EQUIP AUTO 2011: Bright Prospects for the Benchmark Auto Aftermarket Show

March 22, 2011 - PRLog -- Marketing for the EQUIP AUTO 2011 exhibition, which began five months ago, is already moving forward at a brisk pace. Many key industry players are already set to return to this year's edition. To date, over 70% of total available exhibition space (100,000 square meters) has already been booked (an increase of 25% compared with 2009). In fact, booth layouts are beginning more than one month ahead of schedule.

A sure sign that EQUIP AUTO is, in fact, the benchmark event for all industry players is the return this year of numerous sector-leading industrial players, including: Continental Teves-VDO, ContiTech, Hella, Knorr Bremse, Mahle, Meritor, TI Automotive (vehicle equipment), Facom (tooling), Washtec (carwash equipment), as well as Europa and Omia (auto body painting), both participating in the Bodywork Paint Village organized under the auspices of the FFC (French Bodywork Federation). Exhibitors returning this year include such industry giants as PSA and Renault, which have both confirmed their participation.

Numerous equipment manufacturers, tooling suppliers and distribution groups that were present two years ago – an excellent year in their estimation – have renewed their confidence in the exhibition: Autodistribution, Beru-Borgwarner, Bosch, Corteco-Freudenberg, Delphi, Hutchinson, Mann+Hummel, NTN-SNR roulements, Schaeffler, Starexcel (Autolia Group), Valeo and ZF Trading.

In the diagnostics sector, Actia and Texa have also confirmed their presence. The garage equipment segment is not to be outdone since EGI Europe, Fog, Förch, KS Tool, Provac, Ravaglioli and SNA Europe will all be in attendance, as in 2009.

EQUIP AUTO 2011 is fully aware of the new ideas that are shaping the changing automotive world; it is therefore also aiming to help the industry anticipate and structure the automotive aftermarket of the future by including such upstream players as manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, subcontractors, clusters and more.

In this spirit, the second EQUIP AUTO GreenTech Forum on electromobility, initiated in 2009, will offer an opportunity to bring together key industry players and interact with them on the challenges and trends of the equipment market of the future.

About EQUIP AUTO:
The international exhibition of all equipment for all vehicles, EQUIP AUTO is now one of the key B2B events bringing together manufacturers, distributors and repairers seeking new products, services and partners. The exhibition is organized by Comexposium and its shareholder partners, the Fédération Française de la Carrosserie (FFC- French bodywork association) and the Fédération des Industries des Equipements pour Véhicules (FIEV - the French vehicle equipment manufacturers association). In 2011, the exhibition is preparing to welcome 96,000 visitors (35% of them international) and host 1,800 exhibitors all sectors combined (75% foreign companies).

For more information, please contact:
   
COMEXPOSIUM
Suzanne Aranda
Tel.: +33 (0)1 76 77 11 85
E-mail: suzanne.aranda@comexposium.com
Web: www.equipauto.com