AIR FRANCE
 

Since 2000, Air France set up its Head Office for Middle East Operations in Dubai. Air France operates daily flights from its Charles De Gaulle Hub in Paris to Beirut, Cairo and Dubai as well as several flights per week to Amman, Damascus, Riyadh, Jeddah, Djibouti and to Tehran.  In May 2004, Air France & KLM merged to become the world's leading airline group by turnover (19.2 billion euros), the Europe's leading airline group in terms of marketshare and the world's third airline group in terms of revenue passenger-km.

ALCATEL
 

AREVA
 

AREVA is a worldwide expert in the energy field, with a strong industrial presence in over 40 countries. The group provides its clients with technological solutions for nuclear energy production and electricity transmission and Distribution. Areva also offers interconnect systems, principally in the telecommunications, computer and automotive markets. The 75,000 employees are thus commited to the major challenges of the 21st century: access to energy for everyone, preservation of the planet and responsibility toward future generations

BNP PARIBAS
 

BNP PARIBAS has been operating in the Gulf over 25 years through a network of 4 commercial branches (Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai) serving the needs of corporate and individual clients on their respective markets, an Offshore Banking Unit in Bahrain providing markets, structured finance and investment banking services in the Middle East and a representative office in Bahrain ensuring an extensive coverage of the regional financial institutions and providing access to our group expertise in fields such as asset management and structured finance products. The bank has recently gotten full commercial bank licences to operate in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

BUREAU VERITAS
 

BUREAU VERITAS carries out the full range of Group activities in the field of risk prevention related to quality, environment and safety. The key business areas handled by the UAE offices include: Marine and Offshore services, Industrial and large project site inspections & certification, International trade and Pre-shipment inspection services, Training & consulting, Construction and Civil engineering services. Bureau Veritas on-going mission is to help manage customers’s assets, products and services.

MAF DALKIA
 

MAF DALKIA designs, builds, runs, maintains and operates energy and facilities management, district cooling & heating, industrial utilities (Steam, Power, Cooling, Heating, Compressed air), congeneration and trigeneration plants for shopping centres, offices, leisure complexes, factories, hotels, hospitals, universities, schools, airports, residential & public buildings.

DEGREMONT
 

DEGREMONT designs, builds and operates water treatment plant using its own technology, to offer Customer guaranteed performance and results. Potable water: thousand of towns of drinking water, including 65 capital cities in the world are supplied with drinking water from Degrémont plants. Desalination: Degrémont has over 30 years of experience in Reverse Osmosis technology and is committed to environmental conservation. Wastewater: a whole range of efficient, reliable techniques are used to ensure that treated water complies with discharge regulations.

EDF
 

The EDF Business Group "Power Generation & Trading" and its "Systems and Projects Engineering Division" provides the local major power companies with widely ranged and state-of-the-art consultancy services, including feasibility studies, design, installation supervision and commissioning. In the UAE EDF provides services in the field of Power Systems, Interconnection and Electricity Market, Construction & Operation of Thermal Power Plants (Gas Turbines, Combined Cycles, Co-generation Units).

LEGRAND
 

LEGRAND is the world specialist in products and systems for electrical installations and information networks in residential and commercial buildings and in industry. The company offers a total of 130,000 items, grouped into 80 product families including home automation and building automation systems – particularly electricity and data distribution, controls and connections, safety systems for people and property and solutions for industrial buildings and processes. Legrand employs approximately 26,000 people worldwide, is present in 60 countries and sells in over 160 countries.