The leading manufacturing company presents the chance for Emirati youth to be a part of UAE's growing industrial sector
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Ducab, the Middle East’s leading manufacturer of high quality cables and cabling products, today announced its participation at Tawdheef 2017 to present Emirati youth with the opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of the industrial sector in the UAE. At the event, Ducab will be offering a number of exciting career opportunities in addition to professional training programs.
Speaking about Tawdheef 2017, Mona Fekri, General Manager of Human Resources at Ducab highlighted the importance of the exhibition in providing the opportunity for organizations to meet with talented Emirati professionals from prominent universities across the region and help them understand the nature of work and the careers available.
“Attracting competent and qualified Emirati talent is one of the key pillars of Ducab’s human resources strategy. The Tawdheef recruitment exhibition presents the perfect opportunity to meet with these talented professionals and communicate the importance of building the industrial sector, one of the fundamental pillars of the UAE economy”, said Mona Fekri. “With the recruitment and training of new and young talent, we look forward to coming alongside the wise leadership of the UAE Government in achieving the vision of a diverse and integrated economy led by the industrial and manufacturing sectors and built on innovation and creativity.”
The UAE industrial sector, which contributed 14 per cent to GDP, is forecast to expand and contribute 20 percent in 2021. The UAE seeks to attract more than US$70 billion in industrial investments by 2025, which will help increase the share of the industrial sector in the country's GDP to 25 percent in the same year.
Ducab aims to strengthen the participation of Emirati youth in the industrial sector by equipping them with the required professional expertise through its vocational training and scholarship programs. The company has a robust Emiratisation programme in place that has led to the successful recruitment and retention of talented UAE nationals.
Visitors to Tawdheef 2017 can visit Ducab at stand C-20 in Hall 3 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center from the 30th of January to the 1st of February.
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About Ducab
Jointly owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai and Senaat (General Holding Corporation, Abu Dhabi), generating approximately USD1.5bn revenue in 2015, Ducab is a global leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper and aluminium wire and cable products for the energy, general construction, industrial, defence, transport and specialty industry verticals. With five manufacturing facilities in the UAE, Ducab has a manufacturing capability of over 115,000 metal tonnes of high, medium and low voltage cables and 110,000 tonnes of copper rod and wire per annum, promoting specialised cables such as PetroBICC (Oil, Gas & Petrochemical sector), RuBICC (flexible rubber cables), FlamBICC (Fire Performance cables), MarineBICC (for marine and shipbuilding) and NuBICC (60-year certified cable range for nuclear power plants). Ducab is an ISO 9001 certified company and is also certified to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety issued by BASEC (British Approval Services for Cables). Ducab cables are also approved by the Loss Prevention Certificate Board (LPCB), BASEC, DNV, ABS, UL, and Lloyd's Register, UK.
For further information please contact:
Ani Bazdekian
Anit Kurian
Ducab
ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller
+971 4 815 8888
+971 4 450 7600
Ani.Bazdekian@ducab.com
anit.kurian@bm.com
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