Jafza along with other seniorofficials from both companies.