Ringier conferences expand into S.E. Asia

TODAY manufactures, suppliers and their customers typically view China as a unique stand-alone market and South East Asia as another sphere of business. And rightly so. China, a vast 1.2-billion market, has its own common language, its own set of laws, taxes and duties, and unique challenges that govern business in that country.

Businesses in S.E. Asia and suppliers to these businesses view this region as a more diversified, potentially more complex business market due to the fact that each country has its own set of policies, taxes and duties that govern business operations. Whilst a typical manufacture will cater primarily to its domestic market, suppliers of machinery, technology, chemicals and ingredients will view S.E. Asia as a regional hub. The creation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) to eliminate tariffs and non-tariff barriers in the region is encouraging local manufactures to expand their operations into their neighbors. In the same way, the region and China have strengthened trade ties through the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA)

Over the past 10 years Ringier has created a series of high profile technical conferences in China that typically address the manufacturing and information needs of companies doing business in and selling into the China market. Speakers and sponsors come from both within China and worldwide. Delegates typically are from manufactures and processors located within China seeking new technology, new solutions to help them improve their capabilities and competitiveness.

Increasingly – again, thanks to numerous trade agreements – Chinese manufactures are looking to expand in S.E Asia including establishing joint venture manufacturing operations or growing the market for their equipment, chemicals and components. Likewise manufactures and processors in S.E. Asia are increasingly looking across the region for business partnerships, technology exchange and investment.

With these factors in mind – Ringier now plans to bring several of its most successful technical conferences to the S.E. Asia market.

These are conferences focusing on the personal care manufacturing sector, plastics processing, metalworking technology, and food & beverage processing and packaging represent growth sectors in many S.E. Asia countries – sectors that require high levels of technology (and upgrading) to meet the growing needs of sophisticated consumers both domestically and for export markets.

The information needs, the technical requirements, the business environments that companies in this region face are different from their counterparts in China!

Hence the conferences that will be introduced in 2014 will reflect those needs. Yet a key purpose is to bring likeminded business people together from China and other S.E. Asian nations, along with key speakers and sponsors from Europe, North America, Japan, Korea and China.

And what better location to host these 2 conferences but in Bangkok, one of the world’s favored conference locations.

Personal Care Summit (Skin Care, Hair Care, Cosmeceuticals) – April 28-29

Metalworking Technology (High Speed, High Performance Machining) – May 14-15

Food & Beverage Summit – Sept 1Homme