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News Release from: Reed Exhibitions (UK)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 May 2005
Nepcon attendance jumps by a third
Reed Exhibitions is celebrating a 30%-plus increase in attendance at Nepcon, with visitors travelling from all reaches of the UK with real enquiries and real budgets.
Reed Exhibitions is celebrating a 30%-plus increase in attendance at Nepcon, with visitors travelling from all reaches of the UK with real enquiries and real budgets Exhibitor numbers were also higher this year, confirming the value of the exhibition to Europe's increasingly optimistic electronic manufacturing sector
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Nepcon 2005 added powerful new content, while retaining the fundamentally successful format of previous years".
"I believe this has driven the significant increases in exhibitor and visitor numbers as well as generally higher satisfaction levels among those attending", said Chris James, Nepcon Marketing Manager.
"There was valuable knowledge available, for example in the SMART Group lead-free seminars, as well as important new product information and plenty of networking opportunities".
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"Clearly, many people from all reaches of the UK invested their time, and received the reward of making significant progress toward realising their business goals".
In all, there were 173 exhibitors at Nepcon 2005, and confirmed exhibitor numbers for 2006 have already reached 96, just three working days after the event closed.
Post-show reaction from exhibitors indicates high satisfaction levels, with some exhibitors taking important, unexpected orders.
Many have met potential new customers with significant and real requirements that should lead to confirmed orders within the near future.
"We became aware of large projects previously unknown to us", confirmed one exhibitor, Andy Kellard of Speedprint/Europlacer.
Automatic optical Inspection equipment expert Cupio also announced that it received an order for its ScanSpection AOI system during Nepcon 2005.
The customer, Altrincham-based manufacturing services company Assembly Contracts, will use ScanSpection to enhance its services for contracts ranging from high-quality medical instruments through to intrinsically safe products for hazardous environments.
Following the success of the new Nepcon formula, the exhibition now moves on to focus on its move to the NEC at Birmingham for 2006.
"Brighton, as the original Nepcon's first home, will always have special significance, but the indicators going forward are that we will need the extra facilities the NEC has to offer", said Ian Crawford, Exhibition Director for Reed Exhibitions.
"As an added benefit, Birmingham is nearer to those visitors who must travel a long way to reach Brighton, while also being served by Birmingham International Airport for visitors flying from Scotland, Ireland or further afield".
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