International trade shows

Electrical Apparatus, May 2007

A busy summer overseas

Trade shows dealing with electrical and electronics manufacturing and technology are scheduled for a number of locations beginning in mid-2007. They include:

* July 24-26, Australia's Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre will host Electrix, displaying the latest in electrical accessories, switchgear, lighting, and energy-saving building technologies. Among the attendees will be electrical contractors and engineers, plant engineers, utility representatives and regulators, communications technicians, and manufacturers. The organizer: Diversified Business Communications, 121 Free St., P.O. Box 7437, Portland, Me. 04112; (207) 842-5500.

* Taking place July 27-29 in Hyderabad, India, at the People's Plaza on Necklace Rd., will be Electrical Expo and Electronics Expo 2007. Between them, the shows will highlight computer and control equipment, large and small appliances, automotive and industrial electronics, medical and information technology, alternative energy apparatus, and electric power apparatus. Organizing both events is Villart Expositions, 6-3-344/A. Cupid Curve Complex, Road #1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India; phone (9I )-(40)-32959995.

* Continuing around the Pacific Basin, Aug. 23-24 will bring EDA & Test Taiwan, at the Taipei International Convention Center in Taipei. Taiwan. Visitors are expected to be technologists involved in design and test of integrated circuit systems and components, printed circuit boards, memory generators, measurement and testing equipment, and industrial controllers. The organizer is Global Sources, Hong Kong, 20/F, Vita tower, 29 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, China (Hong Kong SAR); phone (852)-(2)-8l997308.

* And in mainland China. Aug. 28-31 will bring Electronics Manufacturing Technology South China, at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. Featured will be fast-growing segments of electronics manufacturing, including test and measurement. Visitors are expected to be plant managers, design/packaging specialists, production and assembly technicians, researchers, engineers, inspectors, and test personnel. The organizer: Reed Exhibitions China Head Office, Unit 4-5, Level 12, Office Tower E1, The Towers, Oriental Plaza, No. 1, East Chang An Ave., Dong Cheng District, Beijing, China; phone (86)-(10)-851890707.

* At the same time, Aug. 28-30, back in Australia, at the Sydney Showground in Sydney Olympic Park, the Austronics show is scheduled to be "Australia's leading exhibition for the electronics industry." Visitors will see developments in printed circuit board technology; data acquisition; instrumentation; sensors, surface mounting, and microsystems; test and measurement; wire and cable; and research and development. Organi/.er: Diversified Business Communications, 121 Free St., P.O. Box 7437, Portland, Me.; (207) 842-5500.

Moving on into September takes us into the Western world:

* Sept. 5-7, at the Exhibition Center Odessa Home, Ukraine: Electronics & Power Engineering will present exhibits of bus components and cable, computer and communications technology, industrial equipment and accessories, control apparatus, lighting, enclosures, PLC's, and much else, of interest to electrical contractors and engineers, equipment manufacturers, electrical inspectors, wholesalers, plant engineering staff, and government regulators. For details, contact: Exhibition Technologies Centre, Per. Sabasnsky 1, App. 10, Odessa, Ukraine; phone (38)-(482)-372936/372869/210590.

* Not far away will be Eltech, at the International Fair Plovdiv, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 24-29. First held in 2004, Eltech highlights ongoing electrical, electronics, communications, and data processing developments in Eastern Europe. It is being held concurrently with several other international fairs involving chemical, machinery, and automotive industries. Organi/.er is International Fair Plovdiv, 37 Tzar Boris III-Obedinitel Blvd., Plovdiv, Bulgaria: phone (359)-(32)-902000.

* And in Russia, Enelexpo will take place Sept. 25-27 at the Sokolniki Culture & Exhibition Centre in Moscow, concurrently with GasSUF Expo. Exhibits will deal with electric machines, electromechanical systems and devices, energysaving technologies, instrumentation, lighting, alternative electric energy sources, electrical insulation, appliances, and repair and retrofitting of industrial electrical equipment. Expected visitors will be electric utility generation technologists, energy service providers, power industry equipment manufacturers, project developers, fuel suppliers, and government energy departments. Organizer: MVK. Holding Co., Mikluho-Maklaya St., 22, Moscow, Russia; phone (7)-(95)-9950595.

* Eltefa Expo is scheduled for Sept. 2628 at Messe Stuttgart, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Expected to "set the standards for the future," Eltefa Expo will feature energy services products and suppliers, power generation both utility and nonutility, genset suppliers, fuel handling equipment, turbine auxiliaries, testing equipment and tools, boiler/combustion systems, and data processing. Organizer is Messe Stuttgart International, Am Kochenhof 16, 70192 Stuttgart, Germany; phone (7H10-25890.