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| Control - The International Trade Fair for Quality Assurance When the doors open at the Sinsheim Exhibition Centre on 8 May 2007 for the 21st CONTROL, international trade fair for quality assurance, a turning point will be heralded in for many insiders in a number of respects. Because for faithful return exhibitors as well as first-time companies, for the large numbers of visitors and last but not least for trade fair promoter Paul E. Schall, CONTROL's growth and developmental phase which has been crowned with continuing success will come to a preliminary conclusion at its current venue – and this at a time when many industrial enterprises are more inclined to make new investments than they have been for a long time. But for the time being, quality assurance issues will once again prevail in Sinsheim on roughly 430, 000 square feet of exhibition floor space, and will attract more exhibitors and expert visitors than ever before in the year after the event's 20th anniversary, i.e. at the 21st CONTROL. And according to CONTROL project manager Gitta Schlaak, the chances that this will happen are quite good – not only due to the good economic situation, but rather with regard to participation of foreign and domestic companies as well. Now that pavilion 5, which accommodated the MICROSYS trade fair in recent years, will once again be made available to CONTROL, more than 800 companies will occupy the six entirely booked out pavilions at the Sinsheim Exhibition Centre. With 430, 000 square feet, booked overall floor space already exceeds last year's figure and Gitta Schlaak is not only able to report on increasing visitor numbers, but rather a significant increase in occupied floor space as well. The importance placed upon the leading trade fair at the worldwide level is above all demonstrated by the fact that, as indicated in recent reports, exhibitors will be on hand from all over the world, and to an ever greater extent from Asia. This will be emphasised once again by participation of South Korean companies for the first time in 2007. As a consequence of continuing globalisation of production processes, competitors from the Far East are investing more and more in transplants to Europe, in order to be able to penetrate demanding European markets and win over customers with quality made in Europe. All of the well known quality criteria necessitate investments in QA, for which reason Korean and Indian suppliers are attracted by good business opportunities in Europe, as well as in their respective domestic markets. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |