The international trade fair-cum-conference Analytica-Anacon will open its gates at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai on November 25, 2004 with a phenomenal increase in the number of exhibitors and the amount of exhibition space.
A total of 87 exhibitors from 11 countries will present their latest solutions for the Indian market at the second international trade fair and conference for analytical instrumentation, biotechnology, laboratory technology and services. The number of exhibitors this time has been increased by more than 27 from that of Analytical-Anacon 2003.
The fair will occupy approximately 2,000 sq m of exhibitors' space, compared to 1,200 sq m for last year, indicating full capacity occupation.
"Analytica-Anacon is getting better in the country year after year. There is every indication that the event is well accepted by both domestic as well as international exhibitors," said Kurt Schraudy, head of the Business Unit for New Technologies at Munich the Trade Fairs International Group and MD of IMAG, the organiser of the exhibition.
The country with the largest contingent of exhibitors is Germany (19 exhibitors), and there will be a Spanish pavilion with seven exhibitors. Other registered exhibitors include manufacturers from Australia, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerlands, Singapore and the United States.
The 50 Indian exhibitors include leading manufacturers as well as a number of distributors who will have their solutions portfolio on display: as a result, Analytica-Anacon will reflect the entire industry and give visitors a comprehensive overview of the entire market.
"The Indian analysis and laboratory market is extremely import-oriented at the moment. That is exactly where Analytica-Ancon makes an important contribution toward establishing new business ties and intensifying existing ones. The exhibition will feature several internationally active key players who will be represented by their Indian subsidiaries such as Agilent Technologies, Analytic Jena, Eppendorf, Millipore, Netzsch, Thermo Electron and Waters.
"Maximum usage of analytical instruments in the country is made by government institutions. The Indian Government has announced its plans of upgrading the scientific education and R&D scenario in its institutions. The government is expected to spend about Rs 10,000 crore for the purpose, which translates a lot of business for the analytical instrument makers. The market is understood to be growing at a rate of 45 per cent annually," said V S Rajan, member of the managing committee of Indian Analytical Instruments Association (IAIA).