3:10:00 PM | 10/21/2013
During 3 days, 14,580 visitors found the right technology they were looking for and established new business alliances at the four Mega events of “Business Alliance for Supporting in Ho Chi Minh City”, “METALEX Vietnam 2013”, “NEPCON Vietnam 2013”, and “INDEE Vietnam 2013” taking place on October 10-12 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City, remarked Mr. Duangdej Yuaikwarmdee, Deputy Managing Director of Reed Tradex.
The 2nd Engineer Master Class in Ho Chi Minh City wrapped up a successful session with 558 engineers delighted at the new knowledge they could use to improve their business, and were presented with certificate to commemorate their participation.
After the 3-day competition, finally, the 2nd Hand Soldering Championship in Vietnam is announced! The first prize went to Mr. Le Van Duc from Spartronics Vietnam (red shirt in the middle), the first runner-up runner-up went to Mr. Pham Xuan Dong from CEI Vietnam (blue shirt) and the second prize went to Mr. Vu Thanh Hieu from DH Bach Khoa. Congratulations to Mr. Le Van Duc who will be sponsored by IPC to enter the World's Hand Soldering Competition later in Las Vegas!
Part makers, technology providers, agents and industrial specialists have bonded and expand their networks through these platforms. This circle of supporting industrialists keeps expanding year after year!
Mr. Osamu Morimoto, President of Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA) said: "My expectation is that we can enhance the international trade and bilateral collaboration between Japanese and Vietnamese companies through exhibition like this. For Japanese manufacturers, we have JIS (Japanese Industry Standard) that our suppliers should comply with, so it would be to both Japan and Vietnam's advantage if the supporting industries here can improve their efficiency to that standard."
Mr. Gary Yang, Director/ Exhibition Division of Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry said that exhibitions like these are good chances for both Taiwanese companies and Vietnamese consumers because you can find many quality products with high efficiency and competitive price.
Mr. Adam See, President of Association of Electronic Industries in Singapore (AEIS) said that "Business relationship between Singapore and Vietnam is growing, and this is very important. As the electronics industry in Singapore is quite advanced, we would like to focus on this aspect in this exhibition because it creates a really good opportunity to develop our working relationship with different countries especially with Vietnam.
Mr. Hoang Thai An, President, the Vietnam Electro – Technical Industry Association said that “METALEX and NEPCON Vietnam 2013” is an important platform for international players to build strategic networks as well as update new technology. Currently, the technologies involved in the automotive and industrial parts keep evolving and changing, the Vietnamese manufacturers need to keep themselves updated at all times and also look out for new technologies and knowledge in order to remain competitive.”
Mr.Pham Ngoc Thang, Vice President – General Secretary, Vietnam Automation Association said: “Nowadays, the manufacturing sector needs to upgrade their production line .METALEX Vietnam 2013 is a good platform for both Vietnamese and regional manufacturers and technology providers to exchange knowledge and acquire the right machinery as well as technologies to enhance the production efficiency.”
Ms. Aree Ngamsiripattanagul, Director Labor of BOI Unit for Industrial Linkage Development BUILD Unit, Thailand Board of Investment said that "On the government to government level, Thailand and Vietnam always have an excellent relationship. For Vietnam, we have studied the market and the policies for investment that could help increase the opportunity for the companies between the two countries to work together, and METALEX Vietnam is a good platform for us to learn about the local potential more.
Mr. Kamon Nakasuwan, President of Thai Tool and Die Industry Association (TDIA) said: "Currently, the profile of the supporting industries in Thailand and Vietnam and different, and the Thai companies are not well known in Vietnam yet. By organizing our exhibition here, we would like to study the market here more and establish our presence to increase cooperation between companies of the two countries."
The next edition of "METALEX Vietnam 2014" and "NEPCON Vietnam 2014" during 9-11 October 2014 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) www.metalexvietnam.com
Nam Pham