Oct 02, 2013 
NEPCON South China, which took place at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in August, is the largest, longest running electronics trade fair in South China. It is the ultimate expo for innovative, smart manufacturing solutions and a great platform from which to introduce creative products and technologies to the local and international market. The 2013 event welcomed 31,340 visitors through the show doors.
Spanning 30,000 sqm, on which more than 500 leading exhibitors from 22 countries and regions showcased their electronics manufacturing solutions, the three-day event received tens of thousands of industry elites and buyers, who assessed 1,000+ varieties of innovative electronics manufacturing equipment. Additionally, the VIP program attracted 796 Targeted Attendees (decision-makers or medium-to-high-level managers with set procurement plans) who each had significant buying power.
International SMT giants like Panasonic, FUJI, ASM, WKK, Samsung, Juki, Sony, Assembleon and Hitachi were onsite. Also present were leading printer, soldering and mounter, and test equipment manufacturers from Europe, the US, Korea and Japan. These attracted large throngs of visitors. Special announcements and new product launches included Fuji’s NXTIII, Juki’s JX-300LED, Assembléon’s AX-501, Sony’s SAXES autumn new products and many more offerings from regional and global manufacturers.
At NEPCON South China 2013, dozens of top Chinese brands such as Ridong, New Dimension Systems, Quick, Juzte, H&H Technology, Magic-Ray, HollyTech, APMTech, Mingseal Robot, Colibri Automation, Shenzhen Fujisan, Twinwin, Desen and AxxonAuto featured products like automatic visual printers, wave solder machines, reflow machines, intelligent optical inspection equipment, X-ray, high-speed dispenser machines, selective automatic spraying systems, automatic soldering robots, and refurbish workstations. These competed shoulder to shoulder with international brands.
As the country’s key electronic manufacturing center, South China represents a key market for automation application. The organizer, Reed Exhibitions, featured an Electronic Manufacturing Automation Zone on the show floor, where leading brands like ABB, USHIO, Robostar and HIWIN took center stage. ABB demonstrated its robot small parts assembly cell and small 3D gluing system, among other solutions. Industrial robot products represented a wide range of areas, including robot parts, fixtures, coordinate setting equipment, pick-and-place, motors and drives, positioning/motion platforms, control systems/PLCs, startup components, industrial cameras, light sources, sensors, machine vision, software and more.
The China Electronic Manufacturing Strategy Summit included keynotes, roundtables and Q&A sessions that explored the development of China's electronic manufacturing. The Summit considered macro and micro economic conditions. A wide range of topics were discussed, including the economic and policy environment for the country’s electronic manufacturing industry; the prospect of a global electronic manufacturing industry recovery; challenges and opportunities related to China's electronics manufacturing transformation, the smart future of China electronic manufacturing, China LED current market conditions, future trend and more. Leading authorities and industry experts gave keynotes, including Diao Shijing, Deputy Director-General, Electronic Information Department, MIIT; Gao Sumei, Deputy Director-General, Operation Monitoring Bureau, MIIT; Wang Hongzhong, Associate Research Fellow, Industrial Economic Research Department, State Council Research Center and David Lu, Senior Director, US Institute, Huawei.
Other events held concurrent to the exhibition were the SMTA South China High-Tech Meeting 2013, SAE Congress Asia, 2013 China Anti-Static Industry Summit Forum, etc. On August 28 and 29, the Electronics Manufacturing Automation Forum, the Global Intelligent Terminal Manufacturing Technology Forum, the EDN China Auto Electronics Forum and the Engineers’ Salon and SMT Community Meeting took place.
This year, NEPCON South China introduced NEPCON TV, a first-time promotional medium streaming video interviews with industry leaders. The narrowcast channel was a chance to hear directly from industry experts and gain new business insights. The organizer also launched a mobile app for the event, giving participants one-click access to all show information on-the-go. All these factors combined contributed to the tremendous success of NEPCON South China 2013!
For more information, visit www.NepconChina.com
Reed Exhibitions Greater China first began operating in China in the 1980s. After more than two decades of rapid growth, today, Reed is China’s premier organizer of definitive trade events, with eight outstanding member companies: Reed Exhibitions China, Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions, Reed Huabo Exhibitions, Reed Huaqun Exhibitions, Reed Exhibitions (Shanghai), Reed Guanghe Exhibitions, Reed Huabai Exhibitions and Reed Hongda Exhibitions.
Currently, over 500 staff from China help Reed to serve 11 specialized sectors: Electronics Manufacturing & Assembly • Machine Tools, Metalworking & Industrial Materials • Converting • Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals, Health Care, Beauty & Cosmetics • Gifts & Homeware • Auto Aftermarket • Lifestyle • Gaming • Building & Construction • Property, Travel & Publishing • Marine, Energy, Oil & Gas.
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