Italy was present in force at “The Big 5 Dubai”, the Middle East’s main tradeshow for the building and construction sectors. Our country was represented by over 400 vendors organised in various pavilions covering a surface of over 6,000 square metres (compared with last year’s 315 and 2012’s 270). Turkey came in second with approximately 250 vendors. The Dubai authorities acknowledged the importance of Italy’s presence at the show, as witnessed by the attention devoted to the Italian pavilions by Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Vice Rule of Dubai, who opened the event along with Director of the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC) and key figure on the EXPO Dubai 2020 Committee, Helal Al Merri, Read more, in Italian.