POST SHOW REPORT-DEBURRING-EXPO
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two years.” Nor is there any question
about this for Yamac Aksan, industrial
engineer and proprietor of AKS Teknik
Deburring and Marking Technologies in
Turkey: “The trade fair is exceptionally
well organised and the visitor profile
is world-class. All of the visitors come
with concrete tasks, and we’re able to
establish precisely the kind of contacts
we want. We’ll definitely be back again.”
The depth to which the subject matter
is explored at DeburringEXPO is
illustrated by the experiences of Tanja
Kanzy, marketing manager at Kullen-Koti
GmbH: “Each visitor brings a concrete
case involving a specific application
along with him, so that consultation
can begin immediately. Discussions
about how which burrs can be removed
can last as long as two hours. This is not
the case at any other trade fair and it
makes DeburringEXPO a very important
event for us.” Marcel Prößler, Optical 3D
Measuring Technology Sales at Alicona
Imaging GmbH in Austria (participating
for the second time as well), was also
enthusiastic about the depth of the
conversations: “All of the visitors are
involved with the issues of deburring
and edge rounding. As a result, we can
advise them directly about how they
can optimise their processes through
the use of our measuring technology.
We were able to generate lots of
valuable leads with companies from a
great variety of industry sectors. The
tra de fair was very good for us.”
High Levels of Satisfaction
Amongst the Visitors Too
The visitors’ reactions were also
positive. For example, the visitor survey
revealed that 85.8% were very satisfied
to satisfied with the offerings presented
at DeburringEXPO. More than 70%
would recommend the trade fair for
deburring technology and precision
surface finishing to their colleagues.
Knowledge in Demand
For nearly 30% of the visitors,
the programme offered by the
DeburringEXPO Forum influenced the
day on which they attended the event.
The presentations dealing with various
issues covering all aspects of deburring,
the production of precision surface
finishes and cleaning after deburring
were simultaneously interpreted for the
first time (German <> English). A total
of roughly 1000 visitors, including an
evidently large number of international
guests, took advantage of the expert
forum during the three trade fair days,
in order to gain in-depth knowledge
and exchange experience.
The next DeburringEXPO, which
numerous exhibitors have already
firmly scheduled in their trade fair
calendars, will take place at the
Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre from the
8th through the 10th of October, 2019.
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of valuable leads: “Visitors at our booth
came primarily from the automotive
and aviation industries, as well as from
the fields of hydraulics and pneumatics.
We know the tier 1 suppliers and the
big companies from these industry
sectors. Here at the trade fair we’ve
also been able to establish contact
with tier 2 and 3 suppliers, as well
as smaller companies, with whom
we weren’t familiar in the past. And
not only companies from Germany,
but from many other countries as
well such as Italy, France, Belgium,
Sweden, Denmark, the USA, India and
Brazil. Trade fair participation has paid
off four us and we’ll be back again in
two years.” Jessica Lacovitti from the
sales department at Italian machinery
manufacturer Tecnomacchine was
also highly satisfied: “We exhibited
at a big machine tool trade fair a few
weeks ago, but the most interesting
visitors for us are very well represented
here at DeburringEXPO. We came to
Karlsruhe with the goal of maintaining
existing customer relations, as well
as establishing contact with new
companies. We’ve been very successful
with both and we’re very pleased
that we participated at the trade fair.
I think we’ll exhibit again at the next
event in two years.” Joe Zou, Overseas
Business Contact for Guangdong HESH
Industry Technology Group Co., Ltd. in
China, achieved his trade fair goals too:
“We got to know some potential sales
partners who will make it possible for
us to export our products worldwide.
And we’ve been able to establish
contacts with potential end customers.
I’m sure we’ll exhibit at the trade fair
again.” And there’s no doubt for Adrian
Forster, Barrel Finishing Sales Manager
at Forplan AG in Switzerland, that his
company will participate at the event
in 2019 too: “Our solutions for small
parts processing met with great interest
on the part of visitors from the textiles
industry, medical engineering and the
automobile industry, as well as job-shop
processors, and they generated lots of
valuable leads. The trade fair went very
well for us and we’ll be back again in