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Leeds cooling systems firm expands in the Middle East

Leeds-based manufacturer of industrial cooling systems, Airedale International, has officially established a gateway to the Middle East following a launch at Dubai Airport.

The event, which follows on from the opening of Airedale’s base in Moscow last year, was attended by international business partners from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and further afield, who were joined by Karen Williams, Deputy Director of the UKTI (UK Trade & Investment), British Embassy Dubai.

With the 2022 World Cup to be held in Qatar, and Dubai named as the venue for the 2020 World Expo, the third largest global event, anticipated spending on infrastructure of around US$150 billion over the coming years is expected to kickstart an era of significant economic growth in the Middle East region.

In addition to substantial expansion of infrastructure to cope with the forthcoming events, a recent report by IT giant Cisco predicts Middle East and Africa area mobile data traffic will reach 1.49 exabytes per month by 2018, fuelled by the increasing uptake of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

Airedale managing director, Clive Parkman, who opened the day’s events, said: “We were delighted to be able to welcome so many of our partners from the region and to pool our ideas about the considerable business opportunities that exist in the area.

“The significant investment that the region will see over the next few years will have a very positive impact on Airedale’s business.”

“The timing is perfect and will play a major role in helping us achieve our significant growth plans and cement our position within the global marketplace”

“British engineering expertise is always well received, and Airedale has a tremendous pedigree in developing innovative technology solutions for the global marketplace.”

According to Andrew Walker, Middle East regional manager: “The event was very well received. In particular, our CIBSE accredited business-critical cooling master class on data centre and process cooling.

“By using CFD modelling and data collected from actual sites, we were able to demonstrate that, even in elevated temperatures, opportunities exist to maximise energy saving opportunities for minimum footprint.”

Amongst the other items on the agenda were presentations from Steve Dicks, business development director (Commercial Products Group) at Airedale’s parent company, Modine, a global leader in thermal management technology solutions with 2013 fiscal revenues of US$1.4 billion and 6,600 employees worldwide.

Airedale has manufacturing bases in three continents and customers in over 60 countries.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .