SIMA Industrial Expo 2010: A plethora of business opportunities

The 16th SIMA Industrial Expo 2010 will be held at Damascus International Fairground in Syria on 27-30 May 2010. Exhibitors will benefit from a comprehensive publicity campaign designed to maximise the business opportunities offered by the exhibition. The event will be promoted extensively across the region to trade buyers and potential customers from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and other regional states. The advertising and the promotional campaign contain: promotion in trade magazines, newspapers and media, distribution of an impressive, full-colour magazine, show catalogue, and direct mail and VIP invitations. The economic situation in Syria in recent years witnessed many of the modernisation processes, reform and development, especially in the industrial and managerial sectors. The effect of the political stability was clearly shown on achieving an economic stability, and the effects of the growing role which were played by the private sector in Syria, have started to appear and to reflect into the development and the contribution in increasing the national GDP. Furthermore, the strategic location has enabled Syria an easy access to its neighbouring Arab countries, especially Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, in order to benefit from the greater Arab Free Trade zone. In addition, the Mediterranean Syrian- European partnership agreement helped out the Syrian products to access the European Union markets. SIMA INDUSTRIAL EXPO 2010 Date: 27-31 May 2010 Venue: Damascus International Fairground Returning to figures the industrial investment projects accounted for a wide share of the abundant investment projects licensed last year, which reached up to 128 projects for the cost of $4.4 billion, agricultural projects was 29 projects and the transportation exceeded 59 projects. Also the value of the imported machineries and equipment for the same year reached SYP454.5 billion (US$9.65 billion) to form in its rate more than (44.2%) of the total value of the imported machineries and equipment throughout the years (1991-2008). In this context, the leading role of SIMA Industrial Expo is clearly shown i n supporting various aspects of economic activity, and allowing a major access for the equipment and techniques to pass through the country, in addition to the associated scientific seminar program, which has offered the knowledge to cross such technologies and techniques. In the other direction, SIMA Expo also played an important role in highlighting the image over the Syrian industry in general, and focused on the Syrian engineering industries particularly, in addition, SIMA Expo has played an important role by providing the appropriate environment to establish good links for healthy economical and commercial relations between Arabs and international traders in order to rise up the Syrian economical and industrial positions among other international markets. Syrian International Marketing Association Tel: +963-11 332 5235 Fax: +963-11-332 5223 E-mail: simafair@net.sy Website: www.sima.simafairs.com JIMEX 2010: Trade gateway for Middle East markets The 7th International Machinery & Electricity Exhibition, JIMEX 2010, will continue its success to be organised in cooperation with its strategy partners, Jordan Engineers Association (JEA), National Energy Research Center (NERC), Tuyape of Turkey and other national and international organisations. JIMEX 2010 will take its place as decided and planned from 6-9 June 2010 at its traditional venue (Halls of Amman International Motor Show). The JIMEX forum will be organised in cooperatioLebron Soldier XII 12