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Biggest-ever China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components hosts Private Buyer Meetings for Carlsberg, IBM, Intelbras, Halfords UK, Lexmark, Li & Fung, Lowe's, Philips, RCG, Samsung Corporation, Sima and Test Rite
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Global Sources Electronics & Components Fair set to run Oct. 12-15 at Hong Kong's AsiaWorld-Expo showcases over 2,900 booths of consumer electronics, telecommunications, computer products and components
HONG KONG, Oct. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carlsberg, IBM,
Intelbras, Halfords UK, Lexmark, Li & Fung, Lowe's, Philips, RCG, Samsung
Corporation, Sima and Test Rite are scheduled to attend Private Buyer Meetings
at Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL) (http://www.globalsources.com) China
Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components. This specialized sourcing show opens
today at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong and runs to Oct. 15.
This year marks the 11th edition of the Fair and is the biggest yet, with
over 2,900 booths from 15 countries and regions. There are over 2,200 booths
from mainland China alone. Also scheduled to exhibit are suppliers from Hong
Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Italy,
Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and the U.S.
Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke, said: "Greater China is
the main supplier of the world's electronics, especially consumer electronic
products. Some of the world's most important international buyers have signed
up to participate this week. Attendance at our Private Buyer Meetings is the
biggest yet, proving that quality buyers are still looking for quality
suppliers from Greater China.
"North America and Western Europe remain important markets for electronics
and components, and thousands of buyers from these areas have signed up to
attend the Fair. We are also expecting new buyers from India, the Middle East,
Russia, Africa, South America and Asia to attend."
Buyers coming to the Fair will find product pavilions for computers &
networking; consumer electronics; electronic components; digital
entertainment; GPS; healthcare & personal care electronics; in-car
electronics; interconnection technology; mobile phones; opto-electronics;
power supplies; telecom products & wireless; security products; and VoIP &
WiFi products.
China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components dates and times
Opening times for this week's China Sourcing Fair: Electronics &
Components at AsiaWorld-Expo are:
-- Oct. 12-14 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
-- Oct. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Buyers can register for free admission and find more information,
including details about free transport to the venue and back, at
http://www.chinasourcingfair.com.
Growing future for China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components
The next stop for this highly successful event is Mumbai, India on Nov.
14-16 (to be managed by Pico Event Management under license from Global
Sources). In 2009, the show is due to take place in Hong Kong; Dubai, UAE and
Mumbai, India, making it the only electronics sourcing show in the world to
take place four times annually in three locations.
To meet growing demand for exhibition space at the China Sourcing Fair:
Electronics & Components, Global Sources plans to add an extra hall,
accommodating 400 booths, to the Hong Kong event in October 2009. This show is
also scheduled to run concurrently with a new co-located event - China
Sourcing Fair: Security Products, featuring product pavilions for CCTV &
digital surveillance, access controls, alarms and home security.
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a
primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business is
facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of
English-language media. The other business segments facilitate trade from the
world to Greater China, and trade within China, using Chinese-language media.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated
marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 725,000 active
buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the
goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and
sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over
230 countries.
The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing
services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.3 million
products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online
marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9
specialized trade shows which run 27 times a year across eight cities.
Suppliers receive more than 36 million sales leads annually from buyers
through Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global
Sources' network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China,
Global Sources has over 2,800 team members in more than 44 locations, and a
community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for
Chinese-language media.
Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:
Camellia So
Tel: +852-2555-5021
Email: cso@globalsources.com
Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:
James W.W. Strachan
Tel: +1-480-664-8309
Email: strachan@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:
Investor Relations Department
Tel: +852-2555-4777
Email: investor@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:
Kirsten Chapman
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Email: investor@globalsources.com
SOURCE Global Sources
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