POST SHOW REPORT-DEBURRING-EXPO
2nd DeburringEXPO Convinces
Exhibitors and Visitors with
Quality
WORLD-CLASS
LEADS AND
VALUABLE
PROJECTS
“
This trade fair is attended exclusively by expert visitors who are looking for a solution to
a deburring problem or for optimised surface finishing”
– this is the conclusion arrived at by nearly all of
the 151 exhibitors at the second DeburringEXPO from the 10th through the 12th of October, 2017. Roughly 2000 visitors from
38 countries travelled to Karlsruhe for the 2nd trade fair for deburring technology and precision surface finishing. Their technical
qualifications and high levels of decision-making authority resulted in numerous excellent leads and valuable projects for the
exhibiting companies. With more than 1000 participants, the expert forum which was held in two languages for the first time was
also one of the trade fair’s highlights.
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ith an exhibition spectrum that’s
consistently aligned to deburring,
rounding and the production of precision
surface
finishes,
DeburringEXPO
covers a range processes which are
becoming more and more important in
manufacturing. On the one hand, this
was made apparent by the number of
participating exhibitors which rose this
year to 151 (108 at the initial event in
2015), and on the other hand by the
visitors’ strong focus on the offerings
presented by the exhibiting companies.
Visitor numbers were at the same level
as for the premiere event, i.e. roughly
2000. 23% of the visitors came from
outside of Germany and journeyed
to the trade fair from a total of 38
countries. In addition Germany, the
best represented countries were
Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria,
the Netherlands and Belgium. Visitor
distribution
demonstrates
focal
points in machinery and equipment
manufacturing, automotive and vehicle
production, medical technology, tool
and die making, precision engineering
and optics.
“The issues of deburring and precision
surface finishing are becoming more
and more important for manufacturing
companies, because something is
always left behind despite all of the
optimisation measures implemented
in advance, and has to be removed”,
explains Ralf Krieger, Contract Shop
Manager Europe at Extrude Hone
GmbH. And he adds: “From our point
of view DeburringEXPO has developed
very well – we were able to establish
significantly more qualified contacts
this year than two years ago, and
they’re more international as well.”
Outstanding Atmosphere
Thanks to Highly Qualified
Visitors and High Levels of
Decision-Making Authority
Not only did the large number of visitors
contribute to strong satisfaction on the
part of the exhibitors, but rather the
high levels of decision-making authority
as well. Roughly 94% of all visitors
are involved in company investment
decisions. This made it possible to launch
numerous projects. “We presented
a new ultrasonic deburring process.
Not only was interest very strong, we
were also able to schedule sample
processing with representatives from
several companies”, reports Günter
Hiedels from project management
at Weber Ultrasonics AG. “The first
DeburringEXPO went surprisingly well
for us, and things have gotten even
better this year. We’ve fielded lots
of good leads including projects we
assume will finally lead to orders, and
that’s extremely positive”, exclaims
Jörg Nubert, managing director of
Piller Entgrattechnik GmbH. Keisuke
Kaga, Head of Europe Sales at Sugino
Machine from Japan, also reports lots
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