Australia
Full 40ft container of engineered-stone planters, Karachi → Brisbane, 2025, for Planter Home Pty Ltd, my co-owned company.
International business
Learned through real transactions.
Sourcing, technical work, trade events and exports across six countries. Each one is listed exactly as it happened.
Six countries
My supply and export chain
USA
Custom planter order and shipments for a New York contractor, 2025.
China
Glass-fibre and gypsum mould technology from Guangzhou Xingyang (2017). Supplier meetings at the Canton Fair.
Germany
RECKLI formliners and moulds, sourced through RECKLI Middle East (2019).
UAE
Wacker Chemicals Middle East technical meeting and lab work (Nov 2019). The Big 5 Dubai, 2018 and 2019.
Malaysia
ASG Plaster gypsum materials; met the team at The Big 5.
Events, precisely
What I did at each one
- 2017
Canton Fair, Guangzhou Attended
Met suppliers in person; a CCCME contact later followed up on our meeting at the fair.
- 2018–19
The Big 5, Dubai Attended and spoke
Attended both years, met material suppliers, and spoke at The Big 5 Architecture Talks stage.
- Nov 2019
Wacker Chemicals Middle East Technical meeting
Meeting and lab work with the Construction Polymers team on GFRC and gypsum compounds.
- Dec 2024
29th EAROPH World Congress, Islamabad Award received
EAROPH Award for Sustainability for our engineered-stone planters.
- 2025
Karachi → Brisbane · New York Exports
A full container to Australia and planter shipments for a New York contractor.
- 2026
Pakistan Export Display Centre, Doha Expression of interest
Applied to display our products. Outcome pending.
On the ground
Fairs, labs and supplier floors
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