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CATALOGUE 2007
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FEW WORDS FROM THE EXHIBITORS
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 Roberto Pacchiarini –DOLLMAR DELFINO FINEP GROUP
Division manager for Surface Treatment
“It was an interesting fair: we found that it was an event both for those involved in the sector as well as clients interested in surface treatment. Undoubtedly this is an exhibition with a great future. It yielded good results for us, new contacts and above all- something that really pleased us- contacts even with potential clients from outside the area. These customers found out about the exhibition through the widespread advertising in the sector press, and decided to travel long distances, even from the south of Italy and the islands, to come and see our stand.”
Pier Paolo Carioni –DOLLMAR DELFINO FINEP GROUP
Products business unit Surface Treatment Division
“There’s no doubt that it was a fair that wholly satisfied our expectations: we had excellent feedback from the customers, above all with regard to the products, and we had various tangible results.”
Cristina Battaglia – PANATRONIX
Managing Director
“It went well. I can only give a positive evaluation. We’ll definitely be here at the next edition.”
Alessandro Pittaluga – P. I. ECO
Director
“It was the first edition for us, and as it turned out it was well suited to our purposes. The contacts we made were all targeted: nobody stopped just to have a nose, as often happens in fairs with multiple goods types. All those that contacted us, whilst not in large numbers, were really interested. They were interested in explaining their problems and finding out about our solutions.
We are satisfied. Many have asked us to go and visit them in October straight after the fair. We will definitely be here again in 2009; it’s an interesting fair for us.”
Umberto Spina – GLOMAX
General Manager
“Our evaluation is positive. Let’s say that attendance wasn’t exactly overwhelming, but qualitatively speaking it was outstanding. The people that came to visit our stand were all professionals in the sector who were really qualified and interested. So it wasn’t just the usual event where lots of people come to your stand, as you’re mixed in with all the others, most of whom however are not qualified! We will definitely be attending the next edition.”
Giancarlo Maranelli – RICERCA CHIMICA GROUP
Director
“Compared to the last edition there were more visits, at least as far as our stand was concerned. There was also more professionalism amongst the exhibitors with stands that were better organised, and that was nice to see because if fairs are done well then they provide opportunities for everyone. The choice of Bergamo Fiera Nuova fairgrounds was perfect: it is central and easy to reach from any working area in the north of Italy, it is easy to park, finding stands within the pavilions poses no problems and everything is well lit. We will be leaving F & O 2007 with a great feeling of satisfaction. We picked up lots of names of potential clients, who are expecting us at their companies.”
Ruggero Ghidini – GHIDINI FELICE ITALO & C.
Director
“It was our first time at F & O and we are pleased with the outcome. Both in terms of those present, all qualified and interested people (and…no time wasters), and in terms of the number of tangible and specific contacts we made. Participation was also good. We will be attending again in 2009. Interest in mechanical cleaning was very high in general, even at a cultural level in the conference section. To be honest I wasn’t expecting it and was particularly pleased to see it.”
Maura Frazzoni – Rolando Giannerini – CP3
Directors
“We presented technological new entries of the very highest technical levels which, by their very nature, cannot immediately be understood and perceived even by a specialist public like that at this fair. But it was right to do so here, where the very best technologies in the field are present. No doubt they will become common technologies in the near future; one such example is the water deflashing which we presented in collaboration with one of our partners. On the other hand, the contacts we made were of excellent quality and the interest was tangible. The event’s formula has definitely hit the nail on the head.”
Remo Novelli – NORBLAST
President
“There were less people interested in sand-blasting, at least the very high standard type that we propose. This may have been due to a prior selection process by the organisers, who have to include every single aspect of finishing, and so they cannot necessarily promote specific high technology sections like the one we propose.
For future editions, I would advise the organisers to dedicate more space to functional finishing in the cultural sections of the event; in this edition we only saw emphasis placed on concepts of aesthetic finishing, whilst we mainly operate in functional finishing. I hope the organisers will take up this suggestion.”
Arrigo Branchi – ILES/CODERE (represented )
Director
“This second edition went well, there were various interesting perspectives and we laid a lot of good groundwork. Now we have to harvest the results. Once again, the visitors were highly qualified and targeted. On a commercial level the prospects are good.”
Sergio Castagna – HUBO
General Manager
“We have had what we wanted from the fair. The attendance figures were good: all people that were well selected and interested. Compared to the last edition, the exhibition has definitely consolidated itself. Even now that we live in the Internet era, fairs are still important, and we cannot do without human contact in any case. Bergamo’s Fair Grounds undoubtedly have a strategic position and a modern structure, all of which helps no end.”
Rossano Acquaviva, PA – DA
Director
“We often participate in fair events, and to be honest in recent years they have been going downhill. This one though is very specific and really impressed us: we are satisfied and we met a good number of potential users, which is the most important thing of all. Whether we actually sell anything or not is relative, and depends on a lot of circumstances. The important thing at the fair is the presence of the users. This means that whoever organised it got it right. With a fair like this, our sector can finally emerge. It was our first time here, and we will definitely be here in two years’ time again.”
Andrea Voarino – VIBROCHIMICA
Director
“My opinion is wholly positive: we had targeted and valid contacts. Many visitors were genuinely interested and, amongst other things, we closed a couple of contacts during the event itself, something that hadn’t happened to us at a fair in a long time.”
Matteo Astori – FISMET INDUSTRIALE
Director
“The exhibition was a success, even better than the last edition, which in itself was already positive for us. The users are increasingly informed, the attendance was targeted and the contacts we made were of particular interest. This year attendees from abroad also proved interesting. We had visits both from eastern European countries particularly Romania and Bulgaria, and from Greece and Spain: all were interested in having our solutions to their various problems. The conference and cultural activities held within the exhibition were very innovative, and contributed towards arousing interest. It set our technological products against a stunning artistic backdrop with a fine sense of aesthetics. We will certainly be back in 2009”.
Giorgio Pozzi – MIDA
Director
“We are very pleased with how things went: we made various contacts, more than in the 2005 edition, and prospects are very good. This highly targeted exhibition is of great interest for our sector.”
Matteo Minelli – VERIND
Head of communication
“Two years down the line, the choice made in 2005 with the first edition of F & O, namely to establish a fair that represents the finishing sector alone, has again proven to be a winning one: the numbers that came to Bergamo were in line with our expectations, but they were exclusively made up of professional, well selected individuals that were truly interested in our goods”.
Giovanna Goi – TECNOFIRMA
Head of marketing and communication
“We’ll be seeing you at the 2009 edition. Given how fairs go these days, this four-day event in Bergamo has truly fulfilled our expectations: the organisation (and everything else…) was perfect. Whilst at first glance there was not an enormous amount of visitors, they actually turned out to be very interested, which is undeniably the result of careful selection beforehand. The decision to aim for a specialist event is definitely the right one! And the additional conferences and exhibitions were even more spot-on: there was evidently a great deal of effort expended to create something alive, and something new for the sector, to give autonomous consistency and profile to our field.”
Alessandro Giussani – ROSLER
Managing Director
“Rosler participated in the second edition of Finitura & Oltre as a result of the positive experience had here two years ago. At F&O 2007 Rosler officially made the recent acquisition of Reni Cirillo public, doing so against a high-impact backdrop (that of the Bergamo event), both from the point of view of participation of the public and specific interest. In this edition we once again had high feedback figures and the quality of the visitors, who were undoubtedly very qualified, was high. Undoubtedly Rosler Italiana’s opinion is a positive one!”
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