Our Services
December 9th, 2009 by admin
Most people have taken some steps to address their financial concerns, but many feel that more can be done. The problem is that most people do not have the ability to distance themselves from immediate concerns, the expertise to know what opportunities are the best, or the time to look at all possibilities.
At ICONS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, we work together with our Clients with four central tenets guiding us:
- 1. Our Clients interest always comes first
- 2. Take risks worth taking
- 3. Every dollar counts
- 4. Increase the chances of success
Frequently, investor sentiment toward a particular project, security or asset class can be carried to an extreme, affecting its valuation such that it embodies overly optimistic or pessimistic expectations. By employing a qualitative and analytical discipline that removes the emotion from the investment decision, we can consistently and successfully identify advantageous opportunities for our Clients. We will expose our Clients only to the best of those opportunities in the market according to our expertise in the development of International Business Opportunities, Capital Ventures, Joint Ventures, Projects, Acquisitions, New Company setup’s, or growth stock sector rather than on traditional institutional picks.
Icons International Group is actively engaged in a number of services which are specially aimed to cross border investments and company expansion programs. Our duty is to inform, support, train, help manage and develop enterprises, companies or individuals skills that intend to invest in innovation, emerging markets and new technologies through:
- Green field ventures by assisting foreign companies that wish to establish a manufacturing facility, office or business in emerging markets by seeking the necessary licenses, permits and by conducting the required negotiations with the relevant government authorities for the establishment of the proposed factory, manufacturing plant, trade company or service company. We specialise in assisting companies to setup operations in new geographical locations.
- Business start up consulting – Support, advice and consultancies in international company formation and setting up.
- Feasibility studies and market analysis.
- Project management – Planning, organization and managing of resources in order to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
- Business plans short term tactics and long term strategies.
- Budget planning and monitoring.
- Strategic industrial & commercial advice - Innovative concepts & solutions – Applied technology. Finalization of strategies for international market penetration.
- Conducting Due Diligence on behalf of Clients for companies they wish to merge with, acquire, form Joint Ventures with or other business relationships.
- Developing Foreign Market Entry Strategies by assisting companies that wish to enter foreign markets with the most appropriate strategy after discussing the Clients needs and objectives. Develop efficient sales networks.
- The identification of the appropriate strategic alliance partner, or merger / acquisition target, or the appropriate agent, distributor and segment.
- The identification of investors, funds or resources for developing new business ideas.
- Investment consulting – At Icons we provide high quality research and advice to our Clients. Our Investment Consulting comes from many years’ experience in the industry and we cater to our clients objectives. We leverage specialists knowledge, managerial capabilities, fund managers, independent advisers, financial planners, and research specialists. We vary our services to suit the widely varying needs of our Clients and the regulatory environment in which they operate. We also assist with the structuring and monitoring of the investments, using our performance and style-based analytics to identify the appropriate tools. We also provide performance reporting modules.
- The identification of existing competitors in the markets concerned and potential new competitors. Managerial myopia in identifying competitive threats is a well recognized phenomenon. Identifying such threats is particularly problematic, since they may arise from substitutability on the supply side as well as on the demand side. Managers or companies who focus only on the product market arena in scanning their competitive environment may fail to notice threats that are developing due to the resources and latent capabilities of indirect or potential competitors. At Icons we bring together insights from the fields of strategic management and marketing to develop a simple but powerful set of tools for helping managers overcome this common problem. At Icons we benchmark with competition.
- Market Analysis – Specific market analysis that address customers needs for products, services, investments or other.
- Business management & consulting services – We provide administrative consultancies and studies to public departments and companies such as administrative performance analysis, procedural engineering, laying out flow-charts and related documents circulation, internal policy formulation, organizational restructuring, strategic plans development, innovative work procedures, designing balanced score cards and any other Ad Hoc consultancy that our Clients may require on specific projects.
- Marketing research and consultancies, comprehensive high-end modern communication concepts – Our services are extended but not limited to conducting field surveys and questionnaires to explore the opinion of the customers, producers and distributors on goods and services in order to deliver results which could further assist in the commodity marketing, pricing, advertising and distribution. Our marketing efforts for our clients are extended to strategic, supporting and operative marketing. We endeavour to raise companies image, enhance brands and improve their communication strategies.
- Commercial information services – We are strongly engaged in collecting information on establishments and companies and businessmen as well as the commercial opportunities and programs and make such information available to interested parties in full respect of the applicable privacy laws.
- International Networking services with the objective of bridging opportunities between companies and professionals on products and markets on a local and international scale. Generate qualified sales leads (B2B).
The above services are not exhaustive and are only intended to be a quick reference guide for our Clients convenience.
Bright futures for Qatar & Abu Dhabi
November 30th, 2009 by admin
November 2009
Construction Week Online
Development: Bright futures for Qatar and Abu Dhabi
Construction suppliers now see Qatar and Abu Dhabi as the key places to do business, exhibitors at The Big 5 have said.
Investors are showing growing confidence in the Middle East, particularly Doha, where there is an opportunity to build new projects.
“We supply foundation pumps for piling, shoring and dewatering and a lot of our business is going on in Qatar and Abu Dhabi now as there are new projects developing there,” said Austin Parfett Foundations sales manager Devanand.
Devanand predicts business to pick up in Dubai in the next couple of months as his company has future projects planned in the emirate.
Wilo, a manufacturer and supplier of pumps and pump systems for heating, air-conditioning, cooling, water supply and sewage disposal agreed: “Local companies are investing in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Developers and contractors feel comfortable starting new projects in the area because new developments are progressing at a steady pace and are not accelerating too quickly,” said the company managing director Simon Mrad.
Mrad explained that The Big 5 will give his company an opportunity to show the industry what it can do.
“We want to show delegates that we are here and ready to support and advice them. I predict that the exhibition will be a success.”
Wilo was the first company to introduce an electrical powered water pump, which is designed to save energy when circulating water around a building.
The company wishes to show that this kind of product can save energy and long term-costs.
Carmania – Maritime Industry Experts
November 17th, 2009 by admin
Carmania Ltd is an international business consultancy service based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and incorporated in the UK. The business was conceived and developed primarily in the maritime sector to take advantage of the expanding range of opportunities both locally to the region and internationally, on behalf of principals located predominantly externally to the region.
Through their extensive network of contacts and drawing on a wealth of local knowledge and well-established commercial expertise, their company together with Icons cooperation is committed to taking your business through the twenty-first century and together we can explore opportunities that can help move your business to the pinnacle of its capabilities.
Carmania today represents the lynchpin between local and international maritime businesses, corporate bodies, and business professionals within the region and Europe.
Carmania’s focus encaptures a broad spectrum of maritime and engineering expertise gained through over 20 years’ experience in the field and we aim to help you to capitalise on the potential synergies and new opportunities that can still be found within the Middle Eastern region.
This new cooperation between Carmania, with its engineering division and Icons, with its team of professionals can undertake a wide range of services on your behalf. A thorough knowledge of Middle East markets and an extensive range of contacts across all fields of the maritime sector globally enable us to provide assistance and collaboration to any business looking to penetrate this complex market. drawing on our pool of knowledge and experience we have helped companies to scrutinise their current business practices and improve their processes as well as developing into new markets.
BUSINESS SERVICES
Our business consulting services include:
- market analysis
- project leadership
- international networking opportunities
- business development
- business plans and reports
- agency provision
- company set-up
- corporate licensing assistance
Our engineering division can provide, inter alia:
- CAPS surveys
- close-up inspections
- project management
- dry-dock specifications
- steel inspections
- problem, accident and incident investigations
- pre-purchase vessel inspections
- safety and security surveys
- expert witness representation
For more info please e-mail info@iconsfze.com
Middle East NEWS: Bahrain to redevelop its shoreline
November 15th, 2009 by admin
November 2009
Construction Week Online
Bahrain is set to turn its coasts into a network of public corniches, it was announced at the Water Front Development Conference on Sunday.
The corniches will run around the country’s shoreline and offer coastal walks, shopping and restaurant promenades. Bahrain’s Municipalities and Agriculture Affairs minister Juma Al Ka’abiit told delegates that at least half of all future coastal developments will be devoted to public beaches and amenities.
“Many cities all over the world are improving their waterfronts, making them the most attractive parts of their urban development, something we also have in mind,” he said.
Diyar Al Muharraq CEO Aaref Hejres chaired the first day of the event, which concludes today.
The conference hosts delegates from around the world, and focuses on examining the best practices, design solutions and technology in this sector of the real estate industry, in the wake of the increasing number of waterfront developments being constructed in the region.
So far, the event has attracted over 200 delegates representing international and local organisations in the real estate and urban development sector.
Last Burj Dubai crane comes down
November 13th, 2009 by admin
November 2009
Construction Week Online
DUBAI NEWS: Last Burj Dubai crane comes down
Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, which is being developed by Emaar Properties PJSC, is nearing completion, following the dismantling of the last high-altitude crane used in the tower’s construction.
Having also completed the external cladding recently, the Burj Dubai construction team is now concentrating on the interiors and landscaping.
Mr. Mohamed Alabbar, chairman, Emaar Properties PJSC, said: “Working at great heights involving the use of massive cranes has been one aspect of the challenge. Dismantling the cranes is an exciting development because it shows that completion of the world’s tallest tower is just around the corner.”
Three huge tower cranes were used in moving construction materials up to level 156 of Burj Dubai. The cranes could each lift a staggering 25-tonne load and were designed to withstand 120km/hour winds.
Installation of the three tower cranes used for the construction of the higher levels of Burj Dubai was relatively straightforward, as sections of the cranes could be moved up the tower with the completion of new levels.
But as the tower grew in height, the floor plates and working area became smaller and smaller, providing insufficient room to fit the three cranes at the top of construction.
Dismantling the towers was considerably more complex than installing them. The first crane was removed in November 2007 and installed at Level 99 in order to serve as a future recovery crane.
For the next 11 months, the two remaining cranes continued their climb up the tower until October 2008 when one of them was removed due to the small size of the tower’s floor-plate. This left one final crane to continue with the rest of the exterior work.
In June 2009, the final crane had to be removed in order to allow the exterior cladding and finishing works to progress in the area it occupied. This longest serving crane had been in operation since the start of construction in March of 2005.
A small recovery crane was lifted up and installed at Level 159. With recovery cranes now positioned at Levels 99 and 159, the task of removing the last crane was ready to begin.
The process started with the crane climbing down from its working height of over 700 metres. The crane removed its own mast sections and lowered them to the ground until the boom and power pack were at the position of the level 159 recovery crane.
From there, the level 159 recovery crane dismantled the remainder of the main crane, lowering the pieces of boom, mast and power pack to the recovery crane at Level 99, which further lowered them to the ground.
Final work on interiors and landscaping is underway as the Burj Dubai prepares to open on January 4, 2010.
Business Intelligence S/W Services & Solutions
November 5th, 2009 by admin
Roma Ocean World 2009 -2013
November 3rd, 2009 by admin
A unique event and promotional opportunity for the United Arab Emirates!
The initiative finds its origins as the “Roma Ocean World 2009 – 2013”, around the world trip with no stops in “solitaire”. From Rome to Rome, through the Strait of Gibraltar, Cape of Good Hope, circumnavigating the South Pole, Cape Horn, Gibraltar, to finally return to the Italian capital.
Navigating for conquering the new World Record of crossing between the oceans in solitary, along the routes of the ancient navigators and the most famous adventurers. A route around the world circumnavigating the globe without the benefit of any shortcut, addressing each latitude, on a modern and ecological boat, but according to ancient rites of the sea and at the mercy of its whims.
A prestigious adventure that will be completed only through an unprecedented preparation, where every detail is studied so that a lone sailor can accomplish the enterprise. An effort that requires constant training that has already started over one year ago and will continue for four more years!
A fight almost exhausting but vigorous, non-stop, unassisted, a race against time to circle the world in less than 80 days.
And as in past times, when going to sea meant having reverential respect of the events and the natural elements, also today we are designing and building a boat totally and completely innovative and ecological. A new design of Class40 boat, the first boat of its kind, equipped to navigate without assistance but with the maximum security. Everything will be done to bring autonomy, speed and security in a project thought and based on the total respect for the environment. The Class 40 Este NV, in fact, presents itself to the market at a time when matters around energy and climate, in the world, seem to mortgage heavily the image of the future, and wants to be a small sign on the new cultural road of renewable energy.
One aim of this undertaking is also to travel around the world on a craft that respects the environment, where the power required for the technological equipment for navigation, although modern and safe, is still without emissions and compatible for every need.
A conceptually new sailing boat will be designed and built according to patents that will allow the most advanced and best exploitation of wind energy, solar and hybrid energy.
The intention is to involve in the project different research programs, implemented by a commitment to inform and create awareness, but above all to propose concrete solutions to combat pollution. This remarkable initiative will help to focus further attention of the public and businesses on the environment issue and develop one step further the efficiencies of current renewable energies like solar, wind and hybrids. The task will be to test new systems, even at sea and perhaps in extreme conditions, so that they can then be applied in the industry and marketed to a large consumer audience.
It is difficult to summarize such a unique and unprecedented undertaking in only a few words, it is also difficult to underline in a few words the courage, the expertise, the know how and the bravery of a great world champion behind this initiative: Matteo Miceli.
Matteo Miceli will conquer a new world record and the Sponsor can conquer it in turn to make it become an unprecedented event capable of capturing the worlds attention and respect. An initiative that match’s perfectly with the needs of putting a project or location on center stage. In times of financial crunch’s an initiative that offers great returns with modest investments, extended but not limited to:
- A long publicity period that will last 4 years. Matteo Miceli will spend the next 3 years training and participating to national and international racing events, thus providing sponsors and partners constant, pervasive and successful visibility
- Attaching the Sponsors brand to an enterprise that has a World Wide resonance
- A promotion and communication plan that has as testimonial a world multi Champion for Atlantic crossings – Matteo Miceli
- A project that will lead with cutting edge technology, sustainability and renewable energy in the Maritime Industry
- A project that will deliver new industry standards and opportunity for production of new solutions
A light for the world to follow for sustainability, renewable energy and innovation in the Maritime Industry. A message of strength, innovation and leadership from the Sponsor. The initiative will be constantly followed by a thorough and continuous communication campaign that will follow every single preparation detail and event leading to the “Gran Finale”. A comprehensive preparation schedule of National and International events, leading to the Gran Finale, that will guarantee exposure.
The events:
- “La Grande Motte – Tunisi – La Grande Motte”
- “Route du Rhum – Sainto Malo / Guadalupe”
- “The Transat (Ostar) – Plymouth / Newport (Rhode Island)”
- “Transat Jacques Vabre (Route du Cafè) – Le Havre / Salvador de Bahia”
- “Regata dei Cetacei”
- “Romax2”
- “Corsica per due”
- “1000 Vele Garibaldi”
- “Giraglia Rolex Cup”
- “Moby Giraglia”
- “Carthago dilecta Est”
- “Palermo – Monte Carlo”
- “Trofeo Florio”
- “Middle sea race Rolex cup”.
Matteo Miceli has asked Icons to identify Sponsors that are willing to contribute to the development of this important project and add bilateral value to it. His desire is to link this important project to an initiative in the United Arab Emirates. A golden opportunity for bringing together Rome (the ancient and eternal City) and a young emerging reality like the UAE.
Matteo Miceli’s team and Icons welcome sponsors that could benefit from this unique unprecedented proposition.
For more info please e-mail info@iconsfze.com or download the full information from our Companies Download section.
33rd America’s Cup in Ras Al Khaimah
October 31st, 2009 by admin
October 2009
33rd America’s Cup – Port not right for cup storm
October 30th, 2009 by admin
October 2009
AN AMERICAN judge has ruled that the Ras al-Khaimah port in United Arab Emirates cannot host the America’s Cup based on the 19th-century document that governs sailing’s marquee regatta.
The decision by Justice Shirley Kornreich of the New York State Supreme Court is a blow to two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland. The Swiss picked the Persian Gulf port for their February showdown against American challenger BMW Oracle Racing.
Kornreich said her decision was based on the stipulation in the 1887 Deed of Gift that the America’s Cup cannot be sailed in the northern hemisphere between Nov. 1 and May 1, not on concerns by the Americans that RAK was unsafe due to its proximity to Iran.
The rare one-on-one showdown in massive multi-hulled boats now appears headed to Valencia, Spain, unless the bitter rivals can agree on another port that complies with the Deed of Gift. In that case, it would have to be in the Southern Hemisphere.
Although Valencia is in the northern hemisphere, neither side objected earlier in the court fight to holding the best-of-three series in the Spanish port. Valencia hosted the 2007 America’s Cup.
Kornreich said she ruled from the bench Tuesday to speed an expected appeal by the Swiss.
The best-of-three series is scheduled to begin February 8.
Alinghi’s choice of RAK has been the most contentious issue in a convoluted, two-year court fight between Silicon Valley maverick Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp and Swiss biotech mogul Ernesto Bertarelli. Ellison owns BMW Oracle Racing and Bertarelli owns Alinghi.
Soon after the Swiss picked RAK in early August, Ellison raised concerns because the sailing would take place about 130km from Iran’s coastline.
Italconcept – Wood Industry
October 26th, 2009 by admin
With over 73 years of experience in the Wood Industry, ITALCONCEPT are experts in manufacturing Wood Laminates and related products for giving Clients the best competitive advantage. Both for structural and ornamental applications, the possibilities and advantages of laminated materials are significant and provide solutions to product requirements generally not achievable by using a single material.
List of products:
- Beams
- Profiles
- Fire rated doors
- Doors
- Composite Veneer
- Pergola, Veranda, Car Parks and Portable cabins
- Sandwich panels
- Furniture
- Exhibition Stands
For more info please e-mail info@iconsfze.com or download the full information from our Companies Download section.
