Niedax – Niedax Group and Aamal Group agree to cooperate

NIEDAX GROUP

The Niedax Group and the Aamal Group, one of Qatar’s leading conglomerates, have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture. 

 

The aim of the collaboration between the two companies is to promote the Qatari economy and infrastructure with modern cable laying systems.

 

The letter of intent was signed by Sheikh Mohamed bin Faisal Al Thani (Deputy Chairman and CEO of Aamal Company) and Adrian Lowiner, Managing Director of International Sales at Niedax. The signing took place within the framework of a business exchange between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Emirate of Qatar, aimed at intensifying economic cooperation between the two countries. The German business delegation was led by the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Katherina Reiche. Also present was His Excellency Ahmad Al Sayed, Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade.

According to the letter of intent, both companies plan to jointly construct a production facility for fiber optic and steel cable management systems and, in the future, to jointly distribute the products. The joint venture is intended to play a key role in the economic and infrastructure development of Qatar and the Middle East by providing state-of-the-art products for electrical installations.

Sheikh Mohamed bin Faisal Al Thani, Vice Chairman and CEO of Aamal Company, said: “This agreement is an important milestone in our ongoing efforts to strengthen Qatar’s industrial capacity and support the country’s diversification strategy. This new partnership with the Niedax Group promises unique synergies and opportunities to enhance Aamal Group’s services in this sector. By collaborating with one of the world’s leading companies in electrical installation products, such as the Niedax Group, we are not only expanding our portfolio but also contributing to the development of high-quality manufacturing in Qatar. This collaboration reflects our commitment to creating sustainable value and contributing to the sustainable growth of Qatar’s economy.”

 

Adrian Lowiner, Managing Director of International Sales at Niedax, says: “We are looking forward to working with the Aamal Group in Qatar. The Niedax Group brings over 100 years of experience in cable management systems. Our solutions support major projects worldwide in the infrastructure, industrial, automotive, energy, maritime, and data center sectors. We are confident that the planned joint venture will make a significant contribution to economic and infrastructural development in Qatar and the Middle East.”

- Niedax Group

Pictured from left to right: Nizar Maarouf (Liegedirector of the GCC office for small and medium-sized enterprises (BVMW) in Doha), Adrian Lowiner (Managing Director International Sales, Niedax), Katherina Reiche (Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany), Dr. Ahmad Al Sayed (Minister of State for Foreign Trade), Sheikh Mohammed Bin Faisal Al Thani (Deputy Chairman and CEO, Aamal Group), Oliver Owcza (German Ambassador to Qatar). Source: BMWE/Photothek/ThomasImo.

 

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More information on Aamal Group: https://www.aamal.com.qa/en + Aamal Company is one of the largest and most diversified companies in Qatar offering investors a high quality and balanced exposure to Qatar’s economic growth and development.

Established in 2001, Aamal has played a proactive role in contributing to Qatar growth story, helping the country diversify away from traditional oil and gas income streams. Aamal became a listed company in 2007, one of the first family businesses to list on the Qatar Stock Exchange “QSE” and is now firmly established as one of the region’s largest conglomerates, seizing business opportunities and achieving strong sustainable growth through delivering quality products and services across a range of sectors.

Focused on sustained, profitable growth and strongly diversified for balanced exposure across Qatar’s growing economy, Aamal’s operations comprise of over 32 business units with market leading positions in the key Industrial Manufacturing, Property, Trading and Distribution, and Managed Services sectors.

More information on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Faisal Al Thani (Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Aamal Group): https://www.aamal.com.qa/en/about/leadership?tab=executive-management- + https://www.alfaisalholding.com/about-us/management/board-of-directors/sheikh-mohammad.aspx 

More information on Rashid Bin Ali Al Mansoori (Chief Executive Officer, Aamal Group): https://www.aamal.com.qa/en/about/leadership?tab=executive-management- + https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashid-almansoori-99809350/ 

 

 

 

More information on Katherina Reiche (Federal Minister, Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany): https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/federal-cabinet/2343564-2343564 + https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinareiche/ 

 

 

 

More information on His Excellency Ahmad Al Sayed (Minister of State, Foreign Trade, Qatar): https://diwan.gov.qa/briefing-room/news/general/lg/2024/november/12/lg04?sc_lang=en + https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-al-sayed-phd-582028176/ 

 

 

 

More information on Nizar Maarouf (Liaison Director, GCC (German Chamber of Commerce) Office for small and medium-sized enterprises (BVMW), Doha, Quatar): https://www.qatarchamber.com/german-bvmw/ 

 

 

 

More information on Oliver Owcza (German Ambassador, Qatar): https://doha.diplo.de/qa-en/botschaft/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMR Additional Notes:

  • Broadband Connectivity:
    • Broadband refers to various high-capacity transmission technologies that transmit data, voice, and video across long distances and at high speeds.
    • Broadband refers to telecommunications in which a wide band of frequencies is available to transmit information. Because a wide band of frequencies is available, information can be multiplexed and sent on many different frequencies or channels within the band concurrently. Multiplexing enables more information to be transmitted in a given time, much as more lanes on a highway support more cars.

 

  • Optical Cabling:
    • An optical cable transfers audio digitally, but instead of copper wire, light is used. This is a variation of fiber optics, which is used in a variety of applications.
    • The biggest difference between Optical Cables and HDMI is that HDMI can pass higher-resolution audio, including the formats found on Blu-ray: Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio. These formats can’t get transmitted across optical. In terms of simplicity, HDMI also passes video signals.

 

  • Network Cabling:
    • Coaxial Cable:
      • Coaxial cables or coax, have a single copper conductor at the center, while a plastic layer provides insulation between the center conductor and braided metal shield. The metal shield blocks outside interference from fluorescent lights, motors, and other computers.
    • Twisted Pair:
      • Twisted pair uses copper wires that are, as the name suggests, twisted together in pairs. The twist effect of each pair in the cables ensures any interference presented or picked up on one cable is canceled by the cable’s partner that twists around the initial cable. Twisting the two wires also reduces the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the circuit.
        • Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Cable:
          • In STP, copper wires are first covered by plastic insulation. A metal shield, which consists of metal foil or braid, surrounds the bundle of insulated pairs. Where electromagnetic radiation is a serious issue, each pair of wires may be individually shielded in addition to the outer shield. This is known as foil twisted pair (FTP).
        • Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) Cable:
          • UTP cables typically contain four pairs of copper wires, with each pair containing two wires twisted together. These pairs are covered by plastic insulation. They do not have any shielding and just have an outer jacket.
          • Most categories of twisted-pair cables are available as UTP. But some newer categories are also available in combinations of shielded, foil shielded and unshielded.
    • Fiber Optic Cable:
      • Fiber optic cables consist of a thin optical fiber surrounded by cladding. Cladding is made from glass that is less pure than the core and has a lower refractive index than the core. The difference in refractive indices causes light to be reflected at the boundary. Additional layers, such as the buffer layer and jacket layer, surround the cladding to add strength and protect the cable against damage.
      • Data rates have increased throughout the network, and in some cases, fiber optics is the only option. While Cat8 twisted-pair cables can carry up to 40 Gbps of data, fiber supports data rates up to 400 Gbps.
      • Fiber has a low error rate. Network data is encoded in a light beam. Unlike with twisted-pair cables, the light beam neither generates nor is affected by electronic interference. Additionally, multiple frequency data streams can be multiplexed over a single fiber to increase the total data rate.

 

  • FTTx:
    • Fiber to the Home (FTTH), Fiber to the Building (FTTB), Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) and Fiber to the Curb (FTTC), termed as FTTx are various technology and deployment options developed to enable reach of fiber as close to the user location as possible to provide high speed data and voice services.
    • Fiber to the home (FTTH) is the delivery of a communications signal over optical fiber from the operator’s switching equipment all the way to a home or business, thereby replacing existing copper infrastructure such as telephone wires and coaxial cable.
    • FTTP and FTTH are two different abbreviations for the same thing. FTTP stands for ‘fibre to the premises’ and FTTH stands for ‘fibre to the home’. … Unlike FTTC, FTTP broadband is delivered via fibre-optic cables not only as far as the cabinet, but across the entire span to your home or business.
    • Fiber-optic cables are less susceptible to glitches than traditional copper wires and can withstand the shock and vibration from inclement weather. FTTH is considered “future proof” and offers the flexibility to deliver additional services in the years to come.

 

 

  • Key Differences Between Copper Cable and Fiber Optics:
    • Data transmission speed of a fiber cable is comparatively more than that of copper cable. Copper cables are nearly 31% slower in data transmission than fiber cable.
    • A copper cable transmits the data through it in the form of electrical pulse i.e., due to the movement of electrons. As against in a fiber optics, the data transmission is the result of movement of photons thus it transmits in the form of light pulses.
    • The bandwidth provided by a copper cable is less than that of the fiber optics. Thus, a copper cabling meets the industry standards and provides a performance of up to 10 Gbps.  However, a fiber optics due to its large bandwidth possess better performance of up to 60 Tbps and above.
    • The energy consumed by a copper cable during its operation is somewhat greater than 10W but on the other side, fiber optics consumes less energy i.e., around 2W per user.
    • The lifespan of a copper wire is approximately 5 years as it gets easily affected by temperature variations and other environmental factors. However, fiber optics possess a lifespan of 30 to 50 years.
    • As fiber optics are difficult to be tapped as compared to copper cables thus proves advantageous from the security point of view. Due to this reason fiber optics are widely used for data transmission at present time.
    • A fiber optics allows transmission of data at a much faster rate as compared to copper cable.
    • The installation and maintenance cost of a fiber cable is more than copper cable.