Preparations are in high gear for the Tekno Tube Arabia 2009, 9th International Trade Fair for industrial machines, metalworking, machine tools, tubes & pipes. From 10 to 13 January 2009, everything in halls 3 and 4 of the Dubai World Trade Centre, in Dubai, UAE, is geared to the world of industrial and machine tools as well as metalworking and tube manufacture. The renowned specialist exhibition has recorded consistently increasing numbers of exhibitors since its beginnings in 1996 and this year is no exception, with an anticipated 350 exhibitors from 19 nations. Companies from the USA, Asia, (China, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea and India), Europe (Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Austria, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Finland, and the Ukraine) as well as the UAE have registered. Twenty-eight suppliers from Germany will be present on a total of 669sq/m of exhibition space. Innovations and services will be presented in the national pavilions of Germany, Italy and China. In addition, sector relevant associations and institutions will showcase themselves, for example: ITA – International Tube Association, the association of German machine and plant construction, VDMA, the German specialist association of machine and tool wholesalers, FDM, the Metallurgical Council of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade MC-CCPIT and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade CCPIT.
