Youzhi Chen, Vice General Manager, Environmental Remediation Department, New World Environmental Service Group, China: "Endowed with the gene of IFAT in Munich, IE expo is very professional in regard to its size, the participating countries, the design of the exhibition area and the supporting conferences. The trade show is very attractive to the industry and Shanghai is also an advantageous venue. In general, there were a lot of visitors these three days and we had in-depth discussions. I hope that IE expo will not only serve as a trade platform, but also support extending a positive attitude to the society and help rising awareness of environmental protection knowledge."
Pascal Devynck, Sales and Marketing Director, HYDREKA, France:
"This was our first participation in IE expo and we came almost with no expectations, but in the end we are very satisfied with the outcome. We wanted to discover the Chinese market and our possibilities here – we definitely met our goals. IE expo offered HYDREKA an ideal platform."
Zhaozheng Gu, Head of Sales for Compressors, Piller BC Shanghai Ltd., Germany: "For Piller, IE expo is the most important trade show, so we increased our investment in the exhibition and expanded our booth. We are very satisfied with the visitor quality – we received a lot of potential customers who also expressed strong interest in ordering."
Rüdiger Heidebrecht (Dipl.-Ing.), Head of Department, Training & International Cooperation, German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste, Germany: "This year the German pavilion was by far the largest ever joint presentation of German companies in the history of IE expo. Although many companies already have subsidiaries in China, they still like to exhibit at the German pavilion, as this represents a seal of quality and is very much in demand. This was evident, too, in the fact that already by the second day some of our exhibitors were running short of brochures and having to get more printed. From my experience, I can say without doubt that IE expo is for China what IFAT is for Germany – the leading trade fair for environmental technology."
Cobain Jiang, Key Account Manager, Calgon Carbon Co., Ltd., US:
"We met dozens of new accounts with big business potential and therefore we are very satisfied with IE expo – we plan to participate again in 2015."
Chong Kit Lee, Marketing Services Manager Asia Pacific, Sulzer Pumps Wastewater Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Switzerland:
"I do believe that IE expo is the best, most professional trade show in the water and sewage treatment market. Compared to the past few years, the visitor quality this year is even better. We saw a lot of target customers like business owners, design institutes and general contractors, and they all expressed strong willingness to cooperate. I hope IE expo can organize similar shows in other places in the future – We will continue to participate in it."
Zhong-Lie Li, Sales Manager, Shanghai TAP Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea:
"We participate in IE expo every year and compared to other cities, Shanghai has an energetic conference atmosphere. Although the majority of the visitors come from China, every year more international – especially European – visitors attend the show. We met all our expected clients and are very satisfied with the results of IE expo 2014."
Riccardo Marastoni, Sales Manager, Suzhou Rovatti Pumps Co., Ltd, Italy:
"IE expo 2014 was better than the shows before in terms of quantity and quality of the visitors. We feel that the Chinese mentality is changing very fast."
Niankai Qu, General Manager, Shanghai Centrifuge Institute Co., Ltd., China:
"We participate in IE expo every year and the results of 2014 are again very impressive. The trade fair provides a very good platform and that is why we expanded our booth to better serve the potential customers with our latest technologies. We will definitely be at the show again in 2015."
Guanping Ren, Secretary-General, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, China:
"What I feel was best about this year’s edition of the trade fair is the impressive popularity: is both an exhibition and a communication platform, which significantly improves the quality of the trade show. In terms of exhibitors, those from the air pollution control and site
remediation industries got an obvious increase and this is a clear reflection of the current focus of the environmental industry in China. It is safe to say that IE expo has become China’s biggest and most comprehensive and professional trade show for environmental technology."
Christian Rotthaus, General Manager, Oilex GmbH, Germany:
"Sensational! We are more than happy with the outcome of IE expo. Oilex is a young company with a new product that has not been available on the market in this form before.
And for us it was clear that we just had to present this product to the Chinese market. So,we selected IE expo and that has proved to be the right decision. Environmental protection is a mega trend in China and this has been reflected in the quantity and the quality of the visitors who came to our booth. We are absolutely satisfied with the event and we want to come back again in 2015."
Tim Shuttleworth, President & CEO, Eriez Magnetics (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., US:
"IE expo is improving every year – here we can meet our existing customers and also target new ones. Taking part in IE expo offers the possibility of expanding our market and building up the company’s brand. In addition, we attended the forum as a speaker and I think it provided us with a good opportunity to present our new technologies and facilities to a wide range of visitors."
Peter Stamm, Board Member, German Water Partnership, Germany:
"GWP is making a valuable contribution to the success of IE expo as regards cooperation between Germany and China in the field of water and energy. In particular, there is demand for German systems expertise, German experience and quality sustainable solutions from Germany. Our presentations during the forum were very well attended and that confirms the interest there is in integrated expertise. We will be further expanding the cooperation in water management in China and using IE expo as an excellent platform."
Jan Talkenberger, Manager International Sales, BINDER GmbH, Germany:
"This year again we have seen that IE expo is one of the most important, if not the most important environmental technology trade show in China: The quantity, but above all the quality of the visitors was unexpectedly high – we are most positively surprised. Particularly amazing, we found, was the fact that many visitors came specifically to IE expo to meet us at our booth. For BINDER therefore, being back here again in Shanghai in 2015 is a must."
Bing Wang, Chairman of the Board, Tianyi Group, China:
"The number of exhibitors and visitors is clearly on the rise this year, showing a growing influence of IE expo. We met a lot of potential buyers and had foreign customers visiting
us, like those from Israel, France and Japan."
Yibo Wen, Chairman, China Environment Service Industry Association, China:
"IE expo in general is very professional and comprehensive – hardly any other trade show in Asia can compete it in these aspects."
Tobias Werz, Vice President, EISENMANN (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Germany:
"It’s not just the high footfall we had at our booth, or the excellent quality of the visitors – in addition to that we had a number of very promising talks about specific projects that are coming up. This has shown us once again that IE expo is very much a platform at which EISENMANN just has to present itself. Next year we might even try out a new booth concept, but whatever happens, we will definitely be back again at IE expo."
Yucong Yang, Assistant Manager, Domestic Market Department, Chinaust Group, China:
"IE expo is one of the leading trade shows in China and the biggest professional trade show for this industry – and it is improving further every year. The national pavilions clearly
brought more technological exchange and opportunities for good knowledge-transfer. In this regard, IE expo is able to attract professional visitors from all over the world."
Lianbi Zhou, Director, Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, China:
"The conferences of IE expo were great – I feel that this year’s supporting program attracted many more visitors. This may follow from the interesting discussion topics,
including national policies, recycling, energy conversion and new treatment technologies, as well as the high-ranking international speakers from famous universities and leading associations."
Zhenxin Zhu, Commercial Director, H.E.P.T. CO. LTD., Italy:
"Therearea lotofenvironmentaltradeshowsinChina,however,IE expo is theonlyone we chose afterconsideration ofexhibitornumbers,typesand levels,aswell as the exhibition organization.Further,thesupportingconferencesmade it easierforustoshare ourtechnologieswith representativesfromthegovernmentandcustomers–that isgood forthedevelopmentofthe industry."
