First Malaysia Services Exhibition (MSE) in Jeddah
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014, KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) will be organizing the participation of 22 Malaysian exhibitors at the Malaysia Services Exhibition (MSE) 2014 in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from 11 – 14 May 2014. The MSE Jeddah event is held in-conjunction with the Saudi Building and Interiors Exhibition (SBIE) 2014.
Malaysian services will be promoted through seven clusters namely Construction and Related services, Oil & Gas, Contract Furniture, Logistics, Machinery & Equipment, Building Materials and Electrical & Electronics including LED lightings and fittings and household & industrial appliances. MATRADE has pre-arranged a total of 224 business meetings with the Saudi companies for our Malaysian exhibitors.
The objective of the MSE is to brand Malaysian services overseas as well as to promote and showcase the capabilities of our Malaysian services companies. Since 2008, MSE had been organised in selected target markets in the Middle East, ASEAN, Asia and Europe. With construction projects valued at more than USD90 billion (SAR337.5 billion) planned in 2014, Saudi Arabia is one of the region’s biggest market for the industry.
Amongst the projects are Makkah public transport programme by the Development Commission of Makkah and Mashaaer (USD16.5 billion), housing project in the South Obhur, Jeddah by the Public Pension Agency, Ministry of Finance (USD15 billion) and Jeddah City Metro Project by Jeddah Municipality (USD12 billion).