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From Bankruptcy to Topping the Arabia500: German Imaging Technologies [Wamda TV]


I'In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Sassan Khatib-Shahidi, co-founder and CEO of Dubai-based printer cartridge manufacturer,German Imaging Technologies, explains how his company went from near-bankruptcy, to a total pivot, to now being ranked #11 on Arabia500's fastest-growing Dubai SME 100 list.

Dr. Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi, Co-Founder and CEO, GIT

 

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Money & Me: Dubai businessman learnt lessons from near-bankruptcy

Sassan Dieter Khatib Shahidi is the co-founder and chief executive of German Imaging Technologies (GIT), a toner cartridge manufacturer in Dubai that launched in 1999. The 47-year-old German-Iranian says the company’s fortunes have been eventful. GIT now has 80 employees

A forgotten cause

Dr Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi, CEO, German Imaging Technologies (GIT) Dubai LLC, says the Middle East IT industry is not doing enough for sustainability and that will not change until legislation is passed to support the cause.

Building mature and complex businesses

The first panel discussion was preceded by presentations by Dimitris Tsitsiragos, IFC vice president for Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Dr Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi, CEO and ED board of directors, German Imaging Technologies (GIT) Dubai LLC, and Fadi Malas, CEO, Just Falafel.

GIT CEO discusses company’s experiences

Sassan Dieter Khatib Shahidi, CEO and co-founder of German Imaging Technologies, spoke about the remanufacturer’s experiences during its 16 years of business.

Congratulations to Dr Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi from German Imaging Technologies for being ranked 25

DUBAISME100: German Imaging Technologies, #25

High growth SMEs dominate 2014 Gulf Capital SME Awards

High growth SMEs proved to be a dominant force in the recently concluded 2014 Gulf Capital SME Awards, with five out of the nine winners growing by at least 100 percent based on last year’s turnover.

Business Leader of the Year

Winner

Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi, German Imaging Technologies (GIT) Dubai

Sassan Dieter Khatib-Shahidi is co-founder and CEO of GIT, which makes printer cartridges. GIT strives to be the industry segment market leader in the Middle East and North Africa by providing a compelling product at the highest level of quality that is reasonably achievable. It specialises in the creation of a wide range of products that stand out from their 

Middle East Banking Forum: Innovation in a digitally connected world, 17 November 2014, Dubai.

 

German Imaging Technologies

 

 

 

Gulf Capital SME Awards reveals finalists of UAE’s top business recognition programm

 

Dubai: High growth SMEs proved to be a dominant force in the recently concluded 2014 Gulf Capital SME Awards, with five out of the nine winners growing by at least 100 per cent based on last year’s turnover.

Overall, winners of the latest edition of the UAE’s highly sought-after business recognition programme reported an average growth rate of 309 per cent; and recorded a combined turnover of Dhs144 million last year.

 

 

Gulf Capital SME Awards reveals finalists of UAE’s top business recognition programm

 

Gulf Capital SME Awards has revealed finalists of its 2014 edition, with businesses in the service and technology sectors emerging as the strongest contenders for the awards in various categories. Other business sectors represented include trading, retail, construction, communication, finance and education.

The awards are organised by MEED, which partnered with Gulf Capital three years ago as the headline sponsor, to launch the programme.

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