-- Exhibitors actively registered to a stable expansion of the shows
-- Top-notched companies gathered with innovation technologies
-- Hot topics at high-calibre events mark the industry trends

The annual international fairs for power transmission and control-PTC ASIA and material handling and logistics-CeMAT ASIA grandly open on Oct. 25th at Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Leaders from nationwide government departments, scholars from associations and institutions, customers from the globe and media journalists all make their way to the opening ceremony-over 300 attendants on-site reflecting a warm atmosphere at the fairground.

Wang Changming, Executive Vice President of China General Machine Components Industry Association, Dai Dingyi, vice chairperson of China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, Dr. Andreas Gruchow, member of the managing board, Deutsche Messe AG delivered welcome speeches at the opening ceremony which was chaired by James Fu, general manager of Hannover Milano Fairs China Ltd. The other guests at the ribbon cutting include Yu Zhen, Honorary Chairman of China Machinery Industry Federation, Sha Baosen, Chairman of China Hydraulics Pneumatics & Seals Association, Song Tianhu, executive vice president of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Lu Daming, Vice President of China Heavy Machinery Industry Association, Hartmut Moellring, member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Messe, Hartmut Rauen, managing director of Power Transmission and Fluid Power Association within VDMA, Peter Guenther, managing director of the Materials Handling & Logistics Systems Association within VDMA, Giorgio Beretta, president of Assofluid.

This year, the two shows draw 1,700 exhibiting companies on 95,000 sq m demonstrating the entire spectrum of fluid/power transmission and intralogistics.

“Since the premiere of PTC ASIA 1991 in Beijing, we´re celebrating the 15th edition this year. The CeMAT ASIA, biggest trade show for Materials Handling and Logistics in Asia, celebrates its 11th edition and is held concurrently with PTC ASIA since 2001 – a very successful marriage where we expect more than 60,000 specialized trade visitors this year, ” noted by Dr. Andreas Gruchow, member of the Deutsche Messe Managing Board. “We are very pleased that many companies have selected PTC ASIA and CeMAT ASIA as their exhibit platform, offering visitors full of state-of-the-art products and innovations.”
PTC ASIA, steadily growing bigger
PTC ASIA, consolidating its position as the biggest trade fair of its kind in Asia and second largest in the world, fulfills 6 halls completely. Featuring the four exhibit fields of fluid power, mechanical drive, compressed air, spare parts and equipment, the show is hotly registered by a cluster of well-known companies of NOK, SKF, Trelleborg, Seal Maker, Kastas, Aston, Fenner, Atlas Copco, Sotras, Desran, NAILI Nordisk, Nissei, Quan Shi, Sino Deutch, Moventas, the Schaeffler Group, etc. Worth to mention that a group of PTC system solution and service providers also attend this year’s show, helping to optimize the allocation of internal and external industrial resources. Key players like Balluff, Hardinge and Sunnen have their large stands on the site.

With the show growing to be more internationalized year by year, PTC ASIA also embraces overseas pavilions from Germany, Italy, Britain, South Korea and the international pavilion made up of exhibitors from the United States, Spain, France, India, Korea, China, China Taiwan, etc.

CeMAT ASIA, featuring theme-based specification of display areas
The global materials handling industry suffered heavy losses in the financial downturn last year. However, with the world economy and global logistics industry gradually recovering this year, China’s logistics market demand for imports has turned positive.

As the most widely recognized trade fair of its kind in China, CeMAT AISA 2010 features a theme-based specification of display areas, the biggest highlight of this year’s show. The fair will better serve various sectors of the industry with customized information and service. The exhibitors from 5 themed display areas, namely, Forklifts and Forklift Accessories, Pallet Rack and Cranes, Transportation Equipment, AUTO-ID and AGV, will bring their latest products to the fairground. Big names are with Linde, Crown, Heli, GLOBAL POWER, ISUZU, KION BAOLI、GLOBAL FRIEND, Ruyi, Nuoli, Zhongli, Zheli, Maximal, Goodsense, ABUS, SWF, TOSHIBA TEC, Muratec, Dematic, Swisslog and so on. In addition, the successful special display area of AUTO-ID and AGV will again stage the high-end automation technologies which are highly valued in terms of their application in research and development.

During the show, some 18 high-calibre seminars and conferences will be held, convening scholars and industry experts to analyze the developing trend of power transmission and logistics industries. The concurrent programs include the 30th anniversary symposium of hydraulics, pneumatics & seals, 2010 compacting and paving machinery subsidiary annual conference, logistics & ICT 2010, the military logistics and the emergency logistics seminar, and the like.

The two fairs are both organized by Deutsche Messe AG and Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai Ltd., while PTC ASIA also by China Hydraulics Pneumatics and Seals Association and China General Machine Components Industry Association, and CeMAT ASIA by China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society. The organizers believe that the two world-leading exhibitions together will not only provide great opportunities for companies to restore their market after financial crisis, but also build up a bridge for technological exchange between home and abroad. The perfect duo of PTC ASIA and CeMAT ASIA will definitely drive the two industries into prosperity.