With 250 registered exhibitors and an anticipated 7,500 specialists, INTERMAT will offer an excellent networking platform for regional and international construction and infrastructure industry players to forge new partnerships and effectively contribute to the estimated US$1.68 trillion business from the Middle East region.

Partnered by the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipal Affairs and supported by the UAE Ministry of Public Works, the three-day event will be the largest showcase of new, pre-owned and rental machinery that will feature in the pavilions of key exhibitors from France, United Kingdom, Italy, Korea, Turkey, and the Netherlands, among others.

An outdoor exhibition of heavy machinery and equipment at the Grand Stand area, adjacent to ADNEC will form an integral part of INTERMAT 2014. The exhibition will display products such as trailers, excavation machines, cranes, road-rollers, trenchers, trucks, concrete-mixer trucks, drainage pipes, generators, hydraulic machines, workshop machinery, as well as construction materials, industrial health and safety devices and industrial technology devices.

Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri, CCO at ADNEC, said: “We are delighted to host the third edition of INTERMAT at ADNEC. With the construction market in the UAE valued at US$690.2 billion and a large chunk of all construction activity taking place in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, we are proud to showcase this decisive event that will compliment the growth and development of the emirate. The scheduling of INTERMAT Middle East 2014 in Abu Dhabi reflects the status of our capital city as an international destination and key market.”

He added: “ADNEC is especially happy to meet the dimensional challenges presented by the nature of the INTERMAT exhibition. As active partner in all the events hosted here, ADNEC recognises the critical role played by our venue in creating the right atmosphere for businesses to forge new international partnerships.”

ADNEC, the iconic venue in Abu Dhabi, plays a key role in supporting the emirate’s development plans in the business tourism sector. The main exhibition hall at ADNEC spanning 73,000 sq mts can be converted to flat-roofed floor space, and can be adapted for all types of exhibitions and events. ADNEC is among the few venues around the world capable of staging major indoor, outdoor and marine events simultaneously.