More than 370 exhibitors representing nearly 1,000 brands from across the world will be featured at SteelFab 2016, in Sharjah, UAE.

SteelFab is the Middle East region's leading trade show for metal-working, metal-manufacturing and steel fabrication industry.

The event is set to take place from January 17 to 20, at the at Expo Centre Sharjah.

The 12th edition of the event will include new content, new special focus areas, special pavilions, live displays, technical seminars and product presentations, a rise in foreign participation and a new concurrent show, said a statement.

Saif Mohammed Al Midfa, CEO, Expo Centre Sharjah, said: “At the event, the regional industry can explore one of the biggest showcases of cutting-edge equipment, advanced technologies, new products and applications for all its metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.”

Prominent among the new additions to SteelFab 2016 is a new vertical – Fasteners World Middle East, which will be a dedicated trade fair for the fastener and fixing industry. As a precursor to Fasteners World Middle East, a fasteners’ pavilion was introduced during the previous show, which successfully paved the way for the launch of the new concurrent show.

SteelFab has confirmed the participation of the German and Taiwan pavilions at the show.

Midfa added: “In coordination with the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA) and the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), a large number of exhibitors has already confirmed their presence in the German Pavilion The Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) will be facilitating the participation of leading machinery makers at the Taiwan Pavilion.”

Apart from Germany and Taiwan, there will be strong participation from Italy, Turkey, China and India. During its prevision edition, SteelFab featured 22 stalls in the German Pavilion, while the show saw the participation of more than 30 Italian exhibitors and the Taiwan Pavilion 16. This time, the German and Taiwan pavilions will be featuring 24 and 20 exhibitors, respectively.

SteelFab 2016 will also see the launch of a new special focus areas –Wear Resistant and Hard Facing - Cladding. The new segments will help regional fabricators to optimize their production for fabrications used in rigorous environments such as construction equipment, municipal equipment, recycling, quarries, cement industry etc.

Midfa said: “New technology and machinery have always been a mainstay of SteelFab and this year too visitors can expect some of the latest innovations from world’s leading manufacturers and dealers. Besides, the number of new exhibitors has gone up by about 15 per cent already, thus confirming that new content is set to grow in space by more than 25 per cent.” – TradeArabia News Service