JEDDAH, 27 September 2005 — A 16-member Saudi business delegation will take part in Pollutec 2005 exhibition being held in Paris from Nov. 29-Dec. 2. Promosalons and the economic department of the French Consulate General are jointly organizing the delegation’s visit. This was announced at a meeting held at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Sunday.
“We expect at least 60 other businessmen to visit the show from Saudi Arabia,” French commercial Counselor M. Alain Boutebel told a meeting at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Sunday.
Pollutec is claimed to be the “world’s No. 1” international exhibition for environment equipments and technologies, and with its 1,400 exhibitors from worldwide it is considered vital for water, energy, waste and recycling, noise, analyze-measurement-monitoring, and risk prevention and management sectors.
Nabiha Dakkak, general manager of Promosalons Arabian Gulf in her presentation gave the exhibition details and various sites that would interest the visitors. “We’re organizing visits to various places including water recycling and cleaning plants as well as chemical waste treatment sites,” she said.
JCCI’s Ahmed Hijazi said the chamber would extend all cooperation to its members desirous of participating in the exhibition.
Located at the heart of France’s leading economic region, the 21st Pollutec is expected to attract over 40,000 managers and specifiers from industry and local authorities and those involved in the protection of environment and sustainable development. Over four days, eco exhibitors will present an international array of techniques and services for the prevention and treatment of pollution of all kinds.
France’s water and waste sectors account for nearly 92 percent of the country’s total eco-industry turnover that reached 29.12 billion euro in 2004. As a result of exception growth, waste recovery moved up to the top spot in eco-activities for the first time, ahead of sewerage and water distribution.
In 2005 the turnover of eco-enterprises should grow by three percent, which is twice the rate forecast for the French economy. Overall, the forecasts are more optimistic for activities linked to the manufacture of equipment and building and civil engineering linked to the environment.