Early Success For British Group in Dubai

The twelve UK firms forming the first – ever BPF representation at ‘Arabplast 2007’ being held in Dubai this week (13th-16th January) registered rapid successes. The show started with an immediate surge of visitors and the UK stand in Hall 3 of the six hall show attracted a large number of enquiries.

BPF’s Philip Law and Stephen Hunt welcomed Sheikh Hasher Bin Juma Al Maktoum, Director of Dubai’s Information Department, to the BPF stand. Law said that the flow of visitors confirmed the opportunities for plastics in construction, infrastructure in particular water distribution and food packaging. The number of visitors with an interest in pipe production is particularly noticeable.

Les Rose, Managing Director, Impact Laboratories commented ‘the Middle East is a rapidly growing area and offers an excellent opportunity for British Companies in the plastics industry.  People here are very keen to acquire western knowledge.  The level of investment and quality of products and services will play a large part in helping growth regionally and internationally. So far we have encountered strong opportunities which we are confident of developing further.’

Gary Jones, Chairman, MSA Engineering said ‘so far we have been very pleased with the quality and volume of enquiries.  We received 24 actionable enquiries in the first 2 days of the show, 4 of which have requested a visit to our UK plant for a demonstration.  The largest number of enquiries have come from Iran, followed by Saudi Arabia, both of which offer huge potential for us.’

Paul Jensen, Managing Director of Jenco Controls, commented: ‘There is certainly a very high quality and level of visitors to the stand .This is encouraging us to develop existing sales to the UAE. We have taken two firm orders from two local companies and we are hopeful of several more.  We also confirmed an order from a moulding company in Nairobi, for blending and materials conveying systems’.

Click here to download a photograph of Sheikh Hasher Bin Juma Al Maktoum, Director of Dubai’s Information Department visiting the BPF stand at Arabplast.

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For further information on this press release, please contact Thom Lant, British Plastics Federation, 6 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JE, tel 020 7457 5032, fax 020 7457 5001, email: [email protected]

Notes for editors

1) British Plastics Federation (BPF) is the UK trade association for the plastics industry – representing the whole supply chain including polymer producers, distributors, additives suppliers, machinery manufacturers, processors and recyclers.