Under the Patronage of H.E. Dr.Salim Al Khozaela, The Minister of Industry and Commerce of Jordan, the Arab Cable Manufacturers Association is proudly hosting the "Third ArabCab 2007 Conference"
Outline of the Conference

The Arab Cables Manufacturers Association (ACMA) is an organization of 75 Arab companies specialized in the manufacturing of different types of electrical, telephone cables and wires from 15 Arab countries, closely associated with the Arab Federation for Engineering Industries.

The Aim of (ACMA) is to build an EConomical, Industrial and Technical relationship between the members all over the Arab World

Target Audience

- Aluminium Producers - Copper Producers - (PVC) Relative to Cables Industries Producers - Ministries of Electricity and Power

- Ministries of Communications - General Contractors companies - Consultant Bureaus - LME Dealers

Main Speaker

H.E Enineer Nader Althahbi
The Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ).

Topics Included and Speakers

- Land Transportaion within the Arab World will be presented by specialized transportation companies: ARAMEX, Jordan FTPM, Morocco Maersk Line, Copenhagen, Denmark

- Arab Free Zone Parts and their facilities will be presented by: Aqaba Port, Jordan Dubai Port, UAE Tangier Port, Morocco

- Annual General Assembly Meeting of the members of ACMA:

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The Second Conference was held Under the Patronage of H.E. Dr.Moh'd Bu Talib, The Minister of Energy & Mining in the Kingdom of Moroco on 13th – 14th of May, 2006 at Marrakech, Morocco. This conference saw an improved number in participants as it welcomed delegates from around the world. The members grew from 25 in 2005 to over 70 members at the end of 2006

The Second Conference focused on the aspects related to PVC & Polyethylene along with the aspects related to Aluminium & Copper in the field of cable and wire industry. It also discussed the use of facilities available from London Metal Exchange (LME) in future buying and hedging of the commodities concerning the cable and wire industry. The topics were presented by the top company representatives of the industry like SABIC of Saudi Arabia, CRU and SEMPRA of the United Kingdom

The Second Conference was a supported by the cable companies from the Arab World, Midal Cables Limited, Kingdom of Bahrain, Saudi Cables Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Cables Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nexans, Kingdom of Morocco, TUMAG Cables, Kingdom Of Morocco, MESC (Middle East Specialized Cables), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Gulf Cable & Electrical Industries, Kuwait & Dubai Cable Company (DUCAB), UAE were among the main companies supporting the conference

The total turnover of the Cable and Wire companies of the Arab World reached US$ 3 Billion by the end of 2005.

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The first Arab Cable Conference will be held in the Kingdom of Bahrain from 25th-27th April 2005, at the Diplomat Radisson SAS Hotel, under the patronage of H.E. Shaikh Abdullah bin Salman bin Khalid Al Khalifa, Minister of Electricity & Water. HE Dr. Mohamed Gamaluddin Bayoumi, Arab Investors Union, Secretary General, will be the official spokesman and Keynote Speaker for the Forum. Also speaking at the Forum will be Mr. Sherif A. Khalek, Director, Trade Development, who will speak on Financing Inter-Arab Trade, Mr. Khalid Al Oboodi, Deputy General Manager, Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector, speaking on Financing Investment & Export, Mr. Fahad Rashid Al Ebrahim, General Manager, The Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation, speaking on Investment Guarantees, Mr. Anwar Ghazawi, Secretary General, Arab Federation for Marine Shipping and Mr. Mahmood Al Abdullat, Sceretary General, Arab Federation for Land Transportation conjointly speaking on Transportation, Sea and Land.

The Conference will be proudly hosted by local company, Midal Cables, who is also supporting the event as a Gold Sponsor. Other Gold Sponsors are: Saudi Cables, Riyadh Cables and Nexans Maroc, Silver sponsors are: ALBA, Gulf Cables and Oman Cables, Bronze sponsors are: Ducab, and the Official Carrier is Gulf Air.

The Forum will discuss the development of cable manufacture in the Arab world, sea and land transportation facilities between the Arab states- including the Arab Transportation Federation and several key seaport presidents in the Arab states, exchange of expertise between Arab companies, countering the dumping policy pursued by foreign companies in Arab markets, establishing Arab laboratories to issue technical compatibility certificates for Arab-made products, standardizing Arab technical specifications, and co-ordinating Arab production capabilities based on constructive integration not harmful competition and dumping.

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