The International Exhibition on Die & Mould Technology and Equipment (Die & Mould China 2006) to Open Soon

The International Exhibition on Die & Mould Technology and Equipment (Die & Mould China 2006) to Open Soon

April 24, 2006

    SHANGHAI, China, April 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. of Shanghai
World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd. announced recently that the
International Exhibition on Die & Mould Technology and
Equipment (Die & Mould China 2006), hosted jointly by
China Die & Mould Industry Association and Shanghai
International Exhibition Co., Ltd., will be held in the
Shanghai New international Expo Center (SNIEC) from May 8
to May 12, 2006.

    Die & Mould China 2006 is sponsored by China's
Machinery Industry Federation, China Aviation Industry No.1
Group Corporation, China Electronics Corp., China Aviation
Industry No.2 Group Corporation, China South Industries
Group Corp., and China North Industries Group Corp.;
co-organized by China National Machine Tool Corporation and
China Die & Mould Industry Association (CDMA); supported
by China Aero-space Tooling Association, China Rubber
Industry Association, China Association of Automobile
Manufacturers, China Association for Mechatronics
Technology & Applications, China Heat Treatment
Association, CPPMIA and regional Die & Mould Industry
Associations in over 40 provinces, cities and regions
including Beijing, Tianjin and Guangdong.

    Features of Die & Mould China 2006: 

    I. A Record Scale 

    Occupying a show area of nearly 60,000 square meters,
Die & Mould China 2006 is 160% larger than last year's
exhibition, attracting more than 1200 exhibitors and also
maintaining its position as the World's No. 2, and Asia's
No. 1, die and mould exhibition.  Participants from 16
countries and regions bring with them a large variety of
dies and moulds, related processing equipment and products.
 

    II. High-quality Exhibits

    According to preliminary statistics, about 500 kinds of
equipment will be displayed at the exhibition.  Large
equipment, such as: machining centers and high speed
milling machines will be exhibited by more than 60
enterprises which will present their latest products.  Many
of them are internationally renowned, for example: Japanese
MAKINO, OKUMA, MAZAK, MORI SEIKI and TOSHIBA MACHINERY,
German DMG, American HASS, HARDINGE and FADAL, and Italian
FIDIA. The event also received warm response 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,
including, AGIECHARMILLES, SODICK, HEXAGON, DME, Swede
SANDVIK, Japanese TOSHIBA TOOL, DAIDO and HITACHI, German
ZEISS and SIEMENS, British LK and DELCAM, Hong Kong LUNG
KEE, and Taiwan KAOMING, HARTFORD and JOHNFORD.  In
addition, Shenyang Machine Tool (Group) Co., Ltd., the
leading and backbone machine tool maker in China will have
a great display at the exhibition by presenting its
machining center, CNC milling machine and CNC milling and
drilling machine and exchange and compete with elite
counterparts in the world.  Guilin Machine Tool Co., Ltd.
will display its machining center that is equipped with a
universal milling head and can make five-side processing. 
It has already been used by some die and mould enterprises.
 Moreover, the latest products from Beijing Machine Tool
Research Institute, Hanchuan Machine Tool Co., Ltd.,
Hangzhou Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd., Suzhou
Electromachining Machine Tool Research Institute, Shanghai
Measuring & Cutting Tool Works, Shanghai Baosteel Group
Corporation and other organizations will also be showcased
at this exhibition.  

    In view of the dies and moulds to be exhibited, the
automotive panel die manufacturers like Die Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. of FAW, Dongfeng Motor Die & Mould Co., Ltd.,
Tianjin Motor Dies Co., Ltd., Sichuan Chengfei Integration
Technology Corp. Ltd., China Push Group International Co.,
Ltd., Yuejin Motor Group Nanjing Tooling Co., Ltd., Beiqi
Foton Motor Co., Ltd. Weifang Die & Mould Plant and
Beijing BYD Die Co., Ltd., which are the major automotive
die manufacturers in China will, together with many other
automotive die companies, demonstrate China's overall
strength in automotive punch dies.  Many plastic mould
makers led by Qingdao Haier Molds Co., Ltd, precision punch
die makers led by Wuxi G.S. Precision Tool Co., Ltd., tire
mould makers led by Shenyang Radial Tire Mold Co., Ltd. and
Guangdong Greatoo Molds Inc., foundry moulds makers
represented by FAW Foundry Co., Ltd.  Foundry Mould &
Equipment Plant and Ningbo Heli Mould Co., Ltd., extrusion
die makers led by Tongling Sanjia Mould Co., Ltd. and so on
will display their representative products at the exhibition
to sketch a new picture of the Chinese die and mould
industry.  In terms of region, Guangdong and Zhejiang will
show their strengths as being powerful die and mould
provinces.  The exhibitors from these two provinces almost
occupy an entire exhibition hall.  In West China, the
exhibitors from Shaanxi and Sichuan showed great enthusiasm
toward this event and the number of exhibitors exceeds 20.

    III. Various Economic, Trade and Technological Exchange
Activities

    During the exhibition, CDMA will hold Advanced Die
& Mould Manufacturing Technology Seminar, while CDMA
Technology Committee will organize a series of activities
as it did for past exhibitions, such as, appraising the
level of exhibited die and mould products, and commenting
on the advancement of the die and mould manufacturing
technologies, equipments, tools, materials and software
reflected by the exhibition.  During the event, the
appraisal of excellent die & mould manufacturing
equipment and tool suppliers, excellent die & mould
designing and manufacturing software suppliers and
excellent die & mould material suppliers will be
conducted; the 3rd Session of the 5th CDMA Board of
Governors will be convened; China Advanced Die & Mould
Technology Seminar of the International Exhibition on Die
& Mould Technology and Equipment hosted by CDMA
Technology Committee will open on May 10, at which lectures
will be given by senior Chinese and foreign experts; the
annual conference of CDMA Technology Committee and Standard
Parts Committee will be held at the same time; 2006
Automotive Die & Mould Manufacturing Technology Seminar
jointly organized by CDMA Automobile Body Mould and
Equipment Committee and AI Automobile Industry magazine
will start on the morning of May 11.          

    Moreover, many foreign exchange activities will be
launched during the exhibition.  The Sino-German Die &
Mould Forum hosted by CDMA and organized by VDMA, DIHK and
relevant organizations will be held on May 11 where 52
automotive and die & mould makers from Germany and
other European countries, including the purchase managers
and sales managers from German Audi AG, BMW AG and so on
will be present.  CDMA will exchange and hold talks with
delegations from PMA, VDMA, KODMIC and TAGMA on matters of
common interest.  The die & mould associations from
Asian countries, including Singapore, are preparing for the
visit to China.      

    Die & Mould China 2006 will exhibit all kinds of
dies and moulds, die & mould equipment and related
products at W1, W2, W3, W4 and E1 exhibition halls of
SNIEC.  It occupies a show area of nearly 60,000m2,
attracts more than 1100 exhibitors, 160% larger than last
year's exhibition and maintains to be World No. 2 and Asia
No. 1 die and mould exhibition.
Thus far, advertisement and communication regarding this
exhibition have been made through more than 30 media
outlets more than 80 times.  Unremitting efforts will be
made to intensify publicity.  CDMA is planning to publish a
special issue for this event in MM Machineinfo and Machinist
and will also publicize the die and mould enterprises
targeting at auto parts users through Auto Shanghai hosted
by Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.    

    Advertisement on Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and
Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway has been published. 
Meanwhile, the exhibition has also set up its own website
at http://www.diemouldchina.com . 

    According to current statistics, exhibitors from over
30 countries will attend the exhibition.  It is predicted
that the audience will exceed last year's exhibition.  PMA,
VDMA, and the die and mould industry associations from Asia
including TAGMA are organizing delegations to China. 

    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.