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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 9:44 GMT
Messe Frankfurt Middle East, one of the region's largest exhibition organizers, has announced the postponement of this year's edition of Materials Handling Saudi Arabia, a biennial event dedicated to the warehousing, intralogistics, and supply chain sectors, to November 2022.The third edition of Materials Handling Saudi Arabia was originally scheduled to be held this November. It will now take place from November 22 to 24, 2022 at the Jeddah Center for Forums and Events.The biennial show will take place alongside Scalex, the new Supply Chain and Logistics Forum, where prominent industry professionals will discuss strategies to face looming challenges as well as the future of supply chain and logistics.It will be featuring the top global players that are transforming the industry with cutting-edge and cost-saving systems and solutions. The move comes as Saudi Arabia continues to implement appropriate health and safety measures within its borders to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the new dates widely supported by industry stakeholders, said the event organizers, Saudi-based ACE Group under license by Messe Frankfurt Middle East, which organizes Materials Handling Middle East, the region’s flagship warehousing and intra-logistics trade fair.“This was a difficult decision, but ultimately the correct one under the current circumstances, and we know Materials Handling Saudi Arabia will be hugely successful when it returns in 2022,” said Nish Liyanage, Materials Handling Saudi Arabia’s event director.“For now, we understand the importance of knowledge sharing and uncovering global supply chain trends, particularly during these unprecedented times. To that end, we launched our Materials Handling webinar series which has so far proven to be very popular,” he added.