T he exhibition market in our country continues to grow confirms Anbu Varathan These increases can be at tributed to the rise in of GNP analy ses the CEO of Bangalore International Exhi bition Centre BIEC Consumer spending has risen and trade has improved too The government s efforts to make foreign direct investment easier is welcomed by Anbu Varathan as a positive signal for the exhibi tion industry After all this will stimulate in dustrial production Together with the state initiative Make in India investments have been made in diverse sectors he explains among them in defence automobiles and railways Since exhibitions are an ideal platform for the presentation and procurement of products and technologies new events have been initiated in a variety of industries Thanks to the good economic climate foreign organisers are discovering the potential of the Indian market emphasises Anbu Varathan New exhibition centres are also being planned in the Tier II and Tier III cities the second and third ranked urban centres These new venues are currently in different phases of implementation observes Anbu Varathan All these developments should help the Indian exhibition industry to expand by about ten per cent by the end of 2016 forecasts the head of BIEC Anbu Varathan believes the Bangalore In ternational Exhibition Centre to be well equipped especially as concerns attracting promising guest events Exhibition organis ers are always looking for the best infrastruc ture he argues In the same breath he con firms that Bangalore is blessed in this re spect on a national comparison Bangalore is regarded as the Silicon Valley of India Not just the flourishing IT industry but also man ufacturing offers opportunities This all cre ates fertile conditions for B2B exhibitions Even just a decade ago large events were al most exclusively held in Mumbai or Delhi says Anbu Varathan looking back Since we have begun operating our modern exhibition venue we can fulfil the needs of such events Guest events in BIEC such as Elec tronica India Didac India Busworld or Alu cast are evolving positively Every year they add new segments 2017 promises to be a good year It will be kicked off in BIEC with Pravasi Bharatiya Divas organised by the Ministry of External Affairs The event will celebrate the contri bution made by the Indian community abroad to the development of its homeland on 9 January the date when Mahatma Gand hi returned to India in 1915 Shortly after wards Imtex will open the flagship of the machine tool association IMTMA which op erates BIEC The exhibition for metal cutting machines will begin at the end of January together with the machine tool event Tooltech Then a new additional exhibi tion hall with a further 17 500 sq meters will become avail able It will allow us to host even larger exhibitions and pro vide exhibitors with the possibil ity of expanding their space comments Anbu Varathan www biec in PB 50 TradeFairs Internation al 5 2016 INDIA The climate is exhibition friendly Its growth rate of 7 8 per cent earned India the epithet of fastest growing trade fair market in Asia from the global association of the exhibition industry UFI last year Yet that is not the end of the story INTERNATIONAL Die indische Messewirt schaft dürfte bis Ende 2016 um etwa zehn Prozent zulegen sagt BIEC Chef Anbu Varathan l The Indian trade fair indus try ought to post gains of approx ten per cent by the end of 2016 says BIEC CEO Anbu Varathan l Ph ot o B IE C

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