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Monday, November 30 - 2009

Ducab exhibiting for the first time at Hannover Messe

  • United Arab Emirates: Saturday, May 02 - 2009 at 10:54
  • PRESS RELEASE

Ducab, the leading manufacturer of high quality power cables and copper rods in the Middle East participated along with over 6150 other exhibitors at the Hannover Messe 2009, the world's largest and most important showcase for industrial technology in Hannover Germany, during the period 20-24 April 2009.

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  • Ducab stand.
    Ducab stand.
In addition to reaching out to the wider international community, Ducab showcased their latest cables and the complete range of power solutions at Hannover generating strong interest from international businesses from Europe, Americas, Africa & Asia alike.

Commenting on Ducab's participation in Hannover Messe, Mr. Andrew Shaw, Managing Director of Ducab said:
"To endure and prosper in the face of global competition Ducab needs to approach new markets. Over the past three decades, Ducab has expanded to become the leading manufacturer of high quality power cables in the Middle East. Today we are looking to expand beyond the borders of the Arab region, and increase our penetration of international Markets."


"Exhibitions like this are a unique opportunity to access customers and potential partners throughout the world, and increase awareness and visibility of our products to the world's leading market players."

At Hannover, Ducab successfully showcased their state-of-the-art high, medium, and low voltage power cables, wiring cables, Smokemaster-Low Smoke and Fume Cables, lead sheathed cables for Oil & Gas sector, fire resistant cables, control and auxiliary cables, cable accessories and Ducab Connect accessories (Connectors & Tooling) , as well as copper rod that Ducab manufacture in their own copper rod plant.

"Competing in the same arena with some very large and well established international exhibitors from all over the world, the Ducab stand attracted substantial interest from potential customers and suppliers, providing ample opportunity to build relationships for future business. We expect to win new orders as a result of the prospects we met at the exhibition."


concluded Mr. Shaw.

Hannover Messe is the world's leading showcase for industrial technology, and gathers representatives from the world's most important companies operating in the areas of industry and technology development.

This year the exhibition hosted over 6150 exhibitors from over 65 different countries, showcasing the latest techniques in manufacturing and industrial developments.

The main focuses of this year's show were: industrial automation, energy technologies, power transmission and control, mobility, subcontracting, cutting-edge innovations and the next-generation workforce.
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About Ducab
Ducab is jointly owned by the Governments of Dubai and Abu Dhabi (50% each) and has one of the most modern manufacturing units in the region. It occupies an area of 590,000 square meters of land in Jebel Ali, Dubai and nearly 330,000 square meters in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi spread over 2 factories. Today, Ducab produces over 90,000 copper tones equivalent of low voltage, medium and high voltage cables, emerging as the leader and the first choice of prestigious customers in the Middle East.

Ducab's product range covers High Voltage cables up to 132kV, Ducab Powerplus Medium Voltage cables up to 33kV, Low Voltage power cables, control & auxiliary, wiring and lead-sheathed cables, Ducab-Smokemaster, Low Smoke and Fume cables, and Ducab-FR (Fire Resistance Cables), cable accessories and Ducab connect (Connectors & Tooling) , as well as copper rod that Ducab manufacture in their own copper rod plant.

Ducab is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company for both its factories. The Abu Dhabi factory was recently awarded an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certificate and an OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety certificate by BASEC (British Approval Services for Cables).

The cables comply with and are approved to the full British Standard of the Loss Prevention Certificate Board (LPCB) and Lloyd's Register, UK. These certifications are the latest in a string of recognitions achieved by the company including a two time winner of Gulf Excellence Award, two time winner of Dubai Quality Award, Gold category 2004 & 1998.

Ducab was recently honoured with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Business Excellence Award for their achievements in the manufacturing sector; this was at an award ceremony in April 2009 in the presence of H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.

Ducab has also won other awards such as the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) Chairman's Award for Outstanding Economic Value Creation in the Industrial Sector.

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