8,950 Attendants Vietnam Manufacturing Expo Empower Vietnamese industrialists Leap forward with confidence
Mr. Duangdej Yuaikwarmdee, Deputy Managing Director and General Manager Vietnam of Reed Tradex Co., Ltd. said that the shows closed with a great success and were warmly welcomed by the total number of 8,950 trade buyers both local and overseas from 25 countries namely Australia, Brunei, China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, Reunion Island, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam and Western Samoa discovered leading-edge technologies by 6 national pavilions and 200 brands from 20 countries that they sought along with quality parts for manufacturing and electronics industries from Vietnamese and Thai suppliers to showcase top brands of machine tools, metalworking, and electronics manufacturing technologies and with cooperation from Hanoi Trade and Promotion Center, with support from Hanoi People’s Committee who bring over 70 Vietnamese parts manufacturers exhibiting industrial parts in “Industrial Components & Subcontracting Vietnam 2014”. And leading brands with best technologies in machine tools, sheet metalworking, welding, robot in “The Stars of Technology Pavilion”. The second edition of “Engineer Master Class,” multi-session course on skill, HR, and technology management to develop a rewarding career path for engineers. As well as for highlight activity for The Koma Taisen batlle made a first ASEAN debut with 16 companies in Vietnam who put their best “in-house” manufacturing technologies to craft spintops to win over competitors and the winner of this tournament was from Leo Electronics Vietnam. will go to join the tournament in Japan.
Mr. Do Thang Hai, Vice Minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade said that “Vietnam Manufacturing Expo and Industrial Components and Subcontracting Vietnam represent a great opportunity to help Hanoi supporting industries in general and Vietnam in particular to have more opportunities to approach importers from Japan, Korea, ASEAN and countries around the world, as well as help for Vietnam's enterprises access to machinery technology, advanced equipment, modern management level and improve production management and trading.”
Mr. Nguyen Van Suu, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee said that “The co-location of Vietnam Manufacturing Expo and Industrial Components and Subcontracting Vietnam will be a good opportunity for supporting industry companies in Hanoi and the provinces in the northern region to meet, upgrade capability, network and expand investment in order to increase the trade value with partners not only from Japan but also from other countries in the ASEAN as well as around the world. ICS Vietnam 2014 is not only connected but also offer business opportunity for Vietnam's industrial manufacturers to learn the new technology to improve productivity, collect new knowledge, new ideas in manufacturing to create products with higher value in the global value chain.”
Ms. Dao Thu Vinh, Deputy Director of Hanoi Industry and Trade Department said that “This exhibition is very different from the others because of its two-dimensional characteristic, meaning that an exhibitor could be both a supplier and a buyer. It gives a big opportunity to Vietnamese companies to learn more and improve themselves. It also helps us achieve the goal of developing the supporting industries in Hanoi.”
Mr. Atsusuke Kawada, Chief Representative – Hanoi Representative Office of Japan External Trade Organization said that “With the exhibitions organized by Reed Tradex, Japanese companies can know more Vietnamese partners as well as about Vietnamese industry. In addition, JETRO also do thorough research and valuation to publish a booklet of 150 Vietnamese excellent manufacturers in supporting industry every year. From there the businesses are promoted and they can contact to establish partnerships. In 5 to 10 years, big manufacturers such as Toyota, Honda, etc. will be able to increase the procurement ratio and switch the supporting supplies to local companies.”
Mr. Sompong Darasrisak, Senior Professional Level of Investment Promotion Officer BOI Unit for Industrial Linkage Development (BUILD), Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) said that “With successful outcome from previous edition, our members join the show again this year to expand their businesses to Vietnam through high quality industrial parts made from metal, plastics and rubber for automotive, electronics. Moreover, we organize Business Matchmaking service to enable direct interactions between Thai manufacturers and Vietnamese sellers.”
Ms. Paiyada Hanchaisuksakul, Director of The Small and Medium Industrial Institute (SMI), The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said that “Vietnam is the country we believe in the potential so we decided to bring our qualified members to join this exhibition with supports from Department of International Trade Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and The Small and Medium Industrial Institute, The Federation of Thai to enable Thai SMEs to expand their market here. For Vietnamese industrialists seeking high quality mold & die, subcontracting and machinery services, you are invited to visit our technology providers in Thailand Pavilion to develop win-win opportunities and fine tune with Thai technology providers to source the best technologies to serve your industrial requirements. ”
Mr. Yong Tze Kang, Senior Executive, Global Business Group of Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) said that “SMF brings here the best in machinery and technologies from Singapore. We aim to showcase the initiatives of our exhibiting companies, and how our solutions are designed to address the specific needs of manufacturing.”
Mr. Eric Lin, Executive / Exhibition Division of Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) said that “Our members exhibit quality Machine Tools to help drive the growth of Vietnamese industrial community while gaining new opportunities and sales leads at this show.”
Mr. Kazuhiro Funabashi, Managing Director of Goko Spring Vietnam Co., Ltd. said that “Koma Tasen motivates companies to create koma to take part in spintops battles. It will be a good opportunity for manufacturing industry to show and promote their professional skills. That is the challenge but also enjoyment of the process of making the spintop. This battle appeals companies and also visitors who are interested in Monozukuri (Japanese style manufacturing processes). Specially, I think it will inspire technology students to study deeper into Monozukuri. The winner will go to Japan to battle and thus will feel more clearly about Monozukuri. I also expect that next Koma Taisen will attract more contestants from students and local teams.”
“Vietnam Manufacturing Expo 2015 (VME)” Vietnam's Leading Exhinition on Machine Tools, Technologies, and Automation for Mold & Die, Auto Parts, and Plastic Packaging Manufacturing, will be held again during 26 – 28 August 2015 at I.C.E. Hanoi (Cung Van Hoa), 91 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hanoi, Vietnam. to continually promote the growth of metalworking, electronics and supporting industries. For more info : www.vietnammanufacturigngexpo.com