The Big 5 Dubai

Economic Upturn

For the last 36 years, the Middle East‘s construction industry has hosted an annual gathering at The Big 5 in Dubai. Once again, this year saw 3,000 exhibitors and industry experts converge on the exhibition grounds – which included an additional hall this time around – for the four-day event. After China, Italy and Turkey, Germany was the country with the most companies representing it. In addition to the Made in Germany label that all of the companies carried, the four federal German states of Hesse, Saxony, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg offered their companies a separate platform under...

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