International HVACR Expo set to Create New Trends

on 16/04/2018

 

Over 120 companies display 1000 plus products, brands

The 25th edition of HVACR Expo is being held on April 5 – 7, 2018 in Islamabad. The event is supported by 16 related trade and engineering bodies from Pakistan and abroad.

Expected to be the most successful among all previously-held expos, the venue of the event is Jinnah Convention Centre.  The event, organizers say is to witness a direct participation of over 120 companies from Pakistan, Germany, Turkey, China, Malaysia, UAE and Korea who will display over 1000 products and brands. Over 15,000 visitors are being expected for the event.

Pakistan HVACR Expo is going to be truly an international meeting place for professionals and is anticipated to be attracting serious buyers from all over the country and abroad. The event provides an easy and essential route into the market for exhibitors, enabling professionals from across the industry to develop their business in a professional environment.

Pakistan HVACR Expo is the most significant event of Pakistan HVACR Society, conducted on rotational basis at Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. This is the only and largest trade fair in Pakistan which is exclusively dedicated for displaying latest and innovative Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration and allied sectors’ technology and products.

In the event, renowned international speakers will also give their talk besides a HVACR students’ completion planned to encourage students of related fields.  The exhibition, spread over 121,000 square feet will have a B2B meeting area. International conferences, seminars, product presentations.

With the conference theme as “Conserve Energy for better Future”, this mega event will bring together national and international distinguished speakers, business entrepreneurs, government officials, consultants, contractors, equipment suppliers, scholars, from related fields/industry at one forum.

Key Topics of the conference

Energy: renewable, efficiency, audit conservation

Innovative building materials & construction methods

New HVACR technologies, designs and equipment

Air distribution, quality and equipment

District cooling & thermal storage

Refrigerants

Any relating innovative technology, procedure and best practices

Governmental policies, protocols, procedures, relating to HVACR Industry

 

33rd IEEEP International Symposium

on 16/04/2018

33rd IEEEP International Symposium

33rd Multi Topic International Symposium 2018 of Institution of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEEP), Karachi centre is being held at the hotel Pearl Continental Karachi from Wednesday (March 15, 2 018).

This two-day event will come to an end on Thursday (March 15, 2018). Engr. Jawed Salim Qureshi, the Chairman, Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) will inaugurate the symposium.  Prominent development expert Dr. Kaiser Bengali is the keynote speaker of the event.

The symposium will have 5 technical sessions in which presentations will be made by professional engineers on current issues. Out of 15 papers/presentations, four are from Germany, Singapore, China and Bhutan. They focus on current topics relating to Pakistan. Orgnaizers are sure that the papers which are being presented are very interesting.

Some topics are given as below:

1)     Global Warming: how energy audit and asset management can help mother earth? Engr. Azhar bin Othman, regional MD Enercon Asia pvt. Ltd. Singapore

2)     Cyber Security – A must for anything smart Engr. Shahmeer Amir, CEO Veiliux

3)     Cross border energy trading within SAARC – Creating a win-win situation Engr. Bhaskar Pradhan, PLET SEC, Bhutan

4)      Energy self-sufficient smart cities for Pakistan Prof.Dr. Nasim A. Khan, Sr. Executive Director, Osmani & Co

5)      How to be an entrepreneur in the field of new technologies in current scenario Engr. Tahir Mahmood Chaudhry, President, Pakistan Institute of Entrepreneurship.

The best papers from the students’ seminar, based on final year students’ projects, held on Febuary 02, 2018 at The 33rd Multi Topic International Symposium 2018 will also be presented in a special students technical session on the second day of the symposium.

A very interesting panel discussion with senior experts from utilities, private sector and academia will take place in the afternoon of day 2. The topic is: “CPEC – how is it affecting Pakistan’s economy already”.

The chief guest of the closing session will be Engr. Khalid Iqbal (Ex Director KESC), who will also be conferred upon the “Lifetime Achievement Award” by IEEEP Karachi centre.

 

Gwadar Port Turns Operational for the Container Vessels

on 07/04/2018

The first ever Chinese container vessel MS TIGER, loaded with food items, left for Dubai from Gwadar Port last week. The Gwadar Port has been made operational for the container vessels and a vessel has been scheduled to leave for foreign country in a week.

A special function to see off the cargo container of a Chinese company COSCO MS TIGER for delivering the first shipment was organised at Gwadar Port. Federal Minister for Marine Affairs Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal, addressing the ceremony said that beginning of shipment activities of vessels at Gwadar Port was a significant breakthrough which would not turn the Gwadar Port an epicenter of international business only, but would also open new trade horizons for the country. Ch Jaffar maintained that importance of Gwadar Port had gone up with Gwadar International Terminal which was a pivotal part of global trade.He added that a sustainable progress would be witnessed in the energy sector with CPEC and construction of a 300MW power house would address the energy shortage.

“It is a ground-breaking day because the Gwadar Port has become a reality,” said Chairman Gwadar Port Authority Dosten Khan Jamaldini. He added that the beginning of shipping activities would make Gwadar Port an important hub of international trade projection.

Pakistan Auto Show 2018 Attracts Large Crowds

on 06/04/2018

200 intl., local manufacturers participate in event

Pakistan Auto Show 2018 held in Lahore from 2nd to 4th of March 2018 attracted large crowds which equip themselves with valuable information and knowledge.

Organizes, the Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers (PAAPAM) said more than 200 international & local Auto-manufacturers and related enterprises participated in the event. The PSDC seminars and workshops during the Auto Show were a great attraction for industry professionals, said Syed Nabeel Hashmi, the chief organizer of the show.

The session included: “Toyota Production System, Integrated System of Management, Lean 5S, Global Best Practices in the automotive Industry of Pakistan, Challenges faced by road transport, their impact on efficiencies on different entities, Quality of Air for Automotive Paint Shop, Electric vehicles- future electro mobility: challenges & prospects, Test Rigs & Automated Inspection, Road safety aims at vehicles safety.

PAAPAM Chairman Iftikhar Ahmad said PAAPAM has successfully grown to 319 registered members since its inception in 1999. The estimated number of parts-manufacturers in Pakistan includes: 770 units in Tier One, 900 units in Tier Two and 1400 units in Tier Three. This industry comprises of 500,000 skilled workers as direct employees and 2.4 million indirect employees (Total 2.9 million). With an investments volume of Rs370 billion, this industry contributes revenue of Rs110 billion per annum to the national exchequer. It has achieved an import substitution worth $3.3 billion per annum and an exports volume of $210 million per annum.

The SVC of PAAPAM Ashraf Sheikh said, “As the demand for automobiles is expected to rise continuously over the next 3-5 years, the big challenge for Pakistan is to nurture local assemblers & vendors and rapidly generate investments in capacity building to meet the sharply rising demand”.

The base of engineering technologies in this industry is spread across; Sheet Metal Parts, Plastic Injection and Blow Molding, Rubber Components, Steel Forging & machining, Foundry / Castings, Aluminum Die Casting & machining and Electrical & Electronics, so we need to work on multiple fronts to achieve our growth objectives, while consistently maintaining the quality of our products”. Mohammed Saleem, the former chairman says.