Space for the next edition of Saudi Build, the international construction technology and building materials exhibition, has been fully sold out, according to the organiser of the event.

Dammam-based Kha-lifa Al Joaib Group of Companies will be returning for the second time to the Saudi Build 2006 with a wide range of new products related to construction industry of the Middle East. “We got a good response at Saudi Build last year, when we made our debut.

In a bid to capitalise on the heightened construction activity in the region, Saudi Arabia-based Al Awami Planners and Consultants is set expand its area of operations in the region with a network of branch offices in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia and Beirut in Lebanon.

The materials handling division of Riyadh-based Industrial Materials Organisation (IMO) has plans in the pipeline to add further lines and expand its areas of activity, in order to satisfy the increasing demand for industrial tools and construction equipment.

Al Tamimi Sons’ tent factory, one of the Gulf’s oldest tent-making establishments, will be promoting its wide range of tensile fabric tents at the Saudi Build exhibition that is set to take place in December.