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Tuesday 22 December 2015

Fahad Kanoo visits the Dubai Municipality Transportation Department

Mr. Fahad Kanoo, Executive Director-UAE, The Kanoo Group, visited the Dubai Municipality Transportation Department on 15^th December 2015. He was received and met by Mr. Humaid Saeed Almarri, Director of Dubai Municipality Transportation Department. Also present during the meeting were other senior management staff of the Dubai Municipality.

Left to right: Mr. Yousef Abdulla Al Sharhan, Mr. Hesham Nass, Mr. Humaid Saeed Almarri, Mr. Fahad Kanoo, Mr. Mohammad Al Hashimi and Mr. Raman Marwaha

Mr. Humaid, along with the team, gave an introduction about the Transportation Department activities and various business related matters. Opportunities for The Kanoo Group and future plans were also addressed during the meeting.

Mr. Fahad took a tour to the complete Transportation Department facility including a visit to its Innovative Recycling Centre.

The Dubai Municipality also awarded Mr. Fahad with a memento and a Certificate of Appreciation for his personal visit to the facility.

About The Kanoo Group

‘The Kanoo Group’ is one of the largest, independent, family-owned groups of companies in the Gulf region established in 1890. It has diversified business industries in shipping, travel, machinery, engineering, logistics, property, oil & gas, power, industrial chemicals, training, joint ventures, retail and commercial activities, among others, and operates extensively throughout Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Qatar.

Our Vision
The Leading Family Business in the Region and Beyond

Our Mission
Delivering Sustainable Excellence

Our Values
Customer Focused, Ethical, Innovative, Agile, Competent & Intelligent, Collaborative, Accountable

P.O. Box 290, Dubai, UAE. Toll Free: 800 KANOO, Fax: 04-3933636, Websites: www.kanoo.com / www.kanoogroup.com

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Thursday 17 December 2015

Kanoo Machinery participates in the ‘Clean Up The World’ campaign

Dubai, UAE: The Government Business Department of Kanoo Machinery participated in the annual ‘Clean Up The World’, a community-based, environmental campaign that inspires and empowers communities around the globe to clean up, fix up and conserve their environment. The voluntary initiative was recently held at Al Mamzar Beach, in association with the Dubai Municipality.

The Dubai Municipality's patronage of the annual campaign signifies its strong commitment in creating awareness within the community at protecting the environment, by supporting, encouraging and recognizing all participants, with a clear Vision: “We strive to mobilize the largest voluntary drive in the emirate to make Dubai the most beautiful and cleanest city.”

This initiative brings together businesses, community groups, schools, governments and individuals in a range of activities and programs that positively improve local environments.

The event was graced by H.E. Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality. Members of The Kanoo Group Management, Mr. Bob Curtis (CEO – UAE & Oman) and Mr. Fahad Kanoo (Executive Director-UAE), also attended the volunteer work to support the green campaign.

Mr. Mohammad Al Hashimi, Mr. Abdul Tausif, and Mr. Khalid Abdul Hussain Ali from the Government Business Department, under the leadership of Mr. Kannan Chandrasekaran (Divisional Manager, Sales – UAE) organized Kanoo Machinery’s active participation in the environmental action that promotes safety of the environment and community.

Participants from Kanoo Machinery presented their range of environmentally controlled green machines from leading brand, Tennant. The machines which meet the requirements for environmental protection, were displayed at the Kanoo Machinery stand during the event. H.E. Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah also visited the displays which were later used during the clean-up drive.

About Kanoo Machinery

Kanoo Machinery is a member of The Kanoo Group, one of the largest family-owned conglomerates in the Middle East established in 1890. Since mid-1960s, Kanoo Machinery represents a wide range of leading international equipment brands/manufacturers within such areas as maintenance and construction, earth-moving machinery, cranes and material handling, power generation, marine power, airport equipment, welding supplies, safety and testing services, specialised equipment and services, agricultural equipment, industrial and automotive diesel engines and parts and workshop support services.

Kanoo Machinery has gained a considerable reputation as an expert solutions provider through its personalised service and dependability in delivering first-class machinery and equipment along with its associated support services to both Government and Private sector customers. The world-class products offered by Kanoo Machinery are backed by a strong and efficient after sales network of workshops, replacement parts and mobile service facilities throughout the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula. Part of Kanoo Machinery, KANRENT has also been providing different equipment for short and long-term hire including lease.

About The Kanoo Group

Our Vision
The Leading Family Business in the Region and Beyond

Our Mission
Delivering Sustainable Excellence

Our Values
Customer Focused, Ethical, Innovative, Agile, Competent & Intelligent, Collaborative, Accountable

P.O. Box 290, Dubai, UAE. Toll Free: 800 KANOO, Fax: 04-3933636, Websites: www.kanoo.com / www.kanoogroup.com

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Michelle Laylo Verzola
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Thursday 3 December 2015

The Kanoo Group celebrates the 44th UAE National Day

UAE: The striking UAE Flag waving outside The Kanoo Group building and the splendid hanging decorations across the walls and ceilings depicting the colors of the national flag, marked another year of the Spirit of Union to commemorate the 44^th UAE National Day.

Employees from across every division flocked together and joined the festivities on 1^st December 2015 with a meaningful banquet as a traditional celebration of The Kanoo Group for the National Day event which is being held every 2^nd December of each year.

The warm festivity was felt across the UAE, with the usual adorning T-shirts, bags and shoes, and even cars, in every season from different cultures and countries - people from different backgrounds waving the UAE flag with a deep sense of pride and joy.

For 44 years, many people and organisations have seen the historic rise of the UAE including The Kanoo Group which is one of the pioneering/oldest and longest running companies in the Middle East; from a humble beginning into becoming a world-class leader. Nowadays, the UAE is receiving enormous recognitions around the world not only for its strong diversified economy but also for its smart, sustainable and innovative project management practices.

Members of the management and staff of The Kanoo Group shared the same sense of honor for the success and accomplishments of the UAE and its Unity, as they gathered together for the annual celebration, filled with a real sense of Emirati hospitality from Arabic food, arts and crafts.

Mohd Sagher Mubarak Mohammed Mubarak and Khalid Abdul Hussain Ali from Kanoo Machinery, members of the UAE equestrian club, also joined the National Day celebrations representing The Kanoo Group at Al Ahli Horse Riding Club, an organization that aims to teach a wide range of people of all ages to ride and to be able to care for horses.

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Thursday 19 November 2015

Kanoo forms joint venture with Singapore's Advanced CAE

Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Kanoo Group of companies (Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo / The Kanoo Group) has joined hands with Advanced CAE from Singapore in a joint venture to expand its production of instrumentation shelters to the GCC. In addition, the new Company will provide servicing of equipment already installed in the field.

Mr. Mohamed Abdul Latif Kanoo (front row-left) signed the new partnership with Dr. Kar Wong of Advanced CAE, on behalf of Kanoo Group of companies

The new joint venture agreement was officially signed on 1st November 2015 at The Kanoo Group facilities in Abu Dhabi in the presence of Mr. Mohamed Abdul Latif Kanoo, Area Executive of The Kanoo Group; Mr. Bob Curtis, CEO, The Kanoo Group – UAE & Oman, Mr. Freddy Sherman, EGM Business Development and other managers of both the Kanoo Group and Advanced CAE.

The new companies will be based in Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia, and will be set up to manufacture instrumentation shelters. These shelters are designed specifically for refineries and petrochemical industry to enable online analysis of products and feed data to the central control systems.

During the signing ceremony, Advanced CAE represented by Dr. Kar Wong, and Kanoo Group of companies represented by Mr. Mohamed Abdul Latif Kanoo, emphasized the need to place their customers at the centre of the focus of the new joint-venture.

Kanoo said, “Our new partnership will ensure that we are able to provide a local centre of excellence to support our customers and to provide faster in-field response.

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Sunday 9 August 2015

Kanoo employee supports UAE team for 2015 Special Olympics World Games

Mohd Sagher Mubarak Mohammed Mubarak addresses the UAE Team during the 2015 World Games held in Los Angeles to personally thank the league and The Kanoo Group for the usual support.

Dubai, UAE – For the second year in a row, Mohd Sagher Mubarak Mohammed Mubarak of Kanoo Machinery demonstrated his support for UAE athletes with intellectual disabilities as one of the volunteers for the national team and also a coach for the Equestrian delegates in the 2015 Special Olympics World Games held on July 25 - August 2, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

55 UAE Athletes brought out their courage, strength, determination and spirit of sportsmanship in competing for different sport categories in aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, bocce, bowling, cycling, equestrian, football, handball, powerlifting and table tennis during the Special Olympics.

US First Lady Michelle Obama, with the presence of former Special Olympic athlete Tim Harris, declared the 2015 Special Olympics World Games open, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on July 25, 2015 with her heartfelt message to millions of people watching the event on television.

Mohd Sagher Mubarak Mohammed Mubarak of Kanoo Machinery poses with His Excellency Abdulla Alsaboosi, Consul General of the UAE in Los Angeles [1st left] during the 2015 Special Olympics World Games.

Uniting the world through sports in a celebration of the abilities and accomplishments of people with intellectual disabilities and forming a new global vision of acceptance, the 2015 Special Olympics World Games is the largest sports and humanitarian event in the world capital for media and entertainment in 2015, and the single biggest event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games.

Concurrently, the UAE has been participating in the Special Olympic World Games since 1999. Earlier, Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman, Dubai Sports Council (DSC) announced a Dh1 million grant to the UAE national team to express his support for the athletes who constantly make presence felt in international stage as major runners for World Games.

After more than a week of play-offs, The UAE in addition to MENA Participants bid adieu to the 2015 Special Olympics World Games with pride and joy after they managed to rake numerous awards in various categories and also pulled-off First Prize wins from among 6,500 athletes with intellectual disabilities competing in 25 Olympic-type sports from 165 nations; along with 2,000 coaches, 30,000 volunteers and 500,000 spectators around the world.

As a representative of The Kanoo Group, Mr. Mubarak said, “I am honored to be a part of such international sporting event that gives renewed encouragement and empowerment for athletes with special needs to positively contribute to the welfare of our society through their talents and capabilities. It certainly impacts the way people perceive and breaks down social barriers in the mainstream community irrespective of racial, ethnic, educational, social and economic background.”

He added: “We would like to thank and congratulate the UAE team on behalf of TheKanoo Group for this significant journey and milestone achievement. We are so proud of the collaboration that each has contributed to the general success, most especially the athletes for bringing home top medals/honours to our country.”