27.11.2008

Big 5-PMV roundup

This year the organisers of Big 5 and PMV brought the building materials and the construction equipment back together again at the World Trade Centre in Dubai, (last year they were separated by a 20 minute shuttle bus ride).

Sadly the move still saw an amazingly busy Big 5 and depressingly quiet PMV section, even though the two locations were just across the road form each other.

Two days into the show, the organising team for PMV laid a red carpet stretching between the two buildings and crossing the four lane road. While the effort was appreciated it did not seem to make an immediate improvement.

We have already covered several announcements and developments at the show, here are one or two final points or observations.

Wolffkran Arabia, the joint venture between Kanoo and Wolffkran, established less than two years ago, has grown well beyond its initial forecasts, the company has had a fully working scale model of one of its luffing tower crane on its stand. The highly detailed model was built by one of the factory’s apprentices. It is operated from a full size operator’s seat and controllers. Visitors to the stand were encouraged to operate the crane and get a feel for the controls.
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Wolffkran Arabia had a full working model tower crane on its stand, Mark Evans - MD keeps an eye on an operator

Bravi, manufacturer of mast type electric self propelled lifts reported that while it is anticipating slightly lower sales, it is managing to hold a stable production output, thanks to demand for its Leonardo product.
The company has announced that it will sell direct into the Middle Eastern markets using local partners for service and maintenance support.
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The Ritchies girls having fun with balls

Al Laith Scaffolding, the scaffold, mast climber and aerial lift sales and rental company exhibited its Zip-Up range of aluminium towers, UpRight powered access, Sumner Lift and HEK hoists. The company, which now employs over 1,000 is expanding its efforts in Abu Dhabi in addition to other parts of the region.
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Al Laith has been appointed Oil&Steel distributor - see seperate report

Insphire the rental software company confirmed that it has plans to set up an operation in the Middle East through new partners and re-sellers, in order to service the growing rental infrastructure in the region.

AGS the tower crane electronics company, attended the show for the second year running is now planning to establish a Middle East operation sometime in 2009. It also said that it will open up a UK subsidiary in January 2009 based in London.
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The Burj Residence is host to 12 Wolff tower cranes

12 Wolffkran tower cranes are working on the Burj residence,
2 x 355B, 2 x 6031, 6 x 6531 and 2 X 7532 not that they are very visible.