ISC 2010 review

• Photo impressions

Facts:

Opening by and tour of the ISC with Peter Hintze, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy.
 
Strong presence of high-ranking politicians and industry representatives.
 
Improvement in all key figures compared with 2008:
 

• 266 exhibitors (plus 82%), of whom 50% came from abroad
• Doubling in exhibition space
• 22 countries (9 in 2008):
  Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, UK and USA
• 24 associations (10 in 2008) from Germany and abroad
• Considerable increase in trade visitors

International Buyers’ Day - a great success:
 

• 50 high-ranking buyers from 7 countries
• Successful opening event on “Best Value Country Sourcing”
• More than 400 B2B talks, perfect matchmaking
• B2B talks rated “very good” by exhibitors and buyers

• Companies represented by procurement managers at the ISC 2010

Program of supporting lectures delivered by international experts in the ISC Forum:
 

• Forum program 2010

Findings from ISC exhibitor survey:
 

• 92% of exhibitors give the ISC an overall rating of excellent, good or useful for their business.
• 98% of all those interviewed rated the International Buyers’ Day as good or excellent.
• 80% of exhibitors rated the lecture program in the ISC Forum as excellent, good or useful for their business.
• 96% of all those questioned say that the contacts which they established with trade visitors and other ISC exhibitors were excellent, good or useful for their business.
• 65% expect post-fair business to be good or excellent.
• 80% of ISC exhibitors intend to take part in the next ISC again.
• 90% will recommend their business partners to participate in the ISC in 2012.