Bangkok--5 Nov--IMPACT Exhibition Management Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 With increasing business and financial pressures, industries across Asia now see the importance of maintaining its plants, machinery and building assets. As companies focus on core business and improvement on thin operating margins, integrated facilities management is gaining prominence against a backdrop of emerging trends such as privatizations, the REIT markets, corporate restructuring, outsourcing practices, cost savings, emphasis on green platforms, etc. As building and facility owners realize the benefits of preventive maintenance instead of the traditional “use and replace” policies, there are growing interests in preventive maintenance solutions and building asset management solutions through integrated facilities management and outsourcing of non-core activities ranging from housekeeping, food services, engineering work, and energy management to an array of other soft services. It is against the above market backdrop that Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 (BMAM Expo Asia 2008) is staged in respond to the emerging market demands and interests across Asia. This international exhibition and conference event, dedicated exclusively on building maintenance and asset management industry in Asia will take place at IMPACT Exhibition and Conference Center, Bangkok, Thailand from 25th to 26th September 2008. Mr. Loy Joon How, General Manager of IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd, the organizer of this event said “Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 serves as an annual 2-day international exhibition and conference platform that will brings together all key players in the business and market under one roof. This event also acts as an educational forum for building owners and key decision makers to understand the benefits and importance of building maintenance and asset management”. Building Maintenance & Asset Management Expo Asia 2008 is conceptualized as a unique trade event “organized by the industry for the industry” with key inputs from an Advisory Committee Panel comprising key industry players such as Mr Stuart Winters (Sodexho (Thailand) Ltd.), Mr Sittidej Buddharee (ASHARE Thailand Chapter), Mr Utis Chanchenchop (Lighting & Equipment PLC.), to name a few. With strong endorsements and supports from leading industry associations such as ASHARE Thailand Chapter, Illuminating Engineering Association of Thailand, Thai Electrical & Mechanical Contractors Association, and The Building Safety Inspectors and Officers Association, BMAM Expo Asia 2008 is poised to be the largest annual gathering and dedicated market place for international suppliers to showcase their latest equipment, tools, technology and methods to a targeted maintenance professional audience from across Asia. Over 300 international exhibitors ranging from management service, product and technology providers covering maintenance management, predictive maintenance, CMMS, health & safety and property management will showcase their latest technology, equipment, products and services to a targeted visitor audience of over 2000 key engineering decision makers, maintenance professionals and building and facility owners from across Asia. Mr Stuart Winters, the Managing Director of Sodexo’s operations in Malaysia and Thailand commented, “One of the roles of the advisory committee is to provide the organizers with our industry input on creating a highly interactive series of workshops and seminars featuring tutorials, case studies, strategies, trends, technology and methods to be conducted by key industry experts that will run alongside the exhibition.” Building Maintenance & Asset Management Asia Expo 2008 provides exhibitors with the most cost effective “face to face” marketing platform to meet and reach out to a targeted client audience from the entire spectrum of the industry across Asia and also to showcase their technology, products and services to Asian key decision makers. For more details on Building Maintenance & Asset Management Asia Expo 2008, please visit www.maintenance-asia.com For more information, please contact: Ms. Fine Charernsook IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd. (Thailand) 99 Popular Road, Banmai Subdistrict, Pakkred District, Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand. Tel: +66 (0) 2833-5120 Fax: +66 (0) 2833-5127-9 E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Steven Chwee CMC Exhibition Services Pte Ltd. (Singapore) 9 Temasek Boulevard, #19-05 Suntec City Tower, Singapore 038989 Tel: +65 68380216 Fax: +65 68380213 E-mail: [email protected]