All 2,900 booths filled at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong Oct. 12 - 15
Expansion planned for 2009 event
HONG KONG, Sept. 3 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL) China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com ) is sold out six weeks before its scheduled run Oct. 12 - 15 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. This October's show will feature over 2,900 booths of finished electronics and components from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and other Asian countries.
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"Demand for this Fair has grown every year since its launch in Shanghai in 2003. Our recent April show was 27 percent bigger than the previous year and our forthcoming show has sold out faster than ever before," said Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke. "In response to this strong interest, we plan to expand into an additional hall with a capacity of over 400 booths for our October 2009 Fair."
"Buyers visiting the Fair will see over 2,200 booths from mainland China alone. In addition, there are more than 280 booths from Hong Kong and 370 booths from Taiwan. We are also pleased to host pavilions from Korea and Taiwan," added Benecke.
Last October's Fair attracted over 30,000 buyers from 150 countries and regions. The show regularly attracts buyers from leading companies including 3M, Best Buy, Canon, Carrefour, Circuit City, Fujitsu, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Monster Cable, Motorola, Panasonic, Philips, RadioShack, Samsung Electronics, Sears Global Sourcing, Siemens, Sony, Staples, Sun Microsystems, Tesco International Sourcing and ThreeSixty Sourcing. The show will also feature special Vendor Summits and Private Buyer Meetings.
Specialized pavilions help showcase electronics & components suppliers
The Fair is organized in convenient pavilions to help buyers quickly find and compare products and suppliers:
-- Consumer Electronics
-- Digital Entertainment
-- In-car Electronics
-- Computers & Networking
-- Telecom Products & Wireless
-- Mobile Phone Products
-- VoIP & WiFi Products
-- GPS Products
-- Health & Personal Care Electronics
-- Security Products
-- Electronic Components
-- Opto-electronics
-- Power Supplies; and
-- Interconnection Technology
The October Fair is the third of four China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components shows that take place annually. New and emerging markets have become increasingly important to suppliers and the Fair has already taken place this year in Dubai, June 9-11. It will also be held by Pico Event Management (under license from Global Sources) Nov. 14 - 16 in the booming market of Mumbai, India, for the first time.
Specialized Global Sources websites, face-to-face events and trade magazines
The China Sourcing Fairs are part of the company's portfolio of brands for sourcing and product information services, which include Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ), Global Sources monthly magazines and Global Sources Direct ( http://www.GlobalSourcesDirect.com ).
For more information about Global Sources' products and services to connect quality buyers and quality suppliers, visit http://corporate.globalsources.com .
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other business segments facilitate trade from the world to Greater China, and trade within China, using Chinese-language media.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 725,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230 countries.
The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.3 million products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 27 times a year across eight cities.
Suppliers receive more than 36 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has over 2,800 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.
Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:
Camellia So
Tel: +852-2555-5021
Email: cso@globalsources.com
Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:
James W.W. Strachan
Tel: +1-480-664-8309
Email: strachan@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:
Investor Relations Department
Tel: +852-2555-4777
Email: investor@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:
Kirsten Chapman
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Email: investor@globalsources.com
