TRADE FAIR STRADE FAIRS ThIS yEar ThE LEaDINg INTErNaTIoNaL TraDE FaIr For TraNSPorT TEchNoLogy wILL wELcomE ThE raILway INDUSTry For ThE 10Th TImE IN BErLIN aND aLrEaDy Now ThE aNNIVErSary EVENT LookS SET To mEET ThE hIgh ExPEcTaTIoNS oF ThE SEcTor oNcE agaIN ToP ExEcUTIVES From ThE gULF rEgIoN aND EUroPE wILL gaThEr aT ThE ExcLUSIVE INNoTraNS majLIS The show organiser Messe Berlin looks optimistically towards InnoTrans 2014 Due to the industry s outstanding interest in participating in the show the display area of InnoTrans 2014 will exceed the one of the previous event by far for both indoor space as well as the outdoor track display International exhibitors account for more than 50 per cent of the participation More than 200 new exhibitors are coming to Berlin in order to intensify their business activities in the global railway market during the four exhibition days from 23 until 26 September In response to the huge demand the new exhibition hall CityCube Berlin will be integrated this year thus providing an additional exhibition area of 12 000 square meters INNoTraNS majLIS ToP LEVEL INTErNaTIoNaL NETworkINg In 2012 H E Matter Al Tayer Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority Dubai and his fellow leaders from Abu Dhabi Qatar and Saudi Arabia as well as other high ranking delegates from the industry participated in the first InnoTrans Majlis in Berlin After the positive feedback the event will take place again this year offering a unique opportunity for intensive exchange between high level representatives of the transport and railway sector from the Gulf region and leading figures of the European industry from associations and politics Within the atmosphere of an Arab Majlis the event offers best conditions for efficient networking at C level and for building or maintaining sustainable partnerships The InnoTrans Majlis will take place on Thursday 26 September at 4pm in the Marshall Haus at the fairgrounds The event is organised by the German Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce AHK and Messe Berlin supported by the German Saudi Arabian Liaison Office for Economic Affairs GESALO n The three day long 7th logitrans International Transport Logistics Exhibition drew to a successful conclusion with a total of 11 797 participants from 56 countries and 206 exhibitors from 21 countries displaying their products and services The increased degree of internationality and quality of the participants were especially impressive The range of products includes Freight transport and logistics services Freight transport systems IT Telematics e business telecommunications Intra logistics materials flow and related fields The top five participating countries apart from Turkey were in this order Germany Italy Slovenia Austria and Lithuania The proportion of international participants was just under 15 per cent More than 50 per cent of the exhibitors presenting themselves in two halls covering around 10 000 square meters came from abroad For the first time there was involvement from Albania Croatia Lithuania and Ukraine The top five exhibitor countries were Turkey Germany Italy Austria and Latvia Many exhibitors availed themselves of the country pavilion concept to make an initial acquaintance with the Turkish market New in 2013 was the Air Cargo Pavilion organized in cooperation with the A Z Group The Turkish logistics market has been experiencing increasing growth for years offering great potential for national and international companies alike logitrans offers a venue where people can come together and exploit this potential The 8th logitrans will be staged by EKO MMI Fair a joint venture of Messe München International MMI organizer of the worldwide leading exhibition transport logistic in Munich and EKO Fair from Turkey the strongest organizer of shows for the logistics sector in the region n AHK is the official representative of logitrans in Oman Qatar and the UAE For further information please contact sruthi s ahkuae com 971 4 4470100 internAtionAl trAnsport logistiCs exhibition internAtionAl trAde fAir for trAnsport teChnology innoVAtiVe CoMponents VehiCles systeMs Sruthi Sreedharan project Manager Trade Fairs at AHK Dubai Kerstin Abed Head of Trade Fairs at AHK Dubai kerstin abed ahkuae com MAJLIs ISSUE 12 45