Dieketseng Maleke
SOUTH Africa is set to host its first international industrial expo to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre this week.
Hosted by Golden Bridge Expo South Africa, the three-day expo, which will be held until 7 December, aims to focus on industrialisation.
Exhibition portfolios include agricultural machinery, automobile and motorcycle parts and accessories, computerised numerical control (CNC) machinery, construction, decoration, and engineering machinery, hardware and tools, health and medicine, industrial equipment components, and power equipment.
Golden Bridge Expo South Africa general manager Yousuf Fa says more than 70 top industrial Chinese manufacturers and suppliers would participate in this event.
“The expo will also accommodate local companies which will present their products and will have an opportunity to link to potential overseas buyers. We expect more South African enterprises to join us in the future,” he says.
Fa says this year’s exhibitors are mainly from the Shandong and Henan provinces – both major provinces in China’s machinery and equipment-manufacturing industry.
“International exhibition is an effective platform to link the host country with the world. We believe, and we have confidence, that our South Africa International Industrial Expo contributes to economic and trading improvement in South Africa,” he says.
Small Enterprise Development Agency information officer Chumisa Majavu says the expo is a platform that will give Seda’s clients exposure.
“It will help them network and showcase their businesses,” she says. – IOL News
