LALU SAMUEL RANKED AMONG THE TOP 100 INDIAN LEADERS IN THE UAE
BY FORBES MIDDLE EAST
1 July, 2013, Sharjah, UAE: Forbes
Middle East announced the coveted list of the Top 100 Indian Leaders in the UAE
at an impressive ceremony hosted recently at The Oberoi, Dubai, UAE.
Lalu Samuel,
Chairman & Managing Director, Kingston Holdings FZC, and M.D., Rexton Technologies, has been featured in
the top 50 count on the list.
Forbes Middle
East launched the list to recognize ambitious, entrepreneurial individuals from
India responsible for some of the most successful UAE-based enterprises in
operation today, with an impact across the GCC, and their passion and
contribution to the advancement of the Arab region. Guests of honor at the
event were H.E. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource
Development, Government of India, H.E. Mr. M K Lokesh, Ambassador of India to
the UAE and Dr. Nasser Bin Aqeel Al Tayyar, President of Arab Publisher House,
the publishers of Forbes Middle East. The ranking is the result of in-depth
research into Indian professionals and impresarios residing and/or operating
businesses in the UAE. (The listing is available on the Forbes Middle East
website at: http://english.forbesmiddleeast.com/details.php?list=44480&row=3911 )
Commenting on
the announcement, Mr. Lalu Samuel said, "I am honoured and privileged to
be included in the Top 100 Indian Leaders list by Forbes, and I compliment
Forbes for organizing the same. I am grateful to the Leadership of this country
for providing us a vision and opportunity for creating such achievements. I
would also like to thank all our business partners, the teams at all our Group
companies and supporters for their continued contribution and good wishes. "
Based at Saif
Zone, Sharjah, the diversified group is involved in Manufacturing,
Distribution, Logistics, Headhunting, Advertising & Media Promotions and
Project Development. The group business is spread over 27 Branches/Divisions
across 5 continents, with Joint Ventures with international brands like
Pierlite Australia, Rexton Technologies UK, GP Batteries Hong Kong and Glen
Dimplex Ireland, exporting to over 60 countries across the region. With the
recent acquisition of the major PVC conduit manufacturing plant from Schneider
Electric, Kingston Holdings has emerged as a category leader in the cable
Management industry in the region.
Mr. Samuel has
recently been awarded the Saif Zone Excellence (SEA) Businessman Award. He has
also been re-elected as the Chairman of Industries Business Group, Sharjah, a
consortium of over 1700 high profile industries, with a combined share of over
40% industrial output of UAE. Commenting further, he said, "This
recognition further establishes the strong growth potential of the group in the
region, and we look forward to forging strategic alliances in the region to
drive our business growth".
About
Kingston Holdings
Kingston
Holdings operates from its most modern 750,000 sq. ft. facilities located at
Saif Zone, Sharjah, and has been offering energy efficient solutions to a trade
customer base since 1996. Industrial and Corporate customers include
developers, architects, interior designers, consultants, contractors and
dealers and distributors of electrical products across the MENA region.
It
retails reputed international brands like Rexton, Pierlite, GP, Xpelair, Clipsal,
Moonlighting, Austube and Schneider Electric through its chain of Highland
retail stores in the UAE, and a chain of strategic distributors across the
region. All stores are high end showrooms equipped with the latest technology,
distributing a range of electrical, lighting, air movement, cable management
and data communication product ranges.
For further
information please contact:
Amrit
Corporate
Communications,
Kingston Holdings FZC
P O Box 8080, Saif
Zone, Sharjah, UAE.
Phone: 00971 6 557
8787 Mob: +971-56-6800183
