• electronicIndia emphasizes leading role for the electronics industry in South Asia
• high quality of international and national visitors and exhibitors
• numerous business transactions have been made
• excellent supporting conference program attracts industry leaders and experts

 
The Indian and international electronics industry was present in full might at electronicIndia 2008 held at Bangalore from 2nd-5th September at the Bangalore International Exhibition Center. electronicIndia proved to be the largest trade fair for the electronic components, assemblies, materials  and production equipment with 1010 exhibitors including agents and principals thereof 446 direct exhibitors and a total of 16000 sqm of space.
 
There was participation from 25 countries with Germany, UK, Taiwan, Singapore and China with their own pavilions. Companies like Siemens, Infineon, Juki, Assembleon, Samsung, Tyco, JAM, NXP, Farnell, EPCOS displayed their state of art technology.
 
There were over 12,300 visitors and over 4,500 attendees i.e. close to 17,000 focused attendees in all. Siemens Marketing Director Ms Irene Lim stated: “The response was not only from Bangalore but also from the western and northern parts of India”. Mr. Soni Saran Singh from NM Tronics confirmed: “The inflow of visitors has been very good from the start and it has generated a lot of queries and flow of information to our customers”.
 
The trade fair not only had quantity but also quality of visitors. There were an impressive number of business transactions concluded at the trade fair. Mr Suresh Nair from Leaptech Corporation said: “I am extremely happy with the pre show publicity which is of international standards and have already concluded some transactions”. Ms. Patsy Cheok from Assembleon added: “The advertising for the show was beyond imagination and therefore the response to the trade fair has been so positive”.
 
Mr. Wang from Retronix UK added: “This is our first time in India, and with the response and leads that we have received from the show, we will be setting up our factory at Bangalore or Chennai, and we will definitely return next year”. Mr. Seo from Samsung said: “The show size and environment is very good. We participate only in one exhibition in India and electronicIndia is the show for us”.
 
electronicIndia 2008 entered into a strategic partnership with IPCA and the response has been very encouraging. Mr. Anil Kumar, President of IPCA: “I am happy with the format of working together and we are very satisfied with the response of visitors”.
 
Three high profile conferences took place simultaneously with electronicIndia 2008. It began with a panel discussion on the opening day of the trade fair with the top management from EMS OEMs and ODMs – “Business opportunities and Challenges in India” – with speakers from Jabil, Nokia, Dell, Siemens, Assembleon and NM Tronics. Also held were two other conferences along with the trade fair: Automotive Symposium and Electronics Tools and Design. These also generated a very positive response. There were speakers from Siemens, OK international, Infineon with over 100 delegates for each conference. Ms Swee Hong from Infineon stated: “The conference was excellent with a very good response from the delegates and the topics chosen were of due importance”.
 
Mr. Klaus Dittrich, Managing Director, Messe München International stated: “ The show has fulfilled all the promises of being India’s leading trade show. We are happy with the performance of our MMI India subsidiary and look forward to strengthening our activities in India .”
 
The next electronicIndia 2009 will take place at Bangalore International Exhibition Center from 8th to 11th September 2009.
 
electronicIndia 2008 is the first show solely under the Messe München brand name
 
This press release is available at: www.electronicindia.net/pressrelease and www.presseagentur.com/mmi.
 
About electronicIndia
electronicIndia is the leading trade show for electronic components and assemblies, as well as electronics production in India. It is held every year at the Bangalore International Exhibition Center (BIEC) in Bangalore, the heart of the Indian electronics industry. Messe München International organizes this event as part of its electronics network, which includes the leading international trade shows electronica and Productronica, as well as hybridica in Munich and leading regional trade shows in Brazil (São Paulo), China (Shanghai and Hong Kong) and India (Bangalore). With over 8,000 exhibitors and more than 280,000 visitors at the events in the electronics network, Messe München International is one of the world’s leading trade fair organizers in this segment.
 
About Messe München International (MMI)
Messe München International (MMI) is one of the world’s leading trade fair companies. It organizes around 40 trade fairs for capital goods, consumer goods and new technologies. Over 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries and over 2 million visitors from more than 200 countries attend the events in Munich every year. MMI also organizes trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and South America. With 6 subsidiaries abroad - in Europe and Asia – and 66 foreign representatives covering 89 countries, MMI has a truly global network.
 
 
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