“Agfa has been known for its films but with the emergence of digital era, our brand has also evolved with prevailing trends to offering different digital printing products. This year we are promoting our UV ink-jet printing machine at this fair. Our UV ink-jet printing is very unique as this technology is material-independent -- it can be applied on many different surfaces, thus suitable for various industries including interior decoration. This technology is also more cost-effective than traditional screen-printing as nowadays products used in the printing and construction industries are made in many styles but in small quantities. It is encouraging that many buyers show interest and we are getting a lot of enquiries from this fair.”
Mr. Ronald Lai, Sales Director/Industrial Inkjet, Agfa Graphics, China & Hong Kong, Agfa Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong

“Stoll Giroflex AG offers a large selection of swiss-made chairs and seats for all purposes: swivel chairs, conference chairs, visitor’s chairs, stools, seating groups and special chairs for office, industry and residential use. Our office chairs have received numerous awards and global recognition over the years for the excellence of their design, ergonomics, materials and workmanship, and we focus to promote our office chairs here for our debut show. At present our major market is Switzerland and we are looking at opening up the Asia market, which we believe, has great potential. This fair allow us to meet more buyers from the region who are interested in high quality office chairs as well as keeps us abreast of the latest market direction in Asia.”
Mr. Marco Schlenker, Area Sales Manager, Sales International, Stoll Giroflex AG, Switzerland

“Our mother company manufactures IC for the electronics industry and it has branched out recently, diversifying into imaging products. We are promoting at this fair our own face-recognition system under the brand ‘Century Vision’, as well as showcasing the IP camera of the German brand Basler of which we are their China agent. Weltronics has just been incorporated for a year and we have chosen to exhibit at this fair; it has indeed helped us to increase our exposure and get acquainted with buyers in targeted industries. So far we have received good feedback from buyers as many of them are impressed by the advanced technology of our face-recognition system, specifically in terms of its speed and accuracy, as well as its wide application.”
Mr. Joe Chan, Sales Manager, Weltronics Imaging Technology Limited, Hong Kong

“Fai Po Gem used to manufacture gem jewellery but has changed to focus on construction material since 4 years ago. We have expanded our market through taking part in various trade fairs and now we have established our market footholds in the US, Europe and the Middle East, working with developers, construction companies and designer houses there. This is the 2^nd time we are at this fair, we are coming back as we were able to make successful deals with some Middle East and Hong Kong buyers whom we met here last year. This year, our gem tiles have also attracted some potential buyers from Italy and the Middle East, among them are design companies working on five-star hotel projects.”
Mr. Jeffery Chen, Manager, Fai Po Gem (H.K.) Co Ltd, Hong Kong

“We are the principal distributor of Sunbrella Fabrics in South East Asia through our network of regional offices. We specialise in designing, making, and sewing in our own factories and textile products suitable for indoor and outdoor environments for both domestic and hospitality industry applications. We are exhibiting at this fair to look for customers from the local market. At present our customers here encompass club houses and residential estates as well as hotels. Though the Sunbrella brand is already quite well-known in the industry, we still place outdoor advertisements, as well as take part in trade exhibitions to remind buyers of our presence in the business. It also gives us a nice surprise that many of the enquiries are coming from the exhibitors here.”
Mr. Dick Sze, Sales Executive, B. Van Zuiden (Asia) Limited, Hong Kong

“We are a high-end furniture supplier which provides high quality indoor and outdoor furniture from different parts of the world, though our strength is in the latter. At present we are exporting to the US, Europe, the South Asia, as well as working on residential projects in Hong Kong. We are getting very good response from this fair, receiving enquiries from worldwide buyers including those from the US and South America. Many of these visitors are attracted by our quality and design concepts. They made comments on our products as being ‘innovative and of good quality’. We are looking forward to meeting with some more potential customers from the Middle East in the coming two days.”
Mr. Clive Chan, CEO, BRU Creations & Productions Limited, Hong Kong

“I am exploring different bathroom and kitchen products as well as wardrobe accessories. There are a number of exhibitors showcasing products which fit our range and among them are some nice quality bathroom and vanity shelf cabinets in stainless steel but with wood grain pattern. One of the exhibitors also displays some multi panel which is light and waterproof – excellent for the al-fresco kitchen that is popular in Australia.”
Mr. Elvio DiZane, Group Managing Director, Barry’s The Home Improvers, Australia

“This is the first time we come to visit this fair and I am looking for block levelers which are in huge demand because of the extensive building constructions going on in our region. I’ve already spotted some suppliers here with good potential. We used to import this from the Western countries but are finding it too costly in transportation.

We are also exploring other construction tools like the repair clamp. It is notable that since the financial crisis, UAE customers are pushing their consultants of construction projects to source from Asia. It has become much more expensive to use imported products from the US and Europe as the Euro currency is getting higher and higher. We therefore are looking at sourcing from Asia. ”
Mr. Naseer Mohamed, Marketing Manager, Tehamah Trading Est., UAE

“In the past we have been importing our furniture from Italy and Spain. As the price of these European imports is quite high, our sales has dropped since the financial crisis. In the last few months the economy is picking up but customers are looking for lower-price items, so we’ve started to import products from the Chinese mainland as an alternative.

I am here to look for good quality furniture, with items like sofas, chairs, marble-top table and table with glass top of modern classic styles. China-made furniture is getting popular in our place, and we are proud to sell them as their quality is of good standard. This fair is important to me in offering a glimpse of what are offered in the Asia market.”
Tomasz Dabrowski, D Kwadrat, Poland

“We are here to source building material, hardware tools, as well as energy-saving products such as solar panel. Energy-saving products are getting more and more popular in Australia; not only are they used in rural areas, more people in the city are using solar- or wind-empowered energy. So I believe these products will generate increasing demand in the coming future. It is great to see a wide variety on display at this fair from which we can source from!”
Ms. Gillian Birch, The Old Queenslander, Australia

“This time we are looking for aluminum composite board, yet we are also open to other interesting products as we want to expand our product range. There are quite a lot which we can look into at this fair.”
Ms.Vickey Houng, Operation Director, Greenteam Global Co., Ltd., Taiwan

“This is our first time here and I am also interested to explore anything that can be incorporated into the latest building design. On top of sourcing new products, I can also keep up with the latest trends of the building and construction industry at this trade fair.”
Mr. Edison Yu, owner of Mountain View Satellite, The Philippines