UAE - Messe Frankfurt’s Automechanika Middle East has become the largest trade fair ever held for the region’s automotive aftermarket, claim the organisers of the show’s 2011 edition.
Taking place at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 7 to 9 June, Automechanika Middle East 2011 brought an unaudited 17,421 visitors and 1,102 exhibitors from 102 countries. This signifies an 18 per cent growth in overall size and an almost 10 per cent increase in trade visitors.
The top five visiting countries to this year’s edition after UAE were Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India and Kuwait. The show came at a time when Dubai’s direct trade in the automotive aftermarket for the first quarter of 2011 saw a 11 per cent increase year-on-year.
This year's Automechanika Malaysia ran from 31 March to 2 April 2011 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
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