26th HVACR Expo, conference a new yardstick!

A number of exhibitors and participants who have vast experience of analyzing the HVACR exhibitions were agreed that the 26th HVACR Expo & Conference held in Karachi from February 13 to 15, 2019 was the biggest ever in Pakistan.
Also, the international exhibitors who the Engineering Review talked to saw a huge potential in Pakistani market. As many as 25 countries including China, Turkey, Thailand, USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Japan, Korea participated in the exhibition.
Engr. Noor Afzal, the Chairman of the organizing Committee and also heads PHVACR Society-Karachi Chapter said they had the experience of organizing such shows for many years. The effort of the organizing committee bore fruits, he believed
Chinese and Turkish companies have been exhibiting their products in Pakistani market for a long time now but even Thai companies whose number was six in the exhibitions were also hopeful of making inroads here. They claimed they had a big HVACR industry in Thailand and they were sure Thai products would catch attention in Pakistan.
The exhibition had received overwhelming response from Local as well as International Exhibitors even at the stage of booking of stalls. This time, it was spread over foyer area as well as outer display area.
Along with leading Pakistani and international companies with foreign-made products, there were some which were happy with exhibiting local-made products. They claimed they will gradually compete with Chinese and other countries.
The HVACR Society was working in support of Local industry exhibiting in this expo and Engr. Noor Afzal said they had constituted a task force for encouraging local manufacturing. The committee would also talk to the government so that the objective was achieved.
In this conference, special incentives had been announced such as Special Pavilion and suitable Price Structure for small and medium size Pakistani companies.
This effort was to bring out Pakistani companies in front so that they can participate at an international level event in Pakistan and also to meet new and potential buyers.n