The Kanoo Group and CIRCOR conduct Pump Technology Seminar in the UAE

Abu Dhabi, UAE: Kanoo Energy (Oil & Gas Division), a member of The Kanoo Group, conducted a seminar about the latest pump technologies from CIRCOR® to meet the needs of customers in the region in demanding industrial applications. The event was held on 25^th April 2018 at the Le Royal Méridien Abu Dhabi.

CIRCOR has been a world leader in the development‚ engineering‚ manufacturing‚ distribution‚ service and support of fluid handling systems since 1860. It delivers a diverse product portfolio of Pump types from brands like Allweiler‚ Houttuin‚ Imo‚ Zenith‚ Tushaco‚ and Warren‚ including Centrifugal Pumps, Two-Screw Pumps, Three-Screw Pumps, Progressing Cavity Pumps, Propeller Pumps and Gear Pumps.

Mr. Raza Shaikh, Operations Manager-UAE & Oman, Kanoo Energy (Oil & Gas Division) said, “We have been working with industry-leading brands around the world such as CIRCOR to deliver customised solutions as well as exceptional service and support to our customers in the UAE and the region”

“The seminar aims to educate our clients in the selection, design and operation of the new technology pumps and pumping systems for critical applications in the oil & gas industry,” Mr. Aneez Ahamed, Asst. Sales Manager– Mechanical, Kanoo Energy (Oil & Gas Division) explained.

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An introduction to CIRCOR and an overview of the different types of pumping technology and their applications were presented during the seminar by Mr. Costantino Spagnoletti, Regional Sales Manager, UAE, Kuwait, and Oman – CIRCOR.

The agenda included topics on Pump Technology Basics (Centrifugal vs. PD Pumps); Operational Considerations Effecting Fluid Transfer; ‘When Should PD Pump Technology Be Considered?’; ‘When Should Two-Screw Technology Be Considered?’; Benefits of Considering Screw Pump Technology in Refineries, Pipelines and Terminal; and Multiphase Pumps and Booster Systems for Upstream Applications.

A focus on Progressing Cavity Pumps – Theory and Applications, in addition to case studies and application examples, and aftermarket, were likewise discussed in the meeting.

The final session had been an interactive dialogue with Questions and Answers that brought out the most important points and overall conclusion.

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Mr. Sarfras Roshan, Sales Engineer and Mr. Ziyadh Ahammed, Proposals Officer from Kanoo Energy and some of its major clients, along with Mr. Ritesh Patel, Director, Sales, Middle East & Africa – CIRCOR, also took part in the conference.

About Kanoo Energy (Oil & Gas Division)

Kanoo Oil & Gas supplies specialist products and services for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries while providing unique value solutions to technical problems through a well-developed network of international principals and supported locally by experienced and skilled staff. Their stronghold to the market has enabled them to provide exceptional services to some of their major clients in the Gulf region such as Saudi Aramco, SABIC, ADNOC, BAPCO, SEWA, DEWA, PDO Oman, among others.

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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Michelle Laylo Verzola 
PR Executive
The Kanoo Group

The Kanoo Group organises blood donation drive

Dubai, UAE: The Kanoo Group launched its 19^th Blood Donation Drive for all its employees, in collaboration with Blood Donation Center, Latifa Hospital. The campaign was held on 19^th April 2018 at its Bur Dubai headquarters.

This comes as a part of The Kanoo Group’s emphasis on the importance of social corporate responsibility, which includes supporting hospitals and blood banks in replenishing their supplies.

Commenting on the campaign, Ms. Maha Kanoo, Head of HR and Marketing said, “At The Kanoo Group, we believe that we have a responsibility towards our local community. One day it could be someone you love who needs a blood transfusion. Donating blood is one of the highest forms of helping people and saving lives.”

“The Kanoo Group is engaged in various initiatives such as this Blood Donation Drive which we organise every year, in partnership with the Ministry of Health. We aim to raise awareness on this cause by encouraging positive practices to benefit the individual and society, whilst also helping promote a healthy lifestyle amongst our staff,” added Mr. Ali Islim, Marketing Manager-UAE & Oman.

The blood donation event lasted for half day with a large number of employees volunteering to donate blood. A total of 56 successful donors contributed remarkably in favour of the success of the campaign, reflecting their willingness to support such causes in light of the company’s continuous efforts to serve the community's goals. 

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To make blood donation safe and increase the confidence of the employees in voluntary blood donation, many safety measures has been recently implemented by the Ministry of Health. Stringent, meticulous and serious donor screening is necessary to afford protection to blood donors and recipients.

A representative of the hospital said that The Kanoo Group had one of the highest numbers of successful donors from their previous weeks’ visits with other organisations, thus concluding on a very positive note.

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Ms. Maha Kanoo remarked, “As such, on behalf of The Kanoo Group, I would like to thank each and every employee who donated blood, as well as the staff of Latifa Hospital for helping us host such a fruitful event.” I also commend the Marketing and Property team for their efforts in the culmination of this yearly cause.”

Listed below are the names of donors in the recent Blood Campaign:

PHOTOS: The Kanoo Group Blood Donation Campaign 2018

Donor	Division
1.          Clement Dsouza	Accounts
2.          Natarajan Venkataraman Mahalingam	Accounts
3.          Vinod Palluveetil	Accounts
4.          Ragini Amar Shah	Accounts
5.          Sanjayan Chettipparan Raghavan	BRC
6.          Mohammed Ismail Saleh Alahwal	Communication
7.          Valentino Victorino Reyes	Communication
8.          Chandrashekhar Deepak Diwadkar	Engineering
9.          Hashim Puthanpeedikayil Moitheen	Engineering
10.      Kaushal Bharatbhai Pandya	Engineering
11.      Usman Gani Shaik	Engineering
12.      Anas Bin Rafat Rafatul Islam Usmani	Engineering
13.      Roshan Ramachandran Menon	IT
14.      Vipin Ravindranath	IT
15.      Ajith Kumar Puthusserikunnel * Nair	KANRENT
16.      Mohamed Rasool Bakhsh Khuda Bakhsh Al Bulushi	Legal
17.      Rithu Ravindran Pottiyan	Machinery
18.      Priyanka Saigal Saigal	Machinery
19.      Tina Kishore Motwani	Management
20.      Ali Jawdat Ali Islim	Marketing
21.      Ramesh Varakkoth Kalliatan	Marketing
22.      Mudassir Adeel Mohammad	Property
23.      Kalpesh Babubhai Rathod	Property
24.      Pinaki Raj Regmi	Property
25.      Girisha Siddappa Siddappa	Property
26.      Jaber Abdallah Mohamad Zanda	Public Relation
27.      Sajith Baby	Shipping
28.      Jennalene Baysic Batol	Shipping
29.      Christian Mascarinas Mondragon	Shipping
30.      Muhammad Umair Awan Muhammad Ilyas Awan	Shipping
31.      Vaidyanathan Paramesha	Shipping
32.      Neena Xavier	Shipping
33.      Sreehari Venkitachalam	The Travel Attaché
34.      Erico Amparo Adorino	Transport
35.      Majid Raees Alda	Travel
36.      Mudassar Farooq Farooq I Azam	Travel
37.      Aditi Bhattacharjee	Travel
38.      Ram Chandra Bhattarai	Travel
39.      Ahmar Farooqui	Travel
40.      Jeofson Constancio Fernandes	Travel
41.      Jomin George	Travel
42.      Lijo Gilbert	Travel
43.      Melissa Gonsalves	Travel
44.      Qusai Habib	Travel
45.      Joel John	Travel
46.      Anjleen Neelima Thomas Kachhap	Travel
47.      Abrar Ahmed Khan	Travel
48.      Wasantha Kumara Langappuli	Travel
49.      Joy Sayson De Los Santos	Travel
50.      Muhammad Faraz Alam Khan Muhammad Ayaz	Travel
51.      Telge Chatura Piyamantha Peiris	Travel
52.      Rony Rodrigues	Travel
53.      Bhadur Hussain Syed	Travel
54.      Waqar Ahmed Syed Munir Ui Hassan Zaidi	Travel
55.      Saleem Vayappurath	Travel
56.      Iftikhar Uddin Zahigum Ud Din	Travel

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 

To comment on the article, send an email to:
Michelle Laylo Verzola 
PR Executive
The Kanoo Group

Kanoo Machinery scoops major awards at Bobcat’s MEA Dealer Meeting 2018

Dubai, UAE: Kanoo Machinery, a member of The Kanoo Group and one of the exclusive dealers of world’s leading brands received four distinguished awards at the recent Bobcat’s MEA Dealer Meeting 2018 held in Oman.

 Representatives of Kanoo Machinery were awarded: ‘After Market Excellence Performance in 2017 – Capture Rate’, ‘After Market Excellence Performance in 2017 – Customer Support’, ‘Best Revenue Improvement’ and ‘Gain of MS in CTL, SSL, TLS, MHEX’.

M.K. Manoj Kumar, Divisional Parts Manager – UAE, Kanoo Machinery, said, “To be recognised as a top performing dealer amongst the very strong Bobcat network requires strong focus and incredible teamwork. I am so proud of the entire team for our commitment to one another and especially to our customers throughout 2017, which culminated in achieving these prestigious awards.”

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“We’re honoured to be one of the best performers in 2017 for the entire Middle East and Africa in terms of machine sales, after sales, parts and service support. We have the best revenue improvement for the Attachments business and a market share growth in all segments – skid loaders, back loaders, telehandlers and mini excavators. These are achievements that came after hard work and team efforts,” added Ahmad Swaid, Brand Manager – Bobcat Construction Equipment UAE, Kanoo Machinery.

Bryan Eaton, Divisional Product Support Manager – UAE, Kanoo Machinery, further said, “Kanoo Machinery is the only dealer that got 3 different awards simultaneously for sales, service and parts. With such a distinction, we will continue to exemplify excellence across the board while also portraying the values expected of a winning organization.”

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The award is being presented annually to the best-performing dealers for excellence in providing great sales, as well as efficient and reliable after-sales support including product servicing and training on how to optimise the use of the machines.

For over 40 years, Kanoo Machinery has been committed to delivering industry-leading support to customers across the Region, backed by Bobcat’s strong and famous brand, and quality of products.

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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

‘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 

To comment on the article, send an email to:
Michelle Laylo Verzola 
PR Executive
The Kanoo Group