Dubai, 10th of April 2008: Dornbracht, the German based international manufacturer of high-quality design fittings and accessories for bathrooms and kitchens, has added a number of superlatives to their Middle East reference list, namely: the tallest tower of the world, Burj Dubai - a global icon in the truest sense of the word; the Fairmont Nile City Cairo, one of the newest and most luxurious hotels in Egypt; and last but not least The Al Bustan Palace Intercontinental Muscat, which belongs to the world's most popular and luxurious destinations. Dornbracht had only started the operation of an own sales office for the Middle East in Dubai one and a half years ago. The company is recognized internationally as the market leader in high-end bathroom and kitchen fittings.

With his current visit to Dubai, Mr. Andreas Dornbracht, CEO and Director of Marketing & Sales of Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co. KG, demonstrates the company's commitment to the Middle Eastern region, which comes more and more to the fore for Dornbracht, since the purchasing dynamics in the UAE are changing in favour of a growing clientele, who ask for premium bathroom fittings and accessories.

He stated: "Most sectors of the construction industry in the Middle East are experiencing unprecedented growth. Similar can be said for the speed at which the requirements of the customers and consumers are maturing. More and more owners and investors now recognize the need to add visible value to their finished products to differentiate it. Dornbracht products offer this, supported by our regional office."

Andreas Dornbracht has used his stay in Dubai also to assure himself of the progress of some of the prestigious projects the company were contracted for. The now CEO is the grandson of the founder Aloys F. Dornbracht, who made his first sales of Dornbracht products to the Middle East in the late fifties.

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About Burj Dubai
Burj Dubai will not only be the world's highest building but a tangible proof of Dubai's central role in a growing world and an unprecedented example of human achievement. Emaar Properties, the largest real estate company in world based on market capitalization is the developer of Burj Dubai and the surrounding Downtown Burj Dubai development. Creating the centrepiece for a new world capital attracted the world's most esteemed designers, developers and builders. One of them is the tower's architect Adrian Smith, at that time design partner of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), who decided in favour of Dornbracht fittings for all bathroom units of the luxurious residential apartments of the super-tall tower. Dornbracht supplied in a platinum matt finish single lever bath and shower mixers and wall-mounted waterfall bath spouts from their MEM range; single-hole bidet mixer Dreamworks as well as several products from their Madison range. Some of the supplied items were custom-made in order to meet the designer needs such as the Madison shower head with column.

About The Fairmont Nile City Cairo
The Fairmont Nile City Cairo will be one of the newest and most luxurious hotels in Egypt. Part of the prestigious Nile City development, which includes 100.000 sq. m. of office space and 11.000 sq. m. of retail space, the 552-room luxury hotel is situated along the Nile River in central Cairo. The Fairmont Nile City Cairo will include four restaurants, four bars and lounges, a business centre, meeting space and access to retail and office space in the rest of the complex. Prime space on the rooftop of the 24th floor overlooking the Nile and the Pyramids will include one of the restaurants, an outdoor swimming pool, a hot tub and outdoor function space. All future guests of the hotel will take their showers on the highest level, since HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates, responsible for the interior design, has decided for mixers and showers of Dornbracht's high-quality design classic ranges Tara and Tara Classic for all bathrooms and the public areas. Tara features an archetypal design, where everything is reduced to the essentials. The Tara Classic range is high-quality design in its purest form, a contemporary design classic.

About The Al Bustan Palace Intercontinental Muscat
When the Al Bustan Palace Intercontinental Muscat was designed some twenty five years ago the brief was simple. To build a palatial property, able to host the leaders of some of the world's richest nations, the six member states of the Gulf Co-operation Council. And now with the return to Muscat of the GCC Summit in late 2008 the hotel is undergoing a multi-million dollar refurbishment, which will see it surpass its palatial past and position it as one of the most luxurious resorts in the world. From the majesty of the 38 metres high lobby, complete with its exquisite centre-piece crystal chandelier, to the acres of lush beachfront landscaping, exiting redevelopment of rooms and suites, public areas, restaurants and bars, this is truly a refurbishment on an unprecedented scale. In order to meet these super high standards even in the guest bathrooms the interior designers Heitz-Parsons-Sadek have chosen Dornbracht to supply their highly elegant mixer range Tara.Logic, which is based on the design language of the famous Tara Classic but more elegant and refined in design.

About Dornbracht
Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH & Co. KG , headquartered in Iserlohn, Germany, is an internationally active manufacturer of high-quality designer fittings and accessories for bathrooms and kitchens. The company frequently receives international design awards for its products and since 1996, has also been acclaimed for its ongoing commitment to culture. Since April 2006 Dornbracht has been publishing a bathroom and kitchen edition of ''Dornbracht - the SPIRIT of WATER', which documents Dornbracht's self-image as a company of cultural relevance and highlights the spectrum of the Dornbracht brand. A magazine and catalogue in one, the publication is the successful link between inspiration, dialogue and innovation that characterizes Dornbracht's unique approach and way of working.

In 1969 Dornbracht launched the first ever designer fitting on the market - the Armatur 2000 - thereby blazing a trail for a completely new market segment in the area of bathroom design. The company continued its design-based orientation in 1984 by entering into collaboration with the internationally renowned designer Dieter Sieger. DOMANI, the first single-hand mixer developed by him for Dornbracht, became a much-copied trendsetter. Among others this was followed by the internationally renowned series TARA, whose pared-down archetypal form simply became a synonym for the name of Dornbracht, and finally MEM - the encounter between man and water possibly in its most original form. 

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