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Deutsche Messe Sponsors LOG.LEO Innovation Award

Deutsche Messe, organizers of CeMAT MIDDLE EAST, MDA MIDDLE EAST and IA MIDDLE EAST, were among the elite sponsors of LOG.LEO awards; announced at Westin Hotel on November 30th.

To show its commitment to the regional intralogistics industry, the company sponsored the Innovator of the Year category award, which celebrates a leader or member of an organization pushing forward with new technology and ideas.

Speaking at the event, Angela Schaschen, Managing Director, Deutsche Messe Dubai Branch, highlighted the importance of CeMAT to the logistics and intralogistics industry. “We have a successful record of 30 years of CeMAT, back in Germany, 7 years in China, 2 years in India, and now we bring to Dubai the world’s largest platform to enable logistics and intralogistics professionals explore further opportunities”, she told an audience of over 200 top executives of local and regional logistics, materials handling and supply chain industry.

Mrs. Schaschen then handed the Innovator of the Year award to this year’s winner; Wade Thompson; sales and marketing director at CEVA Logistics.

The prestigious LOG.LEO awards are organized by LOG. Middle East magazine and are the first of their kind in this part of the world.

Deutsche Messe launches Middle East’s only integrated show for logistics, power transmission and industrial automation

Deutsche Messe, one of the foremost trade exhibition organisers with some 50 events worldwide, has launched today (October 15, 2008) three internationally reputed trade shows that will be simultaneously held under one roof in Dubai, announced during a press conference held in Dubai's Fairmont Hotel. Deutsche Messe, the German organiser of Hannover Messe, the world’s leading industrial exhibition held annually in Hannover, Germany, will bring to the Middle East for the first time a combination of high-level international executives and professionals from the fast-growing fields of supply chain and logistics, power transmission, and industrial automation.

The first-of-its-kind trade show will incorporate the CeMAT Middle East 2010, which will be the only specialised international trade fair in the region for materials handling and intralogistics; MDA Middle East 2010, which will be the region’s first dedicated event for motion, drive and automation technologies; and IA Middle East 2010, the region’s pioneering international trade fair for the latest developments in process, production and industrial automation. The three exhibitions will be held at Dubai Airport Expo Centre from January 19 to 21, 2010.

Speaking at the press conference, Angela Schaschen, Managing Director, Deutsche Messe Dubai Branch said: “Dubai has embraced the global spotlight with its unprecedented achievements in various fields like engineering, architecture and commerce. The economic upswing in the previous years has given a tremendous impulse to the fields of logistics and industry. And it's not only happening in Dubai but also in Abu Dhabi and other GCC countries, making it a truly exciting time to be active in the industry. Deutsche Messe, with its strong history of successful industrial events, seeks to provide the impetus to further boost the level of success in these key areas. The three trade shows have over 10 years of success around the world; combining them within comprehensive single platform is surely something that numerous trade visitors and exhibitors are eagerly looking forward to."

"Deutsche Messe boasts an extensive network of global contacts that will ensure the highest quality of participants during the combined trade shows. Our network includes over 70 agents and six subsidiaries on top of our partnership with Fiera Milano. Deutsche Messe also has a strong presence through our successful trade shows in China, India and Turkey, which gives us an undisputed track record in performance and consistency. These attributes will be crucially important in ensuring the highest level of success of the 2010 events in Dubai," said Dr. Andreas Gruchow, Member of the Board, Deutsche Messe, during the press conference.

CeMAT Middle East is a spin-off of CeMAT – Hannover, the world’s largest and most renowned intralogistics trade fair hosted by Deutsche Messe in Hannover, Germany with annual editions also in Shanghai, Istanbul and Bangalore. Intralogistics is a cutting-edge term that describes a rapidly growing sector globally and regionally.

CeMAT Middle East specialises in the core sectors of intelligent goods handling, ware-housing technology, internal transport systems for logistics and material handling operations. Dubai will be a highly strategic venue for the event as the emirate is considered the crown jewel of materials handling and logistics in the Middle East, channelling the majority of the UAE logistics market which values USD 12 billion.

IA Middle East will showcase emerging innovations in factory automation, robotics, pipeline technologies and micro technology, among others. The event creates the ideal platform for manufacturers to interact and discuss business opportunities with some of the world’s leading industrial technology providers. IA Middle East will gather decision makers and renowned experts in the fields of industrial automation systems, microsystems technology, electrical systems, industrial IT and software. IA is part of Hannover Messe in Germany and is now also being organised in India, China, Turkey and Dubai.

MDA Middle East seeks to open a spectrum of new business opportunities by capitalising on the Middle East’s increasing demand for new technology, and cost-effective solutions in power and energy transmission, automation and control. The event will serve as conducive annual meeting point for key players in key sectors like petroleum, chemicals, metals, cement, power generation, aviation and shipbuilding to meet and share the latest developments in the areas of motion, drive and automation for the power transmission solutions industry. MDA is part of Hannover Messe in Germany and is now also being organised in India, China, Turkey and Dubai.

Also present at the press conference were, Nermeen Mahmoud – Business Development Manager – Dubai Logistics City, Reinhard Wind, representative of Supply Chain and Logistics Group (SCLG), Oliver Parche – Deputy Manager – The German Industry and Commerce Office, and Christina Anthony – General Manager Commercial Venue Management – Dubai World Trade Centre.