Welcome to the 7th Edition of FABEX Middle East, 2016

Middle East & North Africa (MENA) becoming major hub for steel industry

The Middle East & North African steel markets have never gain so much commercial importance as they have today. The reasons behind this is increasing manufacturing & consumer basis, strong oil revenues and strong economic performance indicators that are contributing towards the higher consumption of steel in numerous segments. The steel consumption in MENA is expected to exceed around 50 million tons per year due to the multiple infrastructure projects witnessed by the Arab countries. High economic growth and potential to expand the manufacturing industry of Middle East will providing great opportunities to the companies investing in the steel industry. The Middle East is becoming one of the most attractive hub for the big international steel players.

Introduction of FABEX Middle East, 2016

FABEX Middle East is the World's largest Metal Forming, Welding, Fabricating and Finishing exhibition in the Middle East area. The main objective of this trade show is to provide a reliable platform which caters to the needs of every growing demands of steel industry. Every year this trade fair is organized with the sponsorship of reputed bodies like Emirates Steel, SOLB MISR, Egyptian Steel, Alrehab Steel, MKS, KNUTH Machine Tools, AYAD Group, Panel & Steel Industries, Kandil Steel, Metal Egypt, Total and KAMA. The supporters that are associated with fair includes Turkish Iron & Steel Producers Association, AIM, Centro INOX and ISSF.

The media partners that are covering the whole exhibition and showing its various aspects are Middle East Steel Magazine, Industry Sourcing, ME Steel.com, International Metal Tube, Minerals & Metal Review, MPT International, Metal Working News, AEC Online, Machinery Market etc. Most of the media channels, international companies and professionals are collaborated with FABEX Middle East, 2016 due to the last year success in which 4 international pavilion, 6,824 visitors, 3,50,000 exhibitors and professional across 26 countries attended the event.

Once again the organizers will providing the chance to the companies belonging from steel industry to expand their network by participating in FABEX Middle East, 2016 which is going to be held from 18th February, 2016 to 20th February, 2016 at Cairo International Convention Centre (built over 15,000 sqm), Cairo, Egypt. This time the exhibition is featuring pipes, wire & steel structures, dies & moulds, machine tools, plants & equipment for sheet metal, welding, heat treatment, surface treatments and finishing, steel structure, sheet metal, ferrous metal, non-ferrous metal, handling technology, separation technology, forming technology, flexible sheet metal working technology etc.