Jordan Times
Monday, May 8, 2006b
3rd International
Rebuild Iraq Exhibition opens today
By Mahmoud Al Abed
AMMAN — Deputising for Prime Minister
Marouf Bakhit, the minister of industry and trade will today open the 3rd
International Rebuild Iraq Exhibition at the Abdali Urban Regeneration site.
At a press conference held last week, organisers announced that 1,025 companies
from 48 countries would be participating in the exhibition, which spans over an
area of 60,000 square metres
The exhibition, which extends through May 11, is so far the largest to have ever
taken place in Jordan, with 5,000 Iraqi and 15,000 global visitors expected to
attend, they said.
The opening ceremony will be attended by an array of Iraqi ministers and
officials.
Exhibitors include companies from Austria, UK, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy,
Sweden, Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg, Romania, the Netherlands, Luxembourg,
Ireland, Norway, Switzerland and Poland.
France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are taking par for the first time.
Running alongside the exhibition will be the 3rd International Conference “Doing
Business in Iraq” which will take place at the Amman Inter.Continental Hotel on
May 9 and 10 and will be attended by top Iraqi officials along with
international and Jordanian experts.
Two major new projects to set up new cement factories and new IT systems in Iraq
will be announced at the conference,organised by the American Chamber of
Commerce to update delegates on the business environment in Iraq.