Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company promotes IDEX 2009 at Eurosatory

The IDEX stand at Eurosatory is located prominently in Hall 6 and will feature architectural renderings of the completed Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi at which IDEX 2009 will be staged from 22nd - 26th February 2009.

The IDEX team from ADNEC will be at the stand to share information on IDEX with exhibitors, media and top military officials who are expected to be among the visitor audience at Eurosatory.

IDEX is one the world's largest defence exhibitions and the 9th edition of the show will be organised by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) in association with the UAE Armed Forces GHQ at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Ma'arid).

IDEX 2009 will take place under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE.

Ahmad Humaid Al Mazrouie, Managing Director of ADNEC said:

"As the organiser of the upcoming ninth edition of IDEX, ADNEC is fully committed to ensuring we deliver a world-class show in keeping with the credibility IDEX has acquired since its launch in 1993. We look forward to our participation at Eurosatory. I am sure visitors to our stand will show substantial interest in our preparations for IDEX as well as the progress of Phase 2 of our exhibition centre which will be delivered later this year."

Mohamed Al Mashgouni, IDEX 2009 Director said:

"Our global promotional campaign has been very successful with 95% of exhibit space at IDEX already booked by international, regional and local companies operating in the defence and related sectors. Among the top international defence firms who have confirmed participation at IDEX 2009 are Thales, Sagem, Boeing, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Kamas Incorporated and Denel."

Several exhibitors from the Middle East region including King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) from Jordan and Advanced Electronics Company from Saudi Arabia are also participating. Top UAE exhibitors are Mubadala, CARACAL, Offset Group, Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), International Golden Group (IGG), Al Masaood, Bin Jabr and AIS.

During IDEX, more than 900 exhibitors from over 50 countries are set to occupy all 12 halls of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre's 55,000-square metre venue. Over 30 national pavilions, high profile defence and security personnel and over a hundred military delegations from the Middle East region and around the world will take part at this key defence industry event. The Gulf Defence Conference, organised by Jane's Information Group will be held alongside the exhibition.

The previous edition of IDEX in 2007 featured 862 exhibitors, 143 official delegations from 50 countries, 27 national pavilions, and attracted 29 mobility displays from 10 countries. Contracts worth more than $545m were announced at the show including $380m worth of deals signed by the UAE Armed Forces. Nearly one thousand media personnel attended IDEX 2007.