ALUMINIUM DUBAI 2009 Exhibitor Testimonials

“This is EMAL’s home territory, so we are very pleased to be able to show off our project at this year’s ALUMINIUM Dubai. The level of interest shown was pleasing, and we look forward to being able to support the exhibition with our presence in coming years.”-- Mr. Duncan Hedditch, CEO, EMAL

“ALUMINIUM Dubai 2009 proved to be a meaningful platform as Dubal achieved its objectives from participating namely: promoting the company, highlighting the emerging aluminium industry hub in the Middle East with particular emphasis on Dubal’s relationship with Emirates Aluminium ‘EMAL’, and showcasing the city of Dubai.”-- Mr. Abdulla Bin Kalban, President & CEO, DUBAL

“The conception taken over from "ALUMINIUM Essen" for the trade fair in Dubai has been accepted as being suitable by the regional markets and customers. This newly designed trade fair has the potential of establishing itself as an important event for the aluminium industry in the region.” -- Mr. Michael Schäfer, Vice President, Product Sector Aluminium, SMS Siemag AG

“We are currently developing numerous downstream projects in the Gulf in Qatar, Oman, UAE, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. ALUMINIUM Dubai has been a good platform for us to meet with companies and potential clients in the region. We met with several Gulf companies and we are in discu ssion with developing new projects such as transforming primary aluminium to secondary semi-finished industry products to create additional value.” -- Dr. Anthony Tropeano, CEO FATA EPC-Division of FATA S.p.A.

“ALUMINIUM DUBAI represents a further addition to the successful range of Aluminium trade fairs. Dubai has been chosen as a venue in a region undergoing rapid economic growth. The high quality of the meetings we had only confirmed how right we were in deciding to participate. It was an especially great honour for us to receive His Highness, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum on our stand.” - Schmidt + Clemens GmbH + Co. KG – Lars Niemczewski, Head of Marketing and Corporate Communication

The event was very well organized and managed. Reed came through on the professionalism and customer service again. -- Wagstaff, USA

A job well done on the event’s general organization and we noticed and appreciated the attention and relentless determination to release a quality and successful exhibition.-- Eng. Maged Farouck, G.M., Society of Engineers