Ain Dubai Grande Roue POMA
United Arab Emirates – Dubai – 2020

Ain Dubai Observation Wheel

For the world’s largest observation wheel, commissioned for the Dubai World Expo, POMA built 48 outsized capsules, the largest and heaviest ever produced. The teams came up with evermore ingenious product development solutions and met a very high level of customer demand.

product range
Observation Wheel
Application
tourist attraction
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The project

Internationally known for producing the capsules of the big wheels in London, Hong Kong and Las Vegas, the French expert POMA was called on again to design, produce and assemble the 48 capsules of the Dubai observation wheel.

Located 500 metres from the marina coastline on Bluewaters Island, the observation wheel will offer a panoramic view of the Dubai landscape from a height of 250 m, the new world record.

In order to meet the very demanding customer requirements and ensure the successful completion of such a large-scale project, particular attention was paid to the design of carriers.

Its agile organisation, the experience of its teams, and constant communication with the customer, enabled POMA to maintain control over the entire value chain of these two projects, from the commercial phase right through to delivery of the capsules on site. This expertise once again endorses customers’ confidence in POMA’s ability to carry out these monumental projects.
Finally, the project was driven by a single, common goal: to offer an extraordinary spectacle and a unique experience to the thousands of visitors expected each day.

TECHNICAL
specifications

hauteur roue

Height

250 m

Capacity

3622 pph

Number of capsules

48

No. of passengers per capsule

40

POMA, innovation

for the project

The world’s largest

observation wheel

Located 500 m from the marina coastline on Bluewaters Island, the observation wheel will offer a panoramic view of the enchanting landscape from a height of 250 m, the new world record.

 

An agile

organisation

As the project required a tight execution schedule, POMA deployed a team dedicated to this custom-built undertaking in record time, combining the expertise of the Group — POMA, SEMER, SACMI, SIGMA and POMA Beijing — with that of external specialists. Specific skills were thus brought together on a “project platform” for greater flexibility and communication between the various players involved. For example, two multicultural and multi-expert teams based in France worked daily with those of POMA Beijing and subcontractors from Italy, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.

Ain Dubai capsules in pictures

They talk about it

Ain Dubai

POMA has been in the big wheel market for many years. The London Eye was the first to demonstrate our ability to carry out complex projects, thanks to our agile organisation and command of technology. We continued to apply our skills to smaller wheels on a regular basis: Baku (Azerbaijan), Chicago, Hong Kong and more. Today, the observation wheels of Dubai and Shenzhen confirm POMA’s place in the amusement park industry.

POMA project manager

Frederic Longeot
Ain Dubai Grande Roue POMA
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