Vietnam, 8 July 2008 – With a powerful line up of international manufacturing showcase from Germany and Japan, MTA Vietnam2008 is more than ready to meet the demands of Vietnam's manufacturing sectors when its Hanoi edition debuts tomorrow on 9 July 2008 at the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre (VEFAC).

More than 382 exhibiting companies, of which 80 percent are from overseas, from 25 country/regions will occupy the exhibition halls, and eight international group pavilions represented by Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan to showcase high quality machine tools and technological solutions to trade visitors.

VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association)
VDW, a leading industrial association in the metalworking sector, is the voice of the German tool industry. The Association supports its members in all relevant areas within the machine tool sector - from knowledge transfer, representing their interests to legislators, authorities, client industries and the public - both in Germany and overseas.

For the first time in Vietnam, visitors to the show will get to experience modern German tool capabilities at the German group pavilion coordinated by VDW and the German Federal Government. A total of 15 German exhibiting companies will be hosted under the pavilion across 358 square metres of the exhibition floor – boasting one of the biggest foreign participation at the show. Some of the German exhibitors include TRUMPF, SIEMENS, GüEHRING and DMG – established leaders in the international manufacturing industry offering a wide scope of technological range across all processes, including metal cutting and forming machine tools, laser technology, tools, parts and accessories, and services.

"MTA Vietnam2008 is a good platform for the German companies to meet with their Vietnam counterparts and impress their customers with the products, solutions and services they bring. German machine tools stand for efficiency, precision and quality, and will make a significant contribution to the development and modernisation of Vietnam's manufacturing industry," said Mr. Christoph Miller, Project Director of VDW.

Amada Co., Ltd
Amada, established since 1946 in Japan, is engaged in the principal business of manufacturing and sales of sheet metal processing machinery, bandsaws, presses and machine tools. The Amada Group consists of 83 companies and 17 solution centres that extend throughout the world, and manufacturing bases in Japan, the U.S., France and China. Its largest amount of metalworking machinery is produced in Japan.

Amada offers a comprehensive variety of metal processing machines, peripheral equipment (such as material storage), tools, software, and consumables necessary for various “sheet metal processing” like cutting, punching holes, bending, and welding of thin material sheets. Its complete solutions, based on state-of-art technologies and research, also include maintenance and customer services that provide efficient support round the clock manufacturing operations – hence responding to the sophisticated, complex and diverse needs of different customers, and reiterating the Amada's corporate brand as the world's best “Total Metalworking Machinery Manufacturer”.

The company will exhibit and demonstrate to MTA Vietnam2008 visitors the latest sheet-metal, press and band-saw machines currently available in the market.

"Vietnam's economy is rapidly advancing and we believe that demand for Amada machinery will increase from local industries like building construction, road and shipbuilding. As a comprehensive manufacturer of metalworking machinery, we hope to capitalise on MTA Vietnam's excellent platform to serve the local industries through our wide range of integrated manufacturing solutions that extends from development and manufacturing, to sales and service," said Mr. Kazunori Kojima, Asia Strategic Promotion Group Leader, Global Strategic Integration Division, Amada Co., Ltd.

MTA Vietnam2008's Hanoi edition will provide an immense opportunity for the automotive, precision engineering, electrical, electronics and contract manufacturing sectors in Vietnam to access the latest and most relevant precision engineering and machine tool technologies. These include the latest manufacturing solutions in metal-cutting, sheet metal-cutting and metal-forming, cutting tools, test & measurement, and industrial tools & components, all aimed to boost business profit, productivity and efficiency.

"MTA Vietnam is excited to be in Hanoi for the first time, and we are ready to present to the local manufacturing sectors, quality exhibitors from all over the world," said Mr. Stephen Tan, Chief Executive of Singapore Exhibition Services, President of Allworld Exhibitions Alliance and Organiser of MTA Vietnam.

MTA Vietnam2008 in Hanoi will be held at the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre from 9 th to 12 th July 2008. The exhibition is jointly organised by Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Ltd (SES) and VCCI Exhibition Service Co Ltd. For more information, visit www.mtavietnam.com.

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