Die & Mould China 2006 Closes Successfully

Die & Mould China 2006 Closes Successfully

May 15, 2006

    SHANGHAI, China, May 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai
International Exhibition Co., Ltd. announced today that the
International Exhibition on Die & Mould Technology and
Equipment (Die & Mould China 2006), which is the
World's No. 2, and Asia's No. 1 die and mould exhibition,
closed successfully in Shanghai New international Expo
Center (SNIEC) on May 12.  More than 1,200 exhibitors from
16 countries and regions showcased their latest equipment
and products in a space covering an area of 60,000 square
meters.  

    Die & Mould China 2006 is a gala for the Chinese
Die & Mould industry, attracting attention and
participation from its peers from both home and abroad. 
The event also received warm responses from many
prestigious manufacturers of other metal cutting equipment
and precision electric processing equipment, cutting tools,
materials and software, from all parts of the world. 
Domestic manufacturers presented more Die & Mould
products in more varieties and with higher levels,
signaling that the Chinese Die & Mould industry has
risen to a new high. 

    Zhu Sendi, Executive Vice Chairman of the China
Machinery Industry Federation; Huang Guancong, Vice
Chairman of the Shanghai Committee of CPPCC; Gu Jiaqi,
Senior Vice Chairman of the CFIE; Liu Zhi, Director of the
Department of Industry Policy Under the State Development
and Reform Commission (SDRC); and Lin Yulong, Vice-Director
of SDRC Bureau of Economic Operations all participated in
the ribbon cutting for the opening ceremony. The Korean
Trade Promotion Agency, ICE, the Japanese External Trade
Organization, AMT, TAGMA, Die & Mould associations of
Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other overseas
organizations sent representatives to the opening ceremony.
 Other participants included leaders from the Ministry of
Commerce, Ministry of Information Industry, China
Electronics Corp., China South Industries Group Corp.,
China North Industries Group Corp. and heads of local Die
& Mould associations, Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co.,
Ltd. and Council for the Promotion of International Trade
Shanghai.

    Die & Mould China 2006 also organized "Day of
Auto Die & Mould," which saw Auto Die & Mould
manufacturing technology seminars and Sino-German Die &
Mould Forums being held.  Over 50 business professionals
from VDMA of the German Machinery Federation and German
Chamber of Commerce, together with some 80 enterprises
organized by China Die & Mould Industry Association
participated in the 2006 Sino-German Die & Mould Forum.
 As commented by Ruan Xueyu, academician of the Chinese
Academy of Engineering, the Forum represented the highest
level. 

    Despite May being Shanghai's rainy season, audiences
attended the exhibition with great enthusiasm.  118,723
people visited the five-day exhibition from 28 provinces,
autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the
Central Government, as well as 45 countries and regions,
including 4,523 people from overseas.  In the exhibition,
there were some 600 sets of large and middle digital
control processing and measurement equipment of various
kinds and approximately 2,000 sets of diversified die &
mould products.  The value of the exhibited products
amounted to RMB300 million.  58% of exhibits were purchased
on site with a total value of RMB175 million.  Future deals
were expected to reach RMB535 million, meaning total deals
reached RMB710 million, a growth of 24.6% year on year. 

    In the exhibition organizers invited 16 experts to
assess the technological level of the exhibited dies and
moulds and die & mould standard components.  76 sets of
dies and moulds and die & mould standard components were
granted the title of "Elite Dies and Moulds First
Prize," with 113 sets awarded "Elite Dies and
Moulds Second Prize."  Assessment was also made on the
applicants of expellant die & mould equipment and device
suppliers, expellant die & mould design and
manufacturing software providers and expellant die &
mould materials suppliers.

    About Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
(SIEC) 

    Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC) is
jointly invested by Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd.
and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade,
Shanghai.  The SIEC was founded on July 1st, 1984 with the
approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic
Cooperation and the People's Government of Shanghai
Municipality. 

    The SIEC is a full member of Union des Foires
Internationales (UFI).  The SIEC has held 500 international
exhibitions of various themes and sizes.  It also has
successfully held a number of solo exhibitions at national
level. 

    "AUTO SHANGHAI," "SHANGHAITEX,"
"CHINA CYCLE," "FASHION SHANGHAI,"
"ELE/PT COMM CHINA" are among the first eight
exhibitions approved excellent by THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
OF SHANGHAI CONVENTIONAL & EXHIBITION INDUSTRIES.

    For more information, please contact:

     Cheng Laiping, Executive Show Director
     Add:   8/F, OOCL Plaza, 841 Yan An Zhong Road,
Shanghai 200040, China
     Tel:   [phone] 
     Fax:   [phone]   
     Email: [e-mail]
     Web:   http://www.siec-ccpit.com 

SOURCE  Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.