Chinaforklift.com (www.chinaforklift.com, English version: www.forkliftnet.com ) reported that CeMAT Asia 2008 held the opening ceremony at Shanghai New International Expo Center on Oct. 27^th, 2008. CeMAT Asia is recognized as the No.1 logistics exhibition in China as well as one of the most countable and professional logistics exhibition in Asian area. With exhibitors from Australia, Belgium, Germany, France, Finland, Korea, Canada, Malaysia, America, Japan, Sweden, Spain, Singapore, Italy, Britain and China, this expo covers products ranging from material handling equipments and parts, warehouse technology and workshops equipment, loading technology, logistics control and software, logistics service and outsourcing, totally including the newest technologies and solutions related to material handling and relevant fields. 

The opening ceremony was grandly held at Shanghai New International Expo Center at 9:30 a.m. Meanwhile, Ceremony of 2007-2008 Yearly Model Industrial Trucks was held simultaneously, most of the awarded models being home-made brands, which symbolized that domestic vehicles had moved into mature period from initial imitation. The honored companies included Linde (China) Co., Ltd., Jingjiang Baoli Forklift Truck Co., Ltd. and Xiamen XGMA Forklift Truck Co., Ltd. The award revealed the outstanding performance and features in a better way, enabling the users clearly know the products.

The expo has attracted famous forklift manufacturers, dealers, forklift part manufacturers and rack manufacturers including Toyota, Linde, Komatsu, TCM, Heli, LiuGong, Baoli, E-P, Jiali, Jiuyue, Global Friend, Zheli, Sunward, Wecan, Cascade, Kaup, Hoppecke, FAAM, Guangqing, Shenzhou, Goldentide, Stellana, ZAPI, Cottis, Zibo, Solideal, Schaltbau, Kubota, Jiachang and Veshai.