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An Italian manufacturer, CCM Airport Equipment has been awarded the first major
contract for the supply of check-in, passport control and other counters as part of
the Dhs70 million expansion project now under way at Fujairah International
Airport.
The announcement was made today at the Airport Build & Supply Exhibition
taking place at Airport Expo Dubai by Khalid Mazroui, general manager, Fujairah
International Airport.
Represented in the UAE by Dubai-based Al Shirawi Group, CCM Airport
Equipment has successfully supplied and installed counters at 120 airports
throughout the world, including specially designed counters at the airports in
Dubai, Sharjah, Doha, Milan, Amsterdam and Madrid.
The Italian company is one of more than 130 leading airport suppliers from almost
30 countries taking part in the exhibition, organised by Streamline Marketing, and
competing for an estimated US$15 billion worth of airport developments in the
Middle East and North Africa.
Taking place until Wednesday 9 June, the Airport Build & Supply Exhibition is
held under the patronage of H.H.Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President
of the Department of Civil Aviation Dubai and chairman of Emirates Airline.
Among first-time exhibitors at the event is CAM group, which announced the
opening of its first regional office in Dubai and launched a more efficient, cost
effective and ecologically-friendly technology for the cleaning of airport runways.
“During landings, planes deposit a substantial amount of rubber on the runway.
This mixes with the dust particles already present on the surface, thus reducing
the roughness of the surface, lowering its grip and increasing hazards,” said
Francois Buscail, Commercial Consultant, CAM Group.
“There are currently two mainstream technologies now in use to clean runways.
Chemical cleaning is generally very costly and ecologically unsound, while the
use of high-pressure water does not restore the pavement’s roughness, which is
an important element in achieving adequate friction values,” he said. “Developed
by Italian manufacturer, Trevalbeton our technology uses vacuum to gather all
debris and waste from the runway, storing them in a watertight tank. The tank can
then be emptied at a storage or treatment facility, which significantly reduces
damage to the environment.” |
