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ITE Transport & Logistics POST SHOW REPORT 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
05-07 November 2014 | EXPO XXI | Warsaw | Poland Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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Event overview Over three days, the exhibition was visited by numerous specialists in transport and logistics. Among those to attend were company presidents, managers and businessmen from all around the world. The international relevance of the event was highlighted by the presence of foreign entrepreneurs.
The inauguration ceremony took place on November 5th, 2014 at 10:30 am at EXPO XXI Centre in Warsaw.
The symbolic ribbon was cut by: Laurent Noel - Head of the Transport and Tourism ITE Group, Edward Strachan – Lent Trade Events, Janina Mentrak - Ministry of Infrastructure and Quick Facts Development, and Paweł Konowałek - Manager of the Trans Exhibitors: 98 from 15 countries Poland Fair. Visitors: ca 2 600 (46% decision makers) Media: 80 journalists
Honorary Partner Official Partner Expert Partner Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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Business programme The exhibition was more than just an opportunity for exhibitors to showcase their products, it was also accompanied by a full business programme, providing an opportunity for visitors and exhibitors to meet numerous industry professionals in one place.
The event programme included:
. Conference: Safety and security of transport to CIS countries
. Forum: Intermodal Forum EURO TSL 2014 - Safe and secured transport of chemicals and hazardous goods in multimodal supply chains
. Conference: Trans & Log - Safe transport & logistics
. Open discussion forum: Transport Meetings 2014 –Autumn Edition
. Service Zone (Police, Customs Service, General Inspectorate of Road Transport, Transportation Technical Supervision) Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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Visitor profile 2, 600 industry representatives attended the event within three days.
1/3 of visitors declared that they visited Trans Poland to find a new business partner
26 COUNTRIES Austria Germany Mongolia South Africa Ukraine Belarus Italy Morocco South Korea United Kingdom Czech Republic Kyrgyzstan Poland Spain Estonia Latvia Romania Sweden Finland Lithuania Russia Switzerland France Moldova Slovenia The Netherlands
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Visitor profile by position in a company (%)
SPECIALIST 28.9% OWNER 19.1% MANAGER 19.0% 62% of visitors DIRECTOR 15.8% represented decision makers: CHAIRMAN 7.7% owners, managers, directors, chairmen. OTHER 7.2% MEDIA 2% Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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Visitor profile by field of interest (%)
TRANSPORT 28.8% LOGISTICS & FRIGHT FORWARDING 25.3% TRANSPORTATION FLEETS & ROLLING STOCK 12.0% IT SYSTEMS & TELEMATICS 7.9% CUSTOMS & TAX SERVICES 5.2% PART & SUPPLIERS 4.9% INSURANCES & FINANCES 4.5% ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS 4.4% WAREHOUSE EQUIPMENT 3.6% OTHER 3.4% Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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Visitor profile by sector represented (%)
34.3% CARGO OWNERS (IMPORT/EXPORT/PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION) SIZE OF A COMPANY (NO OF EMPLOYEES)
25.2% TRANSPORT
24.4% 23.7% LOGISTICS & FRIGHT FORWARDING 32.8%
8.2% OTHER
4.9% CUSTOMS SERVICES/INSURANCES/FINANCE 12.5%
3.8% ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS 30.3% Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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Visitor profile by purpose of visit (%)
NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES 28.5% LOOKING FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS 17.3%
PARTICIPATION IN THE CONFERENCES 16.9% MAINTAINING BUSINESS RELATIONS 15.8% LOOKING FOR SUPPLIERS 6.8%
MARKET RESEARCH 6.2% LOOKING FOR DISTRIBUTORS 4.0%
OTHER 3.3% PRIVATE 1.2% On the first day of the exhibition, during the official Gala Dinner at the Villa Foksal Restaurant, the ‘Trans Poland 2014 Awards’ took place. Prizes were awarded in GOLD MEDALS the following categories:
. Trans Poland 2014 Gold Medal – Polish Company . Trans Poland 2014 Gold Medal – Exhibitor of the Year Awarded: ERONTRANS Sp. z o.o. Awarded: TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH
. Trans Poland 2014 Gold Medal – Foreign Company . Trans Poland 2014 Gold Medal – Expert Partner Awarded: Seifert Polska Sp. z o.o. Awarded: KMG Media sp. z o.o.
. Trans Poland 2014 Gold Medal – Exhibitor of the Year . Trans Poland 2014 Gold Medal – Industry Media Awarded: Trans.eu (Logintrans Sp. Z o.o.) Awarded: Transport Manager
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45% of Trans Poland 2013 exhibitors rebooked their stand for 2014 edition 85% of Trans Poland 2014 exhibitors declared the exhibition met their expectations 91% of Trans Poland 2014 exhibitors satisfied with the services
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TESTIMONIALS
Maja Tymińska Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. - Biuro Cargo “It is the first time for me to take part in an exhibition like this, but my overall opinion about it is positive. We have set up a few business contacts, mostly with our road haulage. The visitors turned up in large numbers as well.”
Piotr Skipor Grupa Raben 82% of exhibitors “We really enjoy the show and see lots of visitors. We are busy most of the time and therefore happy. This is exactly what we wanted and met expected type of visitors at the expected, thus most probably we will be present here next year.” exhibition
Jan Brachmann Seifert Polska Sp. z o.o. “We definitely want to take part in this exhibition. I have to admit that after the second day of the show our opinion about it is very positive. We have had lots of businesses going on at our stand. Plenty of our current clients paid us a visit, but we also had meetings with some potential clients interested in our services. I believe we should come back and exhibit next year. We definitely need a bigger stand, not to occupy our neighbors’.” Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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TESTIMONIALS
Joanna Ryszkowska ERONTRANS Sp. z o.o. “This is our debut here, at Trans Poland. We are positively surprised, though. Even at this very moment we are sure that we should be present at the exhibition next year. We have set up new business contacts and that is why we are delighted. The exhibition appeared to go beyond our expectations.”
Rafał Górski LS Logistics Sp. z o.o.: 78% of exhibitors “It is our first time at Trans Poland but I think it is going to be very fruitful. established significant business relations There are lots of potential clients, subcontractors and companies we could during the show cooperate with.”
Klaudia Grzybowska TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH
“As for the visitors, there are definitely more of them than last year. We are delighted with what is going on at our stand – a lot of people and therefore a lot of work. We already have certain ideas concerning our presence at the next edition of the show.” Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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Partners: Trans Poland | 2nd Edition of Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition
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The Warsaw International Transport & Logistics Exhibition – For more information please Trans Poland will return on 04-06 November 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. contact:
Julia Wocka-Gowda Senior Events Manager tel. +44 207 596 5188 Organisers [email protected] www: www.trans-poland.pl ITE Group Plc. are one of the world’s leading organisers of international trade exhibitions and conferences. The Group organises over 230 exhibitions and conferences each year worldwide. ITE has a portfolio of transport and logistics events in: Join us Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Poland.
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