Bangkok--1 Oct--DEP The Department of Export Promotion (DEP) recently revealed its unofficial figure of sales volume and number of visitors to Bangkok Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (Bangkok RHVAC 2007) and Bangkok Electric and Electronics (Bangkok E&E 2007), held concurrently on September 12-16 at BITEC Bang-na. According to DEP, the fairs’ organizer, more than 19,000 local and foreign visitors participating in Bangkok RHVAC 2007 and Bangkok E&E 2007 throughout the 5-days show. Among those, more than 10,000 people attending the two fairs as trade visitors, while the rest were interested persons joining the fairs on the weekend 15-16 September which was opened for the public. The top five overseas visiting countries were Malaysia, India, Singapore, Japan and China. DEP’s Office of Export Planning speculated that this year’s Bangkok RHVAC would generate up to 720 million baht-worth of sales orders within a year, while Bangkok E&E is expected to produce some 30 million baht-worth of sales orders in a year. Almost 40 million baht -worth of instant sales and orders placed right there at the trade shows during the five-day event. This year’s Bangkok RHVAC drew a total of 170 companies to participate in this 5-day event, 18 out of those were overseas firms. The number of exhibitors in this year’s show is more than 10 percent increased from the previous show’ figure. Air-conditioning products occupied the largest space of exhibition with 227 booths, represented by 55 companies, while the second largest exhibiting group was refrigeration and cooling products with 130 booths from 38 firms. For Bangkok E&E, there were a total of 90 booths from 47 companies exhibiting in this year’s show — 30 booths of out those were filled up with industrial parts/accessories items, another 19 booths were taken up with home appliances. Meanwhile, a number of exhibitors have reportedly gained favorable success from participating in this year’s fair, especially in terms of having an increase in sale volume and business opportunities. Mr. Kittiphon Thiwekanont, sales and marketing manager of Ekarat Solar Co., Ltd. — the country’s very first producer and exporter of solar modules including solar cell, disclosed that the company foresees more sales volume to be produced in the near future as the company is now negotiating with new clients from Indonesia and Kuwait after having talked at Bangkok E&E fair. Mattana Iemsutha, vice president international sale and marketing, Masterkool International Co., Ltd., said that a number of overseas buyers, especially those from Middle East region, showed of their strong attention in the company’s highlight product — Masterkool cooling fans and that her company would follow up with these potential clients for future trade ties.“Bangkok RHVAC is truly a opportunity-setter event for us - it brings buyers and sellers to meet together. Personally, I do believe that Thailand could be the center of air-conditioning and refrigeration trade show in this region,” she added. On the other side, most of international buyers expressed their satisfaction on Thai goods, especially in term of their quality standard. They also admired the fairs’ organizer for raising the concept of energy-saving and environment al concerns as the fairs’ theme. Mr. Luke Vandersluis, a representative from an Australia’s firm who first visited Bangkok RHVAC 2007 to look for parts and accessories for its cooling manufacturing, said that the strong point of products made in Thailand is its high quality that meets the universal standard. He added that it’s good for Thai manufacturers to focus on employing energy-saving and environment-friendly manufacturing technology which is highly demanded in the global market at present. He added that the Bangkok RHVAC 2007 is proved to be one of the world’s leading trade shows in refrigeration and cooling industry. Apart from business activities, a number of trade seminars were also set up to update the audiences with the global market’s trend and demands as well as latest manufacturing technology. One of the highlights was a two-days international conference on green electrical products entitled ‘Thailand Electrical and Electronics Green Society 2007’ organized by Thailand’s Electrical and Electronics Institute (EEI) which was aimed at improving local E&E producers’ technical understandings of how importing countries are enforcing new regulations regarding electrical products. Bangkok RHVAC 2007 and Bangkok E&E 2007 are, by all means, considered as truly helpful business platforms that bring about greater business opportunities to local Thai manufacturers and exporters. Besides, they also served as the right venues to manifest the proven capability of Thailand’s air-conditioning, refrigeration, electrical and electronics manufacturing industries, particularly their complete quality-control standard that meets the world’s requirement. The next shows, Bangkok RHVAC 2009 and Bangkok E&E 2009, are already set up to be held on September 9-13, 2009 at BITEC Bang-na, as usual. 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