Exhibitors and organisers are highly satisfied with first InfoComm India.

Re-bookings for next year’s event already exceed this year’s size.

Mumbai Oct 7th 2013(Sailesh Gandhi): The inaugural InfoComm India 2013 ended its three-day run on 18 September, with exhibitors expressing great satisfaction with their participation, and the organizers highly gratified with the positive reaction all round.

Said Show Organizer Richard Tan, General Manager of InfoCommAsia Pte Ltd: “We couldn't ask for more for the inaugural launch of InfoComm India. Booth space for this year’s Show was completely sold out, thanks to the strong support of our exhibitors. Every exhibitor we spoke to during the show expressed their satisfaction with the quality of visitors they met during the show as well as the footfall.” 

Mr Adam Teevan CTS, Da-Lite’s Asia-Pacific Sales Manager, noted: “InfoComm India 2013 has been a very good show. Lots of visitors including those from outside of Mumbai have come to attend the show. It was very interesting to see products which were difficult to showcase under roadshow conditions. Overall the event has been very positive for us.” Da-Lite has been staunchly behind InfoComm India, even when it made its first presence in India as a roadshow.

From 24 exhibiting companies in 2012’s roadshow to 127 in 2013’s main event, there was naturally high expectations for the Show.  InfoComm India 2013 did not disappoint.  Mr Hiten M Desai, Country Manager – India, Cue System remarked: “I had great expectations from the Show.  I’m happy to say that I have been pleasantly surprised - it was better than I expected. We got positive feedback from our distributors showcasing CUE.  We met a lot of integrators and industry professionals.”

Another exhibitor with similar sentiments was Mr Anjum Parwaiz, Area Sales Manager of dnp Denmark.  “InfoComm India 2013 has gone beyond my expectation. I am very happy to have made the decision to participate. It is a great platform to meet industry players and to further develop the Indian AV Industry,” he commented.

There were indeed visitors – and senior ranking ones too - from diverse industries, coming from not just Mumbai but also from all parts of India.  The Deputy Commandant (Procurement) of the National Disaster Response Force in Mumbai Dr Rakesh Ranjan, was pleased to see a wide range of cutting-edge from the world market at the Show.  Sharing his experience were Mr Muktesh Chander, Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police; Ms. Khyali Sharma from the State Bank of Mysore; and Professor Rajbir Singh, Director of Consortium for Educational Communication; who were all impressed with the innovative AV technologies on display, and cherished the opportunity to learn and compare latest technologies.  Mr Rashid Ali Khan, Manager (Marketing) of Delhi Metro rail Corporation Limited and Mr C B Singh, Senior Principal Scientist from CSIR (National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources), were thankful too for the Summit sessions.  Said Mr Singh: “The sessions that we attended were more on concepts and technologies instead of promoting a particular product.”

In total, the exhibitors hosted 4,416 visitors over the two and a half-day event, with a good mix of professional end-users from various industries and trade channel professionals including systems integrators, distributors and dealers. 36% of these visitors came from outside of Mumbai, with large numbers from New Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad and Vadodara and Thane.  542 visitors attended the InfoComm India Summit education sessions.

For the organizers, InfoComm India 2013 marks a milestone in the Pro AV industry development in India.  After several years of ‘testing’ the Indian market with a score or two of avid AV brand leaders, their efforts have finally paid off.  “We are extremely encouraged by the keen support of the Pro AV industry in this venture, and by the enthusiastic response from the Indian sector.    InfoComm India looks poised for more success. Re-bookings for the next Show, scheduled from 17-19 September 2014, have already exceeded this year’s size.  We will continue to work hard to ensure that the Show lives up to expectations all round,” said Mr Richard Tan.