Business France, a French business promotion agency, will be hosting two national pavilions at Intersec Dubai, the international meeting platform for the security and safety industry
The French pavilions will feature 18 companies at the event, which is set to take place from 20-22 January at Dubai World Trade Centre.
Middle Eastern countries are particularly attractive markets for the security sector and are expected to grow by about 10 per cent per year over the period 2018-2022.
French security sector represents a turnover of US$33bn split between physical equipment and platforms (US$12bn), electronic and digital products (US$14bn), cybersecurity products and services (US$6.5bn). The industrial heart represents 151,000 jobs, 4,000 companies, 50 per cent of which export their products.
The sector is home to a number of major corporations, along with a large number of SMEs and middle-market companies in highly-specialised sectors such as digital security, anti-fraud, communication, connected objects, video-surveillance, detection, firefighting, protection equipment and specialist vehicles.
Business France stated that the French security industries are part of a high added value sector with technical skills recognised abroad and are among the most efficient in terms of exports. For instance, export sales for the industrial security sector, which includes 13 French multinational companies, amount to US$14bn.
