Show organiser announced that Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition is now the world's largest lighting event in is terms of exhibition space

New LED Asia lighting initiative reflects strong global industry growth

Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd., organiser of the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition to be held 9 - 12 June 2011, has announced that among international trade fairs focusing only on the lighting industry, the show is now the world's largest lighting event in terms of exhibition size.

Speaking at a press conference on 24 February 2011 in Guangzhou, China, Dr Pan Wenbo, Director, Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt said: “We are proud to announce that the show has set a new record with 180,000 sqm of exhibition space, spread across 18 halls. This makes it one of the most influential lighting industry exhibitions in the world due to its large size. Already for our 2011 show we have more than 2,000 leading brand exhibitors such as ESTO Lighting (Austria), GE Lighting (USA), Osram (Germany), Philips (The Netherlands), QSSI (USA), Reggiani (Italy), Thorn (Austria) and many more. The show will also include overseas and regional pavilions from Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, the UK and USA."

The 2011 edition marks the seventh year of the joint venture co-operation between Messe Frankfurt and Guangzhou Guangya Exhibition Co., Ltd. The first year of cooperation in 2004 saw an exhibition of 55,000 sqm, spread across five halls accommodation917 exhibitors and 35,495 visitors.

"Our show is an example of how co-operating with an international partner, together with a sizeable show investment year after year, benefits the lighting industry," Dr. Pan continued. “We are totally committed to supporting the growth of China's lighting industry. We provide a sales and marketing platform for exhibitors and a forum for industry knowledge exchange. During this year's show we will organise more than 30 seminars, conferences and matchmaking opportunities that suit all levels of lighting professionals. These include special information days featuring China, Taiwan and Japan, the Lighting Design Gallery, Guangzhou international Lighting Technology Symposium, Innovation in Lighting Symposia9 and the Lightning Award Presentation."

Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt is totally committed to the exchange of industry knowledge to support the growth of China's lighting industry. For example, the close connection with the popular “Alighting” website, magazine and academy allows professional lighting engineers, designers and companies to obtain information about the latest market trends.

Commenting on the show's current achievement, Mr Huben Dun, Managing Director, Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd and Executive Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd added: “The success of our lighting exhibition is concrete proof that the joint venture model between a local and international company such as Messe Frankfurt, really does work. Our co-operation has brought together the unique expertise of each company to create a show of great influence. It reflects all sectors in Asia's dynamic lighting industry as well as being the right place in the world where exhibitors and Visitors can gain an overview of what's happening in the global lighting industry."

New LED Asia lighting initiative helps drive industry growth

The rapid growth of LED technology is opening up new and promising opportunities for the lighting industry and to support this trend, the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition has created LED Asia, a comprehensive zone dedicated to LED/OLED products.

“To support the rapid growth of LED industry,” Dr pan explained, “our 2011 show will be offering China's largest LED/OLED one-stop sourcing exhibition, covering the full spectrum from raw materials to applications. By promoting opportunities within this fast growing LED sector we are offering the platform to showcase the changing face of the traditional lighting industry. Without LED lighting, growth in the lighting industry would be much slower."

LED Asia will cover nine halls and older 80,000 sqm of exhibition space. More than 1.300 LED exhibitors have already signed up for the zone including leading international players BridgeLux (USA), Citizen (Japan), CREE (USA), Delta (Taiwan), Everlight (Taiwan), Lextar (Taiwan), Nichia (Japan), Panasonic (Japan), Rohm (Japan), Seoul Semiconductor (Korea) and Toshiba (Japan). Supporting the zone concept will be the Asia LED Lighting Symposium delivering the latest market trends and technologies.
The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition is held concurrently with Electrical Building Technology Guangzhou which supports the growing trend of eco-friendly buildings with a special focus on electrical engineering and building and home automation. Both exhibitions are part of Messe Frankfurt’s architecture and technology shows, headed by the biennial Light+BuiIding event in Frankfurt, Germany.

Group photo of speakers at the press conference (Left to right) Mr Wang Jinsui, President of the China Illuminating Engineering Society, Dr. Pan Wenbo, Director, Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt, Mr Hubert Duh, Managing Director for Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt, and Mr Chen Yansheng, President of the China Association of Lighting Industry