Chemtex 2005 to be bigger
Dubai: Iran and Malaysia are already planning to expand their presence at next year’s Chemtex and Corrosion Middle East, and Canada looks likely to have a pavilion for the first time.

Exhibitors at the region’s only international exhibition for the chemical, petrochemical, chemical process technology, corrosion control and management industries have voted this year’s event, held last month, a grand success.
Iran’s SINA Chemical Industries picked up orders worth more than $800,000 from four Dubai companies on the first day. Mohammad Ghodrat, commercial deputy at the company which specialises in resins, said: “This is the first time we have participated and have already done some good business. Our current exports are worth $3 million so taking part has been a major boost to these sales.”
The Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (METDC) is also set to return and is planning a pavilion with 15 exhibitors.

Cara to promote design excellence
Dubai: Cityscape, the international commercial architecture and property development event, has teamed up with Architectural Review  for this year’s Architectural Awards at Cityscape 2004 – “Design for an Emerging World”.
Architectural Review is one of the leading architectural magazine in the world with an audited circulation of over 20,000 copies. 
“The aim of the Cityscape Architectural Review Awards (Cara) is to recognise and promote excellence in architecture and design in the region. To have Architectural Review supporting this year’s show is testimony to Cityscape’s phenomenal growth in the past three years and our outstanding reputation amongst the international architecture fraternity,” said Neil Hickman, project manager for the organiser IIR.
“Six of the most acclaimed architects from around the world will use their knowledge and expertise to judge the entries based on a number of important criteria including the project’s contribution to world architectural culture, invention and imagination, environmental awareness and appropriateness,” he added.