“India next hot spot for industrial fairs”

Chennai: India is the next hot spot for industrial trade fairs, according to a contingent from the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce. A one-week tour of India, which included members of Messe Munchen International and their supervisory board – which consists of the Bavarian Parliament and Munich City Council members – concluded its first day in Chennai on Saturday. “Our purpose is to get deeper contact with business partners here and to see the fairgrounds,” said Manfred Wutzlhofer, chairman and CEO of Messe Munchen International. The existing fairs deal in automation, IT, biotechnology and textiles. During the course of the tour, Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi will also be visited in an attempt to determine which city would be best suited to host a new subsidiary of the company as well as future trade fairs. According to Haleema Sayed, official representative of Munich Trade Fairs in India, Chennai’s disadvantages lie in a poor infrastructure and a lack of good accommodation near to the most attractive facility – the Chennai Trade Center. However, the south is well connected with IT and automotive technology, said Mr. Wutzlhofer. Printer friendly page Send this article to Friends by E-Mail