M+W Zander opens branch office in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, DUBAI & STUTTGART, GERMANY: The international engineering company M+W Zander has further expanded its business by developing its global presence in the United Arab Emirates.

The opening of its new branch office in Abu Dhabi yesterday was a definitive sign of the strategic importance of this region for the company. The branch office was officially opened as part of a ceremony attended by representatives from various institutions and leading companies.

At the ceremony, M+W Zander CEO Jürgen Wild explained: "With its profound investments in future-technologies along with the sustainable commitment to renewable energy, Abu Dhabi is setting a new standard for dynamic, long- term development. With our know-how as a leading high-tech engineering company and infrastructure specialist we see interesting business opportunities in this future-region."

The M+W Zander Group offers its customers worldwide integrated life-cycle solutions for high-tech production plants and infrastructure complexes including all necessary service and modernization support. The customer base focuses primarily on leading electronics, photovoltaic, pharmaceutical, chemical, automobile and communication companies, as well as research institutes and universities.

The company ranks among the market leaders in various market sectors, for example semiconductors, photovoltaics and pharmaceuticals. MWZ Group GmbH, Stuttgart, manages the global activities of the group as a holding company.

The group has three main divisions of Facility Solutions, Process Solutions and Product Solutions and generated revenues of some 1.74 billion euros in the business year 2008 with a workforce of approximately 4,500. The M+W Zander Group is owned by the Austrian Stumpf Group that is globally successful in the areas of High-Tech Engineering, Smart & Renewable Energy, Real Estate and Technology Investments.