Security equipment firms from China attempted to promote their businesses in the rising Middle Eastern markets at Intersec, one of the world's biggest yearly security congresses, which opened on Jan. 18, Sunday.
According to the event organizers, this year's Intersec garnered as much as 1,237 exhibitors coming from 54 countries, while a sum of 204 companies from China displayed their products at the exhibition.
"We realized that keeping places under control is very important in the Middle East," said Andy Wu, the overseas sales manager at camera manufacturer Unique Vision from the city of Shenzhen in China's Guangdong Province.
Wu told that it is the first time the company to come to exhibit their goods at the show, as they do hope to boost their export market in the quickly developing region.
Other companies are also present at the Chinese pavilion of the Dubai World Trade Centre exhibition halls, such as Wenzhou Haian Electronic Appliance Company from the Zhejiang Province.
According to a statement given by sales manager Qinmei Chen on Xinhua, the company has been present in the exhibition for numerous occasions and has sold LED light equipment for the Dubai police vehicles and ambulance.
The sales manager of a labor protection appliance company from Hebei Province named Joe Qiao said that his company is setting its goal to utilize Intersec as a starting point to enhance its global export markets.
The Middle Eastern security sector grows at as much as 11 percent annually, which is twice the global rate of 5.5 percent due to the declining security conditions in some of the Arabian countries within the region.
By next year, the international market for security cameras, disaster recovery technology, equipment for police and fire brigades and electronic security items is anticipated to amount to $116 billion.
Network surveillance, among other demands for all security hardware, is expected to reach a whopping record of 89 percent on an annual basis, as told by the research firm Frost and Sullivan.
According to Ahmed Pauwels, the chief executive of EPOX Messe Frankfurt, "safety in buildings design is a topic of vital importance in the six Gulf countries Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman, as the region forges ahead with new real estate and infrastructure developments."