(MENAFN - Arab News) MachiTech'08, the fourth Turkish machine and machinery equipment exhibition, opens at the Jeddah International Exhibition & Convention Center tomorrow.

 

Supported by the Turkish government, the event, which continues till Tuesday, will focus on heavy machinery and equipment.

 

"Our focus is on showcasing new machinery, equipment and advanced technology with a view to offering them to local distributors, agents and manufacturers," said a spokesman for Expotim International Fair Organizations Inc. of Turkey, which is organizing the show in cooperation with Al-Harithy company for Exhibitions Ltd.

 

With the Kingdom's construction sector booming and six new economic cities including King Abdullah Economic City under way, Turkey hopes for marketing its construction and mining machinery in a big way. In fact, Turkey itself has a strong construction industry, which accounts for 5.6 percent of the country's GNP. The development of construction industry has resulted in a large and diversified production of building material, a dynamic contracting and engineering services sector and a well-established construction and mining machinery sector.

 

The exhibition profile includes construction and mining equipment and machinery; cranes, lifting, loading and transporting equipment; cutting tools and tool holders; parts and components for automotive industry; metal processing machines; die casting machines; food processing and packing machines; special purpose machines and machine tools; and plastic, rubber and bakelite processing machines.

 

Also being exhibited are wood working machines, packing and filling machines, pneumatic machines, equipment and systems, and pumps, turbines and valves, aside from iron and steel.