World of Industry Fair concludes
March 6, 2008
Istanbul, Turkey: The second edition of World of Industry Fair ended at the Tuyap Fair, Convention and Congress Centre here on Monday. More than 1400 direct exhibitors in two parts participated in the fair organised by Hannover-Messe International - Istanbul Ltd. Sti.
According the organisers the fair received a good response, attracting over one lakh visitors besides a significant number of international buyers not only from neighbouring countries but also from all over Europe, the Far-Middle East and America.
From 7 to 10 February, the first part welcomed exhibitors of MACHINERY’08 (13th Machine Components and Metal Working Fair), WELDING’08 (8th Joining, Welding and Cutting Technologies Fair), SURFACE TECHNOLOGY’08 (2nd Surface Treatment Technologies Fair) and MATERIALS HANDLING’08 (7th Materials Handling and Logistics Fair) fairs.
From 28 February to 2 March, the second part consisted of OTOMASYON’08 (15th Industrial Automation Fair), ELECTROTECH’08 (9th Energy, Electric and Electronic Technologies Fair) and HYDROLICS & PNEUMATICS’08 (5th Fluid Power Technologies Fair) fairs.
The net exhibition area used in both fairs was over 50.000 sqm. The fair hosted a total of 197 direct international exhibitors coming from 15 countries in part 1 and 19 in part 2. Besides the official German pavilion with more than 50 companies, country pavilions from Spain, South Korea, Netherlands, Italy, China, German federal state of Hessian and Lower Saxony as well as an international pavilion increased the dynamism of the fair by offering new business contacts in a global market.
With the support of more than 40 national and international associations as well as chambers of commerce from the neighbouring countries, trade delegations and visitors came to the fair to strengthen their business relations with numerous producers and suppliers from Turkey and all over the world.
For the first time in 2008, a special seminar program called the “Eurasian Business Partner” has been launched. With the aim of exchanging investment opportunities between European and Eurasian countries, the program had a significant international attendance.
WIN 2008 provided eight days of unlimited opportunities to an ever increasing number of professionals on a global platform with seven different key sectors. The attendees profited from the unique opportunities of international networking, partnership building, sales and business development.