Ducab to showcase its products to the industrial community

Dubai, 25 May 2009: Ducab, the leading manufacturer of high quality power cables in the Middle East, will be showcasing its latest products at the Saudi Elenex 2009 on May 24th - 27 in Riyadh, KSA, and the 24th Gastech, on May 25th - 28th at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi.

In addition to showcasing its latest products, Ducab aims to reach out to the international oil, gas and petrochemicals industries, to further expand worldwide. Products showcased at Elenex and GasTech will include: state-of-the-art high, medium, and low voltage power cables, wiring, Smokemaster-Low Smoke and Fume, lead sheathed for Oil & Gas sector, fire resistant, control and auxiliary cables, cable accessories as well as copper rod that Ducab manufacture in their own copper rod plant.

Commenting on Ducab's participation at the exhibition, Mr. Andrew Shaw Managing Director of Ducab said:

"Ducab has invested in the development of new products and facilities and these two events support our expansion in the region and especially in the important Saudi market. This participation confirms Ducab's position as the partner of choice for infrastructure and Oil and Gas projects,'' concluded Shaw.

The UAE based Cable Company has offices in Saudi, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman, sell its products throughout the Middle East, Asia, Far East and North Africa with many of its cables used in landmark projects throughout the GCC, and has provided cables for the major projects in the GCC, such as; Ritz Carlton Hotel, Intercontinental Hotel, Doha Sheraton Conference Hall, Royal Plaza (construction in progress), Lulu Centre, RAS GAS Project and the Dasman Hypermarket (Qatar), Central Bank of Oman, Sur Hospital, American International School, Al Manah Power Station and the Oman Culture Center (Oman), Kuwait Oil Company and Kuwait National Petroleum Company (Kuwait).

GasTech is the largest international conference and exhibition for the LNG, LPG and natural gas industries in 2009; it provides business leaders from across the oil, gas and petrochemicals production companies with a platform to discuss the latest trends and developments affecting the commercial and technical gas worlds. While Elenex 2009 is a unique exhibition that displays a complete range of electricity product, spanning power generation, transmission and distribution, as well as many other types of electrical equipment and machinery, Elenex 2009 is held in conjunction with Saudi Aircon 2009 and Saudi Luminex 2009, this year and is expected to host over 400 exhibitor and 8000 attendees.

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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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