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7-10 January 2013
Tekno/Tube Arabia is returning to the Dubai
International Convention & Exhibition Centre
in the United Arab Emirates in January.
The event will be jointly organised by Al
Fajer Information & Services and Messe
Düsseldorf (renowned as the organiser of
Tube and Metec – the leading international
tube and metallurgy trade fairs held in
Düsseldorf, Germany).
As the only specialised and established
trade fair for these industries in the Middle
East, Tekno/Tube Arabia offers an ideal
platform for companies to gain access
to this thriving market. The construction
and manufacturing sectors are strong and
important components of the Middle East
economy and are especially benefiting from
the latest discoveries of oil fields on Dubai’s
shores – resulting in increased demand for
related machinery and equipment. Dubai’s
modern infrastructure and strategic position
at the crossroads of the entire Arabian region
makes it an important centre for base metals.
From aluminium and steel to precious metals,
Dubai provides the entire GCC and Middle
East region with base metal products and
equipment.
In addition, the robust oil and gas industry
drives the tube and pipe sector to new
heights. Due to new infrastructure projects,
investments in the Gulf’s pipe, tube and steel
industries are expected to exceed $20bn
until 2020. The GCC plans to add more than
21,000km (13,000 miles) to the current pipe
network, resulting in demand for 5.3mn tons
of steel pipes during the next five years.
Exhibitors at Tekno/Tube Arabia 2103 will
present the latest in metallurgical plants and
rolling mills, foundry machinery, aluminium
and non-ferrous metals, sheet metal
technology and products, wire manufacturing
and finishing machinery, fastener and spring
making technology, welding equipment,
thermo-process technology, surface
treatment and used machinery as well as
raw material, tubes and accessories, tube
and pipe machinery and pipeline and OCTG
technology.
The trade fair’s last staging in 2011 attracted
18,860 visitors from 107 nations (includes
attendees at the concurrently held ArabPlast
trade show). The majority of the buyers
came from the GCC and African countries
as well as from India.