LFP - Large-Format-Printing
SIGN CHINA 2010 by UBM Trust achieved good results 2 – 5 March 2010, China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B
Monday 19. April 2010 - UBM Asia Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of United Business Media Limited, announced that it has formed a Sino-foreign joint venture, UBM Trust Co., Ltd., with the organiser of SIGN CHINA, Trust Exhibition Co., Ltd., to jointly develop the event.
The event can now tap on UBMs extensive global reach and professional show management expertise to serve exhibitors and visitors even better, and to become an important catalyst for the development and upgrading of Chinas advertising industry.
The 2010 edition of SIGN CHINA was held at the Pazhou Complex, Area B – Guangzhou, from 2 – 5 March 2010 and achieved great success. The event gathered 1,006 exhibitors showcasing the latest technology and products including digital print equipment, ink, consumables, laser engravers, acrylic sheets, P.O.P. products, lightboxes, signage, LED displays, LED advertising illumination, LED lighting etc. Featuring the most comprehensive exhibit scope spanning the entire industry supply chain, SIGN CHINA has evolved into one of the most influential weathervanes for the global sign industry.
SIGN CHINA 2010 comprised 5 special sections in 8 halls, covering 70,000 sqm of exhibition area, a 7% increase compared with last year. The event attracted 49,674 visitors from 118 countries and regions in 5 continents. The number of domestic visitor was 42,524 (5% growth over the last edition) and overseas visitors numbered 7,150 (a 29% increase). Overseas trade associations that attended SIGN CHINA 2010 included the Asia Sign Association (ASA), LED Lighting Spread Association (DLEDA) from Japan, Thai Inkjet Club (TIC), Taiwan Advertising Engineering Union, Taipei County Advertising Engineering Association, etc. Overseas buyer delegations from India, Korea, Spain, Thailand, the Netherlands, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam brought more than 800 visitors.
A highlight of this edition is the rapid development of the LED sector. The fair brought together 513 LED exhibitors (an increase of 36% over the last edition) taking 30,000 sqm in exhibition space (33% over the last edition), making this the single largest LED gathering in the world. The LED screens on the stand of more than 150 manufacturers presented the latest display technology, enveloping visitors in a symphony of aural, visual and rhythmic performances providing an awesome in-person experience of the impact of large displays. Low-carbon energy-saving LED products also garnered much interest as LED lighting gears up to replace traditional lighting across the globe. More than 200 exhibitors showcased various LED street, landscape and residential lighting, and solar-powered LED lamps etc.
SIGN CHINA 2010 won the acclaim of exhibitors, visitors, the media and industry associations. Followings are some of their testimonials:
Worldwide leading printer manufacturer Océ participated in SIGN CHINA for the first time and enjoyed good results. Ms Wang, Marketing Executive, said “We received 4 to 5 on-site orders for our high-end equipment valued at over 2 million RMB each. We will continue to support this fair in future.”
Mr. Ba, in-charge of marketing of NAR, a domestic manufacturer of self-adhesive digital print material, expressed great satisfaction in the fair. “Our vinyl car wrap demonstration attracted many high-quality local and overseas trade visitors, buyers from Europe and the U.S.A. were especially keen on our newly-developed multifunctional green products.”
A six-year veteran in SIGN CHINA, Mr Xu, General Manager of KingLED Lighting said “When we first participated in 2005, our company was only recently established and took just two standard booths. However, our small stand generated excellent returns. We met many overseas buyers, which helped established a clear development direction for the company, and it has grown with the fair since. At present, our focus is on the overseas market, and in China we will attend only one fair – SIGN CHINA.”
Mr. Ma, the General Manager of Unilumin, the manufacturer of the large LED displays at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, said “The result from this years exhibition is very good. We did not have a large enough space this time but will enlarge our booth to 225 sqm next year to display even more new products to the visitors.”
Mr. Jinho Lee, the CEO of SM Media Group in Korea, said “Visitors from Korea were pleasantly surprised to find that SIGN CHINA has the most international attendance and the largest number of overseas attendees compared to other shows in China.”
Vice President of ESF (European Sign Federation), Mr. Luc Steegmans, extended his congratulations on the success of the show “This is a very successful event! We are very pleased that Guangzhou also has a trading platform that is comparable with other large-scale international exhibitions in the world.”
SIGN CHINA 2011 will take place from 1 – 4 March at the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B, in Guangzhou. It will comprise 5 specialized sections in 9 halls, with a projected 1,200 exhibitors occupying 80,000 square metres in exhibition space offering the best organised trading platform for the global sign industry.