Exhibitions attract 18,000 businesspeople

The recently concluded METALEX Vietnam received more than 18,840 manufacturing businesspeople who came to source new technologies and seek business opportunities.
Exhibitions attract 18,000 businesspeople ảnh 1METALEX Vietnam, which was held from October 11 to 13 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre, attracted record number of industrial visitors (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The recently concluded METALEX Vietnamreceived more than 18,840 manufacturing businesspeople who came to source newtechnologies and seek business opportunities.

At the exhibition, visitors had a chance to speak with representatives of morethan 500 brands around the world.

Suttisak Wilanan, deputy managing director for Reed Tradex, the organiser,said: “After three informative trade fair days, the international metalworkingtrade exhibition, METALEX Vietnam 2018, reported 18,848 total attendants, whichrepresents a promising sign of progress towards sustainable development ofsupporting industries in Vietnam.

“More and more trade visitors are coming from abroad (42 countries). Apart fromlocals, visitors predominantly came from Japan, China, Singapore, the Republicof Korea and Thailand.”

Exhibitors achieved their goals of gaining brand awareness and increasing salesleads, while visitors discovered technologies and solutions, as well as newknow-how through thought-provoking seminars that could pave the way forbusiness opportunities.

Kazuya Yoshimura, general director of Takamatsu Machinery Vietnam Co., Ltd,said by joining the exhibition, his company wanted to present its Japanesetechnologies and machinery to potential customers.

“The show was a huge success, which allowed us to achieve our business goals,”he said.

Dang Xuan Kien, assistant technical manager of Hoffman Group, said: “METALEXVietnam brought many advantages and opportunities to our group. We were able toreach more potential suppliers and customers as well as enhance our brandreputation, supporting our success in the future.”

Nguyen Bich Phuong, sale administrator of Schunk Intec Limited Company, said:“We chose to join METALEX Vietnam to mainly improve our reputation and enhanceour brand awareness in Vietnam. The development of robots and cars isincreasingly significant for the future of Vietnam. Hence, we are here tosupport these industrial sectors."

Nopporn Insuk, Regional Manager of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, whichhas taken part in METALEX Vietnam many times, said that manufacturing in Vietnamcontinued to develop strongly.

"Many countries are confident in expanding their investments here. Ourcompany supports smart factories, which I hope will help our business to growin this potential market.”

A representative from a local firm, Nguyen Giang Hai, CEO of Nguyen Viet PowerJSC., said that returning to visit METALEX Vietnam, "I found a supplier ofsolutions for our company. The exhibition improves each year with bigger andricher content within the show.”

The annual expo was held concurrently with four others, Nepcon Vietnam,Industrial Components & Subcontracting Vietnam, Supporting Industry Show,and ROBOT X HCMC, from October 11 to 13 at the Saigon Exhibition and ConventionCentre.

The powerful combination of five shows provided the full spectrum of machinetools and solutions ranging from machining centres, EDM machines, sheetmetalworking, welding technology, metrology and many more. – VNS/VNA
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