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Bangkok, Thailand, 11th May 2022 – As Thailand and its surrounding ASEAN region continue to cease travel restrictions, Building Construction Technology Expo 2022 (BCT Expo 2022) - the region’s key exhibition platform for the construction industry - is all set to return to its face-to-face setting, taking place in Bangkok, Thailand from 21st September to 23rd September 2022. The return of BCT Expo 2022 after a hiatus of 2 years due to the pandemic is timely as Thailand’s construction equipment market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.34%, fueled by demands in construction, transportation and renewable energy sectors as government investments in highway, metro and airport construction projects continue to rise. Correspondingly, the building and construction material market is also seeing an increase of between 3% to 5% growth this year, as the market gets ready to re-engage and re-connect in a physical market setting during BCT Expo 2022. BCT Expo 2022 will showcase a comprehensive range of building and construction technology, digital, machinery system and equipment, and products and solutions from over 100 exhibiting companies to over 4, 000 trade visitors coming from all sectors of the building and construction industry of Thailand and the surrounding ASEAN region. In keeping with digital transformation trends, the event will continue with its theme “Towards Digitalization of the Building and Construction Industry – Are you Ready? ” with focus on digital transformation of the building and construction industry to help drive the digital acceleration changes in every aspect of architectural design, building and construction through the adoption of digital technologies. BCT Expo 2022 is also organized as a key regional knowledge exchange and networking platform for the building and construction communities to meet to share the latest technologies, updates, issues and trends through its series of interactive conferences, seminars and workshops. Organized by IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd, the event is supported by over 37 international and local organizations, such as Thailand’s Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning, Italian Trade & Investment Agency, China Council for Promotion of International Trade, Thailand Building Information Modelling Association, India BIM Association, Thailand Facility Management Association, and Thailand Contractors Association, to name a few. The event will take up over 5, 000 sq. Meters of exhibition space at the IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. This event offers local Thai and international exhibitors with the business opportunity to re-engage their markets and re-establish their market presence in a face-to-face market setting after two years hiatus. For more information, please contact Ms. Sisi Zhou Tel: +66 (0) 2833-5198 or Email at Sisiz@impact. Co. Th and visit event website at https: //bct-construction. Com/ About the organizer IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd. (“IMPACT”) is the leading exhibition organizer in Thailand. Offering a full range of services for domestic and international exhibitions, conferences, meetings and special events, IMPACT has earned a well-deserved reputation as a highly professional and reliable show manager/organizer amongst the public and private sectors. Through face-to-face and digital channels, and working hand-in-hand with international trade associations, organizers and corporations across a broad spectrum of industries, IMPACT creates environments to help you build a network of professional contacts in the course of one event. Press enquiries: IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd. Surerat Kraimanee, Senior Marketing Executive Tel: +66 (0) 2833 6336 or +66 (0) 96-515-5667 Emaill: Sureratk@impact. Co. Th

On total area of 10, 773 square meters, Korea Metal Week 2022 will be held from September 21(Wed. ) to 23(Fri. ) at Hall 3, Exhibition Center 1, KINTEX in Goyang City, S. Korea. Fastener & Wire will be shown in various exhibits as below. - Bolt / Nut Products & Equipment - Parts / Fastening Products & Subsidiary Materials for Automobile, Shipbuilding, Aviation, Machine and Construction - Wire Production & Manufacturing Also, it will concurrently be held with Press & Forging, Tools, Automobile & Machine Parts, Tube & Pipe, 3D Technology, Foundry & Die Casting, Fundamental Manufacturing Industry, Aluminum, Metal Surface Treatment & Painting, Laser & Welding, Pump Technology, Composite, Control, Measurement and Automation exhibitions. Foundation of Korea Automotive Parts Industry Promotion will organize a seminar about quality certification of Hyundai-Kia Automobile and the relevant technologies. Although COVID-19 got in the way, Korea Metal Week 2021 was successfully held with 14 categories exhibition. Tough seasons are continuing with COVID-19, and accordingly, Korea Metal Week is preparing variety of other options and events like online matching system and online seminars to overcome limits. With the subtitle ‘The New Generation of materials, parts, and machinery”, Korea Metal Week 2022 will invite experts of global automobile companies such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, etc. As keynote speakers. Also, through group invitation of their purchase department, the match-making service will be provided to the exhibitors for business meetings with O2O Business program. Korea may not be the biggest market in Asia; However, Korea Metal Week has been the best marketing place to see the trend of the latest technologies in relevant industries. For more information of participation in Korea Metal Week 2022, feel free to contact to organizer as below. Organizer: Korea Trade Fairs, Ltd. Tel) +82-2-783-8261 / Fax) +82-2-784-6810 / Email) master1@ktfairs. Com

SECON 2022 results: a 23% increase in the number of visitors and over 70% of total net space rebooked onsite for SECON 2023 SECON 2022, which took place in KINTEX, Korea from 20th to 22nd April 2022, has been successfully ended. As the 21st edition of the event this year, 291 exhibitors from 12 countries showed off their respective products and solutions, with 22,778 visitors from 13 countries, up 23% from the previous year. In particular, the event reflected expectations for a return to normal as social distancing eased due to the pandemic, and meetings were actively conducted between exhibitors and visitors to exchange a variety of products and solutions and to find new business opportunities. SECON is the only converged security exhibition in Asia that offers video security, access control, biometric security, and VPN, as well as a variety of technologies for the 4th Industrial Revolution, and diverse solutions to combat cybercrime. During this 3-day event, various conferences and symposiums provided a place for businesses to exchange the latest technology and information. In addition, there were many exhibitors displaying virtual machine bypass prevention technology or displaying malicious code response solutions by conducting dynamic analysis of malicious behavior such as ransomware that once spread greatly to social problems. Also, in preparation for possible infectious diseases such as COVID-19, many identity & access management systems equipped with functioning fever checks and visit registration were also displayed. Especially, ‘IRIS ID’, which has been unrivaled in the development and distribution of iris recognition technology, introduced various iris and face recognition products that lead the non-contact market. ‘INNODEP’, an integrated security solutions company, has teamed up with a variety of companies in the concept of digital alliance to showcase technologies that support a wide range of services in the fields of environment, transportation, and security. ‘SUPREMA’, which is leading the innovation in the access control products market, introduced the 'Unmanned Store Solution' for safe and convenient unmanned store management and the first product of the third-generation security solution, 'BioStation 3'. A Variety of Informative Conferences At SECON 2022, a variety of security-related knowledge and discussions were shared. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety held ‘e-Government Information Security Conference 2022’ to promote the excellence of e-government information protection solutions, which are evaluated to be the best in the world, and ‘Conference 2022 on Integrated CCTV Control’ for the representatives of the CCTV Integrated Control Center operated by each municipality. Moreover, the Ministry of Science and ICT held the ‘Physical Security Integrated Platform Conference 2022’, and ‘Technology Transfer Seminar of National R&D 2022’, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held ‘Security Workshop for Industrial Human Resources 2022’, the Korea Association for Aviation Security held ‘2022 7th Aviation Security Symposium’ and ‘2022 Future Aviation Security Forum’, the Korea Counter-Terrorism Industry Association held ‘Counter Terrorism Conference 2022’, and the Korean National Police Agency held ‘R&D Researchers Meeting of Korean National Police Agency’. Online business platform runs until the end of October The SECON secretariat is operating the ‘Online Business Platform’ (biz.seconexpo.com) until 31st October 2022, which enables all the online business activities such as video meetings and chat consultations, searching exhibitors, webinars, etc. Also ‘Digital Showroom’ will have been operated for the people, who were unable to attend the event, to access the relevant products, solutions, and promotional brochures of the exhibitors. Through the ‘Online Business Platform’, the SECON secretariat will maximize business opportunities between the exhibitors and domestic/international buyers. Expectations of a return to normal, over 70% of total net space rebooked onsite for SECON 2023 during 3-day event SECON 2023 will be held at KINTEX, Korea from 29th to 31st March 2023. The latest products from various fields, such as Video Surveillance, Access Control, IT Security, Social Security System, Homeland Security/Industry Security, IoT Security will be introduced at the event. It is anticipated that next year’s event will feature 25,000+ gross space, 400+ exhibitors, 25,000+ visitors, and 200+ conference and seminar tracks. With expectations for the normalization of business after the pandemic, over 70% of the total net space for SECON 2023 was contracted for three days, which proves that SECON still takes a key role as the critical trade channel in the local and overseas security market. And, as overseas travel restrictions are foreseen to be lifted, it is expected that the incoming of overseas buyers will return to the average level before the pandemic. For any inquiries, contact SECON Secretariat Contact T. +82-2-6715-5400 / E. [email protected] / www.seconexpo.com

METAL SHOW & TIB, the #1 fair in Romania for metalworking, industrial technology, and equipment, opens its doors on Wednesday, May 11th, 2022. After a 3-year break caused by the pandemic, the industry leaders and professionals will meet for 4 days (11th – 14th May) at Romexpo Bucharest, in the B2 Hall, to discuss applied products, technologies, innovations, and effective solutions to long-term business partnerships. The event is organized by EURO EXPO Fairs and Romexpo. The exhibition is attended by over 130 international companies from 11 countries (Bulgaria, China, Germany, India, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, and Slovakia), with state-of-the-art equipment and products that can be used in these sectors: v processing of sheets, pipes, and welding v chipping processing v debiting v tools v robots, automation, measurement, and control v software solutions v car industry v lubricants v surfaces processing v raw materials, materials, and semi-finished products v ventilation and filtration v electrical engineering v energy v pneumatics and hydraulics v industrial suppliers v research and development What innovations can you see at METAL SHOW & TIB 2022: v the first CMM in the world to use a delta mechanism - Extol, produced by Aberlink; v Leykom 3D printer with metal powder, unique in the world of 3D metal printing due to its wide range of applications and the ability to print 100% dense metal parts; v Markforged Metal X 3D printer, which prints everything from spare parts for industrial machines or tools to functional prototypes, made of metal; v Punch Tap, a completely new method of threading through a plunging and deformation process, which reduces the threading time by approx. 75% compared to the conventional method of thread deformation and at the same time substantially reduces energy consumption; v Blum Digilog technologies (laser systems, scanning probes, temperature sensors, bore gauges, and roughness); v the newest model of BySmart Fiber laser cutting machines and the most efficient abkant sheet metal bending press, Xpert 40; v Fiber HS G3015X laser, a completely closed equipment, with interchangeable tables for cutting sheets up to 3,000x1,500 mm; v The new fully digitized FOCUS ARC welding technique (compared to the conventional welding processes known until now, FOCUS technology concentrates the energy in the electric arc's center). Access to the exhibition is free, based on the electronic invitation downloaded from the official website www.metalshow-tib.ro/en.

According to the '2022 Domestic and International Security Industry Projection Report,' published by and , the domestic security industry will be worth (US) $5.05 billion in 2021, representing a 5.8% increase over the previous year. Furthermore, the report predicts that the security industry sector will continue to grow at a 4.5% annual rate in 2022, valuing $5.3 billion, and $5.5 billion with a 4.8% annual growth rate. Moreover, the advancement of Artificial Intelligence's application and applied area, integration of Artificial Intelligence with various sectors and industries, and increased importance of personal information protection are expected to affect the security demand to increase in 2022. As a result, the security industry is expected to be introduced to the public and international markets. Maximize the Business Opportunities through ‘Business Programmes’ SECON not only introduces new products and studies the latest security trends, but it also offers a variety of programmes for exhibitors and visitors to consult on import and export security equipment and products as a business platform. Firstly, as part of the business programme, we offer a ‘Online Business Platform’ and a ‘Consultancy Service for Overseas Operation’. Especially Online Business Platform is distinguished by a 'Digital Showroom' and an 'Online Buyers Matchmaking Meetings'. The ‘Digital Showroom’ is a specially designed area for visitors who are unable to attend the physical event to explore the related products and solutions online. Only the person who registers as a visitor through the online pre-registration page on the official event homepage. Following pre-registration, the user activates the account via a separate link provided by the platform, checks the exhibitors' information, and proposes the meetings to the selected exhibitors. Once the proposed meetings are confirmed, you will be able to attend the meetings on the scheduled date and time. The Online Business Platform will be available from 20th of April to 31st of October 2022 allowing exhibitors and buyers to continue international and domestic business activities online even after the physical event concludes. Consultancy Service for Overseas Operation is the matching programme to help local exhibitors promote their international business expansion to the developing countries. 13 public officials from 9 countries will be stationed on the exhibition for meetings with domestic companies. Useful Programmes for Visitors This year’s visitors will be able to see a ‘Demonstration of Unlocking and Quantum-resistant Encryption Communication Using Vulnerabilities in Access Control Devices’ as well as a ‘CPR Training Session’ and a ‘Eavesdropping Detection Demonstration’. During the ‘Demonstration of Unlocking and Quantum-resistant Encryption Communication Using Vulnerabilities in Access Control Devices’ session, it will be shown how the inspection for the vulnerabilities in Access Control Devices that firms use to manage the entrance of employees and outsiders is done, as well as how can it be unlocked through hacking. The 'CPR Training Session' is an important session because one can learn how to save a life by performing first aid in the event of a cardiac arrest. All attendees could learn about first aid at the experience hall, beginning with how to check the patient's consciousness, calling 911, chest compressions, artificial respiration, and so on, with instructions provided by First Aid professionals free of charge. ‘Dose Detecting Demonstration’ shows what types of dose detection devices are available, and how they detect bugging. It will also share information on how to find the hidden camera in simplest way possible, as well as other useful information. A Variety of Informative Concurrent Events At the National Research & Development Pavilion, our national representative research institutions, Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), will present various developed and developing security related technologies. K-ICT Startups Pavilion is ready to provide actual business supports to promising local ICT and Security Sector Startup in order to increase the company value and induce the company growth and take-offs. Security Awards Korea Pavilion is the place to meet the winning companies at ‘Security Award Korea 2021’ held last December. This award was established in 2018 to recognize companies that have created new value in the security sector by developing new technologies and superior products, as well as companies that have improved security competency through excellent administration and management throughout the years. SECON 2022 is that it not only introduces limited products and solutions, but it also allows people to learn about a variety of security topics through the conferences. Security professionals will be invited to give presentations on current issues and trends in the security industry. The E-government Information Security Conference 2022 will present 12 tracks, totaling 47 topics, over the course of three days, with a particular focus on the trends in the IT industry, presented by professionals from each company. Register now and do not miss the chance of experiencing cutting edge security solutions of the new post-pandemic paradigm at SECON 2022! https://www.seconexpo.com/visit For more details on the event, visit www.seconexpo.com/eng

For The 31st International Istanbul Plastics Industry Fair Plast Eurasia İstanbul Fair, organized by Tüyap in cooperation with PAGEV, is getting ready to bring everyone under one roof for the 31st time on November 23-26, 2022 in Istanbul. Plast Eurasia Istanbul Fair Hosted More Than 60 Tousand Visitors in Its 30th Anniversary The fair which exhibited by 854 companies and visited by 60.742 visitors in an area of 120 tousand square meter, witnessed important business contacts. Plast Eurasia received good marks one more time from the exhibitors and visitors by bringing together ındustry professionals. 8.971 foreign visitors from138 countries and 51.771 domestic visitors from all around the Türkiye visited the exhibiton. More tha 900 hosted buyers representing a wide geography extending from Europe to Africa came to Türkiye and met with the exhibitors. The Fair Met the Expectation of Its Exhibitors and Visitors 92% of the visitors were pleased and 95% of the exhibitors stated that they will exhibit in 2022. The exhibitors stated that the fair met their expectations in purpose of participating in the fair, such as strengthening the image of the company, introducing new products / services, gaining customers from the national and international market, strengthening existing business connections and establishing new business contacts, not falling behind in competition. The Fair Maintained Its Position as the Trade Center of Plastics Industry 35% of our visitors, whose purpose of visiting the fair is to see innovations, find new suppliers and order products at the forefront, stated that they made an order during the fair and 64% of these visitors stated that they plan to make an order after the fair. Fair visitors have high-level authorities in their companies, 21% were decision makers, 16% were senior managers and 53% were managers. 95% of the visitors who found the variety of products and services they were looking for at the fair stated that they would like to visit the fair again. The Preparations fot the 31st Edition Have Already Begun The sales od the fair, which started to collect pre-request for 23-26 November 2022 from its exhibitors during the fair, started in March. There is a great interest from the new companies which were not exhibit before as well as the ancient exhibitor companies. Companies that want to make the most of the opportunities offered by the fair have also started their preparations.

Coming SOON! INDONESIA's Most Prospect Infrastructure & Mining Event Solution 2022 Con-Mine 2022 Indonesia International Construction & Mining Machinery, Infrastructure and Technology Exhibition 2022 23 - 25 March 2022, JIExpo - Jakarta Co-locating: - Truck & Trailer Indonesia 2022 - Busworld Southeast Asia 2022 - Transport & Logistics Indonesia 2022 - Forklift Indonesia 2022 - Tyre & Rubber Indonesia 2022 Indonesia's Infrastructure and Mining Potential in 2022 Indonesia is focusing on infrastructure and social programs worth $97 bn for the next five years to rescue Southeast Asia's largest economy from the coronavirus pandemic fallout. The government plans to spend IDR 571 trillion (US$40 bn) on the period of 2020 – 2024 for the development of transport infrastructure in Jakarta by 2029. Moreover, in May 2019, the government announced their plans to invest IDR6 quadrillion (US$412 bn) to develop country's overall infrastructures which include transportation, industrial, energy and housing. And add 430GW of new power plant capacity by 2050. It is expected Indonesian construction industry to stabilize and grow at an annual average rate of 5.0 - 5.5% between 2022 and 2025, supported by investments on the development of overall infrastructures. Not only construction industry, it is expected mining investments to reach US$7.75 billion this year, where the highest projected amount is between 2015 and 2024, supported by smelter development projects. APBI (Indonesian Coal Mining Association) is optimistic that the demand and consumption of coal in 2022 will increase which will recover global economy from COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is projecting an increase in coal production to range from 637-664 million tons in 2022. Of this amount, it is estimated that the domestic industry needs 190 million tons. The rest is for the export market, which is still high. The aggressive of infrastructure and the brighter of mining sector will drive the huge demand for construction and mining equipment, technologies and services in Indonesia. Covid-19 Updates Indonesia now ranks 4th in the number of COVID-19 vaccinations in the world on January 4, 2022, after the People's Republic of China, India, and the United States. The government is targeting the national vaccination coverage of 208.2 million people to be completed in March or April 2022. And Indonesia is now ready for booster vaccination starting January 2022. Con-Mine – A Key for Construction, Infrastructure & Mining Industry Event Solutions! Con-Mine comes and provides the most significant opportunity to exhibitors for showcasing the latest products or to launch new products, educate and promote your innovation. The three-days event, taking place at the Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) on March 23 - 25, 2022 is considered one of the most important gatherings for construction and mining industry. The show will co-locate with Transport & Logistics Indonesia 2022, Truck & Trailer Indonesia 2022, Tyre & Rubber Indonesia 2022 and Forklift Indonesia 2022. For more information, please find at www.con-mine.net or contact us: PT. Global Expo Management (GEM Indonesia) Telp : +62 - 21 - 5435 8118 Email: [email protected]

The awareness of green and renewable resources is raised globally due to the environmental pollution issue. The government has more requirements for energy conservation and emission reduction in the printing and packaging industry. It seems that green printing becomes the mainstream of future development in the printing industry. At the same time, due to the influence of various factors such as the epidemic, the Internet, and Industry 4.0, market demand has profound changes and urges the transform and upgrade in packaging and printing companies. The 28th South China International Exhibition on Printing Industry (Printing South China) / The China International Exhibition on Label Printing Technology 2022 (Sino-Label) move forward to digitalization, intelligence and green, integrate printing, labeling and packaging production chain into a one-stop business platform, and help the corporate to grasp the business opportunity realizing the competitive differentiation and sustainability. Green Green Label Material Zone + Environmental Flexo Printing Zone As flexographic printing technology promotes the green concept, it has a rapid development in recent years. According to Smithers’ latest report, The Future of Flexographic Printing to 2025, the global value of flexographic printing will rise to $181.1 billion in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.6%. The expo focuses on the market hotspot with Green Label Material Zone + Environmental Flexo Printing Zone, integrates the premium flexographic machine manufacturers, innovative materials and ink suppliers, and provides sustainable solutions for the industry. Packaging Printing Environmental Zone The implementation of environmental management is significant to the government, it is also significant to cost reduction, efficiency improvement and brand competitiveness enhancement for printing and packaging companies. Printing South China and Sino-Label 2022 will invite professional suppliers in the field of environmental management to provide suggestions for printing companies in respond to environmental protection policies and exploring future development paths. Digitalization Digital Label Brand Zone Digital Label Brand Zonedemonstrates the innovative digital printing technology that presents the three major digital market of personalization, on-demand printing, and e-commerce for the industry. Intelligence Intelligent Automatic Packaging Printing Zone With the concept of “Industry 4.0” and “Made in China 2025” arise, intelligent manufacturing sets off a wave in various industries. It is an in-depth integration between information technology and manufacturing technology, a new production method running through all the production chains. It also is the key to cultivate new growth and a strategy to seize the highest position of the future market. Intelligent Automatic Packaging Printing Zone demonstrates smart factory operation in the expo, and provides the one-stop experience from pre-press to post-press during the printing process with new ideas and directions for the printing and packaging enterprises. RFID Zone Combining the IoT, big data, and RFID technology development and responding to the market needs for intelligent packaging, safety packaging, and green packaging, RFID Zone demonstrates the situation in which anti-counterfeit and tracking solutions can be applied, providing innovative solutions for the industry. Label Post-press Zone Label Post-press Zone examines the wide range of technologies and equipment, including post-press processing, cold stamping, and die-cutting machines to reduce the human labor cost and satisfy the market need for multi-functional equipment by realizing the cost-efficient production way. Besides the above-featured areas, Printing South China and Sino-Label also include theme zones like Paper Container Packaging Zone,Innovative Packaging Materials Zone,Flexible Packaging Zone,Corrugated Zone in 2022. Unprecedented Scale in the Grand Expo Printing South China and Sino-Label will be held on 4-6 March 2022 at Area A, China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, PR China, concurrently with Sino-Pack and PACKINNO. The exhibition area is expected to take up to 140,000 sq.m. with over 1,700 premium exhibitors and 90,000 professional visitors. We welcome all the industry experts to join the grand event from printing, labeling, packaging, and packaging products in food, beverages, daily chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronic appliances, and logistics industries. For more information, please visit: Website www.PrintingSouthChina.com / www.SinoLabelExpo.com Facebook: @PrintingSouthChina /@Sino-Label Twitter: @PrintingSouthChina / @SinoLabel LinkedIn: @PrintingSouthChina / @SinoLabel -End- Please send us a specimen copy if you publish this press release. Thank you. Exhibitor Enquiry Overseas - Tel: (852) 2811 8897 China - Tel: (86-755) 2354 7123/7122/7126 (86-20) 8912 8268/8283 E-mail: [email protected] Overseas Media/ Visitor Enquiries Ms. Niki Lam/ Ms. Christina Chow Tel: (852) 2516 3510/3523 E-mail: [email protected]

Bangkok, Thailand, 22 December 2021 – For the second year in a row, due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, Building Construction Technology Expo 2021 (BCT Expo 2021) was staged in a digital format from 1st to 3rd September 2021. Organized by IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd, the edition drew support from over 22 national and international organizations, such as Thailand’s Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning, Italian Trade & Investment Agency, China Council for Promotion of International Trade, Thailand Building Information Modelling Association, India BIM Association, Thailand Facility Management Association, and Thailand Contractors Association. BCT Expo 2021 bore the theme “Towards Digitalization of the Building & Construction Industry – Are you Ready?” with focus on acting as the virtual platform to drive and support digital acceleration changes in the building and construction industry through application of digital technologies. The event saw participating companies showcasing their latest solutions covering technology, digital, machinery system and equipment, that impact building and construction efficiency to over 1,650 online attendees from all sectors of the building and construction industry from over 32 countries. There were over 14 webinars with topics touching on the latest industry trends and strategies conducted by over 42 industry experts and professionals, attracting over 3000 viewership. Other online activities such as more than 129 seller-buyer business matching meetings, live video product demonstrations, and on-demand video presentations provided effective attendee and industry engagements over the 3-day event. Against the backdrop of ongoing Covid -19 restrictions, BCT Expo 2021 successfully served as an effective alternative market platform for participants to continue with their business activities in the digital sphere, especially in business, knowledge and networking exchanges. This digital platform has allowed companies to continue to do business, promote their brands, maintain customer relations, stay connected with industry peers and get updated on market trends. Moving forward in anticipation of lifting of travel restrictions in 2022, BCT Expo looks forward to resuming its original format as a face-to-face exhibition and conference that will physically take place at IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand from 15th September to 17th September 2022. As a key marketing platform and gateway into the building and construction market of Thailand and the surrounding ASEAN region, BCT Expo 2022 will take up over 5,000 sq meters of exhibition space, and offer companies with the opportunity to finally re-engage with their market and re-establish their market presence in a face-to-face market setting. Nevertheless, for international companies who may still be affected by Covid-19 restrictions by September 2022, BCT Expo 2022 will continue to offer its digital platform solutions to allow affected companies to join virtual business matching and webinar activities that will run alongside the actual physical event. For more information, please contact Ms. Sisi Zhou Tel: +66 (0) 2833-5198 or Email at [email protected] and visit event website at https://bct-construction.com/ About the organizer About Impact: IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd. (“IMPACT”) is the leading exhibition organizer in Thailand. Offering a full range of services for domestic and international exhibitions, conferences, meetings and special events, IMPACT has earned a well-deserved reputation as a highly professional and reliable show manager/organizer amongst the public and private sectors. Through face-to-face and digital channels, and working hand-in-hand with international trade associations, organizers and corporations across a broad spectrum of industries, IMPACT creates environments to help you build a network of professional contacts in the course of one event. Press enquiries: IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd. Surerat Kraimanee, Senior Marketing Executive Tel: +66 (0) 2833 6336 or +66 (0) 96-515-5667 Emaill: [email protected]

The 28th South China International Exhibition on Printing Industry (Printing South China) / The China International Exhibition on Label Printing Technology 2022 (Sino-Label) will be held on 4-6 March 2022 at Area A, China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, PR China. Success of Printing South China and Sino-Label 2021, Carry On to 2022 Being the major shows in the printing, labeling and packaging industry, Printing South China and Sino-Label 2021 were successfully concluded. Professional exhibit zones, product display, good transaction record and high-quality services were recognized by the industry. Eve Cai, HP Indigo Marketing Manager in China, said, “under the severe situation of COVID-19, it has been really a tough and challenging journey until the success of Printing South China. In this show, we displayed our first HP Flash Coffee Shop on the site, aiming to create a brand new environment in which users can immerse themselves for a better experience and get a better understanding of various applications and user scenarios of digital printing technology. This has successfully drawn attention from lots of visitors and potential customers. Once again, we would like to thank the organizers for establishing this professional platform which efficiently connects the manufacturers and customers and promotes the continuous development of the industry.” Mr. Zhu, Manager of YUTO Group Longgang Branch, was full of praise towards the exhibitions and stated, “Thanks the organizers for the well planning of the Printing South China 2021 and providing high-quality services to visiting enterprises. The 4-in-1 Expo arrangement integrated resources in a one-stop platform, initiating a new trend for the market. We have learnt about many new technologies and machines at this exhibition. We surely will join the show again next year!” Printing South China and Sino-Label will be concurrently held on 4-6 March 2022 at Area A, China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, PR China, gathering the premium printing labeling exhibitors in the one-stop sourcing platform. Printing South China Show Highlights “Smart Packaging Printing Prepares for the Future” is the theme of Printing South China, the expo features seven highlights providing exhibitors and visitors with more cutting-edge and market-dynamic equipment and technologies. Digitalization and Application showcases various solutions facilitating corporate transformation, including operation cost control, automatic production improvement, quicker response to market changes as well as company productivity enhancement. Intelligent Automatic Packaging Printingdisplays automation technology, realizes the intelligent and automatic control of equipment, improves company productivity and reduces operation cost, and embraces the development of 5G era. Paper Container Packaging Zonefollows the market trends and responses quickly to the plastic ban through integrating various paper container packaging companies to promote recycling and sustainability in the green corporate development. Innovative Packaging Materials Zonegathers premium exhibitors from the green packaging and functional packaging materials, focuses on sustainability and functionality, improves company productivity and reduces operation cost, and fulfills the needs of buyers towards packaging. Flexible Packagingconsumes fewer resources and energy compared to other formats of packaging, which reduces the cost of packaging, materials and transportation. The expo helps to maximize the value of flexible packaging by enabling enterprises to search for the appropriate techniques and machinery, breaking through the bottleneck in flexible packaging technology. Corrugated Zonegives the visitors an all-rounded full picture about the new form corrugated packaging industry, by gathering domestic well-known corrugated box equipment and consumables suppliers, displaying the most cutting-edge corrugated production equipment, and building a one-stop communication and sourcing platform for the upstream and downstream of the corrugated packaging industry chain. Green Environmental Zone follows the policy on environmental protection, helps the traditional industry in green transformation and upgrading, and promotes the recycling development. Sino-Label Show Highlights Sino-Label 2022 grows with digital, environmental and intelligent development, establishing four zones to fulfill the needs of different end-product industries including food, beverage, FMCG, logistics and medical industry. Green-Green Label Material Zone + Environmental Flexo Printing Flexographic printing with water-based ink and different green innovative materials are widely applied in the food packaging aspect, which helps the corporates to improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption. Digitalization-Digital Label Brand Zone To embrace the digital printing boom, the expo displays leading digital printing technology, fulfills the need for customization, and helps the end-product industry to get into the era of digitalization. Intelligence-RFID Zone To tap into the high potential market of RFID labels, innovative anti-counterfeit and tracking solutions are provided to the entire supply chain. Label Post-press Zone A wide range technologies and equipment, including post-press processing, detection, web guiding, die-cutting, cold stamping and waste discharging, are displayed to satisfy clients’ demand for multi-functional equipment. Automation can help improve production process and achieve technological advancement. All-rounded Industry Chain Expo of Printing, Labeling, Packaging and Packaging Products With 28-year track record, Printing South China 2022 once again joins forces with Sino-Label, Sino-Pack and PACKINNO to fully cover the industries of printing, packaging, labeling and packaging products. The exhibition area is expected to have 140,000 sq.m. with over 1,700 premium exhibitors and 90,000 professional visitors, building a resourceful one-stop business platform for the industries. Meet you in Guangzhou on 4-6 March 2022! 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