The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is scheduled to take part in Hannover International Machinery Expo which will be co-opened by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and China's Prime Minister Wen Jia Bao on Sunday. For his part, the Saudi ambassador to Germany Dr. Osamah Shobokshi will open the Saudi pavilion at the expo on Monday. More than 2100 industrial groups from some 45 countries are expected to participate in the weeklong event.