METITO also intends to showcase its technological expertise on site by constructing a water treatment and waste water treatment desalination plant that will enable the company to become totally self sufficient in water. The plant will recycle the wastewater and become a showcase of how the company’s leading edge technology operates in practice.

Managing Director Fady Juez adds: “We have been recognised as a leader in our field for many years and creating this demonstration plant will allow other companies and interested parties to see our expertise at first hand. Techno Park, Dubai will give us the opportunity to grow our business and is a perfect location from which to operate our increasing global business.”

Techno Park Chief Executive, Abdullah Al Qurashi, added: “METITO is the ideal kind of world-class company we want to attract to Techno Park. We are especially pleased that a global company created from within the Arab World should be our first major tenant with such leading edge expertise in desalination technology.”

Techno Park, Dubai will cover an area of 33 sq km near the 8 interchange of Sheikh Zayed Road. Desalination, a core skill for METITO, will be a major focus of activity on the Park with demand for desalinated water estimated to double in the UAE alone by 2010.

The Park will initially focus on three major areas creating a Desalination Custer, that will be one of its kind in the world; an Oil & Gas Cluster to support a region with 35% of the world’s total crude oil production and an Environmental Resources and Management Cluster committed to the prevention and reverse of desertification, marine research and conservation and clean and unconventional energy.

METITO will also establish a training centre and host seminars at the Park to help enhance the skills and knowledge of local University students, engineers and technicians working within the water, wastewater and desalination industries.