Dubai Drink Technology Expo is a clever idea to be the first one in addressing this particular industry and registering to the market confidence in U.A.E. In the recent years, soft drinks and liquid food manufacturing industries witnessed remarkable growth. This growth is in line with the manufacturing sector total output, which surged in 2007 to Dh.177 billion up from Dh.125 billion in 2005 registering a sharp increase of 41 percent in just 3 years at annual average rate of 14 percent. It is worth mentioning that the industrial sector contribution to the country’s GDP in the second largest in terms of growth rate in 2007 (19.6%) second only to oil & gas. Manufacturing industries expenditure value in 2007 touched a new height of AED 25.3 billion 17% of the total country’s investments.