The Materials Handling Middle East 2009 exhibition concluded on a high note on June 2, 2009, with a good turnout of high quality visitors from the Middle East, Africa, India and CIS regions.
Showcased at the three-day fair were top quality advanced materials handling, logistics and freight handling equipment, and machinery and tools for use in warehousing and manufacturing industries.
“In an economic downturn when economic budgets limit marketing spend, participating in a trade exhibition still remains to be a top choice for most of the large, medium and even small sized companies, in order to maintain their standing in front of customers - and we as a successful exhibition organizer provide exhibitors with a platform to do just that,” said Ms. Elisabeth Brehl, Managing Director of Epoc Messe Frankfurt GmbH, organizers of the Materials Handling Middle East exhibition; in a statement to exhibitors.
Caterpillar machinery and power systems are supplied by Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al Bahar for a wide variety of applications including earthmoving, building and heavy construction, mining, road making, demolition, waste and scrap handling, electric power generation, marine propulsion etc. They had a special 18 ton forklift display at the show by CAT, which was one of the centerpiece and attracted several enquiries.
One of the most impressive at the Materials Handling Middle East show was the robotic arm displayed at the Logsquare stand. Logsquare, is a tie-up with Gebhardt Group from Germany which displayed conveyor transportation and auto storage equipment for cartons and pallets.
Mr. Jacques P. Adem, Executive Director of Logsquare said his company is launching the machinery using high technology in the Middle East. “These machines are for use in manufacturing, distribution, warehousing, automotive, consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, clothing and food industries.”
“We have received inquiries from as far afield as Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and a number of these inquiries are serious and we will be following up these business leads generated during the trade fair at the end of the show.”
At the Made in Germany pavilion at Materials Handling Middle East, SSI Schaefer showed off their A-Frame automated picking machine. Mr. Carsten Spiegelberg, Director of Sales for Systems and Automation of Schaefer said the versatile machine could be used for sorting different products in an assembly line and tracking each one depending on the order electronically. “This machine is ideal for packaged items in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, tobacco industries and stationeries. It can store 30 modules and up to 2,000 different product lines.”
He added that the machine also uses a manual picking system by using colored light to sort out the orders.
FAMCO, (Al Futtaim Auto and Machine Company) displayed a Warehouse in Motion machinery along with a variety of fork lifts.
Mr. Muneer Chan Basha, Sales Engineer of Storage and Handling Solutions Division of FAMCO said the trade fair had “good quality visitors.”
The company also displayed complete storage and handling solutions and overhead conveyors for use in the textile industry and logistics used by companies such as Marks & Spencer, Zara and Next. “This machinery is aimed at 3PL (third party logistics companies),” he said.
Materials Handling Middle East 2009 was held under the Royal Patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chief Executive and Chairman of Emirates Group.
