Dubai flagpole company Trident Support breaking records - in pictures

Soib, Ejaj and Sabir Abdul Rasheed stitching together a UAE flag. All photos: Antonie Robertson / The National
Soib, Ejaj and Sabir Abdul Rasheed stitching together a UAE flag. All photos: Antonie Robertson / The National
David Chambers, co-founder and managing director of Trident Support, started the company with his good friend Marc Summers in 1996.
David Chambers, co-founder and managing director of Trident Support, started the company with his good friend Marc Summers in 1996.
Nearly every flag at Expo 2020 Dubai was made by Trident Support.
Nearly every flag at Expo 2020 Dubai was made by Trident Support.
Workers at Trident Support preparing flagpoles.
Workers at Trident Support preparing flagpoles.
Trident Support has a joint venture with Fabtech International, a steel fabrication company in Jebel Ali, that builds the big flagpoles.
Trident Support has a joint venture with Fabtech International, a steel fabrication company in Jebel Ali, that builds the big flagpoles.
A flagpole holding the UAE flag made by Trident Support and Fabtech International in Burj Park, facing Burj Khalifa.
A flagpole holding the UAE flag made by Trident Support and Fabtech International in Burj Park, facing Burj Khalifa.
Trident Support has many Guinness World Records for its flagpoles.
Trident Support has many Guinness World Records for its flagpoles.
Pupils at The American Community School, Abu Dhabi, holding the first giant UAE flag before Trident Support raised it on the world record 123-metre flagpole on the Corniche Breakwater in 2001.
Pupils at The American Community School, Abu Dhabi, holding the first giant UAE flag before Trident Support raised it on the world record 123-metre flagpole on the Corniche Breakwater in 2001.