Building and construction show records major deals

29/04/2012 05:28 AST

Most of more than 500 local and overseas exhibitors who took part in the four-day Saudi Building & Interiors Exhibition (SBIE), which marked a successful end over the weekend with a spectacular Machinery Showcase and a related engineering symposium, said the event afforded a unique platform to know local requirements and even consider or conclude deals. A random survey with the exhibitors showed that they were satisfied for three reasons - for introducing their products and services, discussing business proposals with local dealers, and even concluding some deals.

"We are wonderstruck by the big boom in the Saudi construction sector and are immensely pleased with our participation" was the general remark from the exhibitors.

"We feel greatly rewarded in terms of interactions with local businessmen and traders, and knowing the requirements of this most important and potentially expanding market," Heri Subowo of Jakarta-based Indo Agro Industri said. Subowo said garden furniture, mosaic stones and marbles, and handicraft items manufactured by his company received tremendous inquiries. "We are also planning to set up a model Indonesian house with the latest furnishings that will be continuously updated, at Jeddah's ever-busy Balad business district," he said.

Eduardo Tena Recalde, technical sales executive at Aceros, Spain, also a first time exhibitor, said he had been taking part in some of similar exhibitions the world over and found this a useful addition. "I came here because the Saudi economy is strong, stable and buoyant, and has a booming construction industry. I am going back fully satisfied," said Recalde whose company is a specialist in varieties of shock resistant corrosion-free steel, especially stone crushers for the cement industry. Another Spanish exhibitor, Jon Arcelus, export executive at MEIN-Fundicion En Cascara, S.A. expressed similar sentiments. "I'm greatly impressed by the exhibition and the quality turnout of visitors," Arcelus added.

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