The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) and VDMA Machine Vision operated a joint booth at the 1st China International Machine Vision Exhibition 2006 in Shanghai. The aims of our participation at this brand new trade fair were to gain insights into the Chinese machine vision market, to establish contacts with the Chinese Machine Vision community and to represent our members at the trade fair - supplying information on machine vision technologies and suppliers. The following information was provided by Dr. Eric Qian of the VDMA Representative Office who operated the joint EMVA and VDMA Machine Vision booth.

（在上海的2006第一届中国国际机器视觉展会上， EMVA 和 VDMA机器视觉 共用一个展位。这次参展是为了了解中国的机器视觉市场现状，建立与中国机器视觉行业间的联系，并将我们企业会员所能提供的机器视觉技术和产品展示给中国的用户。以下信息由参加这次展会的VDMA办事处的Dr. Eric Qian提供。）

Date: March 22-24, 2006
Venue: Shanghai Exhibition Center
Sponsored by: Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES)
Organized by: Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society
Shanghai Tycoon Exhibition Service Company Ltd.
Beijing MagicBoum Technology Media Co., Ltd.

Facts and figures

(Please note: Information according to the Organizers)

Exhibitors: 64 exhibitors from 9 countries (Finland, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Belgium, United States, China, Hong Kong. )

Exhibition Area: 4,000 sq.m.

Visitors: 3,563 visitors
Coming from 28 provinces/municipalities of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in addition to 15 countries including Canada, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Italy, England, Korea, Algeria, Finland, Spain, Malaysia, Philippines, Sweden, Denmark, and USA.

Visitors coming from various industrial sectors:
The three most important industrial sectors were
21.1 - Electronics/Electrical Appliances
13.9 - Machine Building
10.7 - IT

Results of the exhibitor survey (based on 39 questionnaires):
61.5 of exhibitors were satisfied with the quantity of visitors
95 of exhibitors were satisfied with the quality of visitors
95 of the exhibitors were satisfied with on-site service
28 exhibitors have made reservation for booths in the next event in 2007

Testimonials of EMVA members exhibiting at the show: （EMVA参展会员的评价）

The number of enquiries we received at our booth was extremely high. There is a significant demand for machine vision knowledge and products in China. Haken Thorngren, Business Development Manager, SICK IVP

SICK VIP的Business Development Manager，Haken Thorngren说：“对我们展位的访问量非常高。中国对机器视觉知识和产品的需求量很大。”

In the medium-term we judge the Chinese market to become very attractive for us. This exhibition was a positive surprise. Jürgen Kreis, Sales Director, Industrial Optics Division, Schneider Kreuznach

Industrial Optics Division,Schneider Kreuznach的Industrial Optics Division的Sales Director， Jürgen Kreis说：“中短期内，我们认为中国市场对我们非常有吸引力，展会让我们感到惊喜。”

The upcoming MV China 2007 will be held in March 2007 at Shanghai Exhibition Center.

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