Taiwan Sheet Metal & Laser Applications Expo 2018 Call for Applications! Introduction With themed exhibition areas, namely Sheet Metal Equipment, Processing & Applications, Industrial Parts & Supplies and Metal Technology, Taiwan Sheet Metal & Laser Applications Expo 2016 hosted 200 exhibitors manning 400 booths, and drew countless visitor groups from different sectors and heavy-weight manufacturing enterprises on the island. With more than 15,000 industrial insiders and buyers attending during its four-day run, the exhibition generated considerable business opportunities worth tens of millions of NT dollars, and wrote a new page in the history of Taiwan s sheet metal and laser sectors. Since the global financial tsunami in 2008, the global market size of laser sources has steadily expanded at a growth of around 4.6 percent annually, and amounted to over US$10 billion in 2015 and an estimated US$10.5 billion in 2016. Strategies Unlimited, a globally prestigious market research firm in laser fields, has found that prospects of the global market for laser sources and related applications in 2018 are expected to remain bright, mainly thanks to strong demands for high-power laser sources in China. Designed to provide participants a close look at the latest developments of sheet metal and laser equipment, as well as related technologies, while brining tremendous business opportunities to the industries in Taiwan, Taiwan Sheet Metal & Laser Applications Expo 2018, organized by Taiwan Laser Application Development Association, is scheduled to take place from September 13 through 17, to help Taiwanese laser instrument suppliers explore domestic and overseas markets, and upgrade their competitiveness. This year s Taiwan Sheet Metal & Laser Applications Expo, which has been heavily advertised worldwide through considerable resources from Economic Daily News, the largest business-focused newspaper on the island, will feature four highlighted exhibition areas: Sheet Metal Equipment, Processing & Applications, Industrial Parts and Supplies, and Metal Technology, with an aim to assist exhibitors to better promote their capabilities and images. To look for new growth drivers for your businesses, don t miss out on the chance of visiting the highly renowned trade fair!
Show Infomation Exhibition Date Sept. 13 (Thu.) to 17 (Fri.), 2018 Show Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Venue Greater Taichung International Expo Center (GTIEC, located in No.161, Gaotie 5th Rd., Wuri Dist., Taichung City, Taiwan) Official Website http://www.taiwanlaser.org.tw/ E-mail tlada99@gmail.com Highlighted Exhibition Areas Sheet Metal Equipment Processing & Applications Industrial Parts and Supplies Metal Technology Organized by Taiwan Laser Application Development Association Executed by Economic Daily News 4 Highlighted Exhibition Areas Sheet Metal Equipment Processing & Applications Metal Technology Industrial Parts & Supplies Why to Exhibit The biennially held Taiwan Sheet Metal & Laser Applications Expo is an absolutely outstanding business platform for the laser sources and sheet metal sectors, which draws over exhibitors manning up to 800 booths under one roof every two years. The exhibition effectively integrates resources from industries, acemedic institutions and R&D bodies, and offers unrivalled business opportunties to industry insiders.
The trade fair sees brisk participation of industrial consortiums and large-sized enterprises from all over the world, which look to promote their high-quality products, and enhances technologies exchanges among industry insiders to contribute to the development of the global laser sources and sheet metal industries. The show combines the impressive momentum from the machine tool makers and metalworking service providers clustering in the central and southern region, respectively, in Taiwan, as the means of access to them. The expo takes advantage of considerable resources and a massive buyer database from Economic Daily News to be promoted, and is targeted at potential buyers all over the world in a precise way. How to Exhibit An early-bird discount offered on booth fees is applied to applications completed prior to Feb. 28, 2018. Applicants after the deadline shall accept regular booth fees. Item Application No. of Booth Booked Fee per Booth 1-4 NT$25,000 Booth Fee (Untaxed) 5-9 NT$22,000 10-19 NT$21,000 20-39 NT$20,000 More than 40 NT$18,000 Deadline Down payment May, 31, 2018, or till all the available booths are booked. NT$5,000 per unit of booth, paid by remittance or check
1. Exhibitors will be not qualified for booth selection unless making full payments before the exhibitor conference. 2. Policies for Booth Cancellation a. In the event that a booth cancellation is requested and the relevant process is completed more than two days before the exhibitors conference, a partial refund of the paid fees subtracted by NT$5,000 per booth will be made. b. Refunds of only NT$5,000 per booth booked will be issued in the event that a cancellation Note comes less than two days before or after the exhibitors conference. c. In the event that an exhibitor cancels booth bookings for the exhibition after or in two days before the exhibitors conference in exchange for provisional booth reservation of the same exhibition to be held the next time, a partial refund of the paid fees, subtracted by NT$5,000 per booth, will be made without interest paid. d. Refunds of only NT$5,000 per booth booked will be issued in the event that a booth cancellation for the exhibition comes in two days before or after the exhibitors conference in exchange for participation in other trade fairs held by the same organizer. Booth Package Size of a Booth: 3m 3m=9m 2 Furnishings for each booth (excluding those set up by exhibitors themselves): 1. Partition walls (for a space 3M X 3M X 2.5M) 2. Three 110V spotlights 3. One 110V power outlet 4. A used original 80% new carpet 5. Information counter and chair each 6. An exhibitor nameplate
Exhibiting Rules Regarding items to be exhibited and load limits for a vehicle to be used, please refer to the rules set by Greater Taichung International Expo Center. 1. Exhibitors can exhibit items with the aid of catalogues, videos, slideshows, video walls and other media within booths. In order not to disturb other exhibitors, output of speakers and amplifiers used shall be restricted to sub-83db; the show management has the right to cut off power at the sole discretion to those violating the rule and neglecting advices. 2. To ensure safety, exhibitors should prepare and use brackets to make sure the weight of a machine displayed is distributed properly over the floor. Those with exhibits over 7 tonnes in weight shall notify the show management in advance and accept the booths as allocated for safety considerations. Live operations of such machines on the fairground are considered dangerous and should be prevented. Application for Wiring and Use of Forklifts Exhibitors will be offered only basic services if failing to submit application forms in the required deadline. 1. Per payment made for each booth, a basic booth shell with supply of 110V 500W power, and transport service with forklifts for up to three exhibits with weight of lower than 7 tonnes are provided without additional charges; a booth holder will be charged NT$2,000 for every additional piece requiring transport by forklifts provided by show organizer. Exhibitors applying for additional wiring and transport of overweight exhibits will be charged according to their actual amounts of services used. 2. To safeguard their interests and maximum exhibiting benefits, exhibitors in need of additional wiring and the use of forklifts shall submit their application forms to show organizer within three days after the exhibitors conference. Exhibitors Conference After the closing date for applications, qualified exhibitors will be informed of conference date and location by show management. At the conference, detailed information on the exhibition and related notices will be delivered to participants, and booth selections will begin in accordance with the following guidelines: 1. Exhibitors of more booths will have booth selection priority over those with fewer ones. In the event of exhibitors with the same booth numbers, ones making full payments earlier enjoy a higher priority in
booth selection. 2. The organizer has the right to choose booth locations on behalf of exhibitors who are absent during the conference to be placed in a lower priority in the sequence. 3. Exhibitors holding more than one booth are required to choose their booths only arranged in succession but not across the aisle. Installation, Operation and Dismantling of Booth 1. Date and time for installing booths will be announced after the exhibitor meeting; exhibitors and contractors are admitted to the exhibition halls only within the required period of time. 2. Exhibitor s staff will be required to carry badges and put on safety helmets during booth installation work. 3. Neither service nor space for piling construction materials temporarily at the venue is provided during booth installation work. Exhibitors are responsible for removing all non-exhibit stuff before the exhibition opens. 4. The use of double pallets or plastic pads for larger-sized machines displayed at the venue is required for a weight distribution consideration. Under no circumstances is an exhibited machine moved by dragging it along floor to prevent damages caused to the fairground, or placed with any of the pillars on the drain covers. 5. At no time is the use of fire and torch burners or woodcutting operation allowed during the exhibition. Only water soluble paints can be used during repainting work at the venue. (Related restrictions are as per regulations by Greater Taichung International Expo Center administration.) 6. In the event that overtime work is needed, an exhibitor shall apply for the work to the show management one hour before the closing hour, and be subject to required rates of overtime payment. The rates are set by Greater Taichung International Expo Center administration. In case that more than one exhibitor applies for overtime work at once, the exhibitors involved shall share the cost. Those without application for overtime work are not allowed to stay in the exhibition halls during the overtime period. 7. During the show, exhibitor s staff members are admitted to the exhibition halls a half hour before the opening hour, and shall carry exhibitor badges. 8. Under no circumstances is an exhibitor allowed to dismantle its booth during the duration of the show. 9. Exhibitors shall ask their contractors to remove all the waste materials (including printed backboards,
boxes, pallets, glass, carpets and adhesive residues) used for booth decoration after the exhibition. 10. Show organizer retains its sole discretion to by any means dispose all the stuff that are not removed after the required time period for booth dismantling at exhibitor s cost. 11. No over-height decorations by exhibitors themselves on booths are allowed, unless they receive approvals from the show management for application for such work and make required payments in full. 12. All the work by an exhibitor during the exhibition must conform to related industrial safety regulations, which will cover operation of a machine, power distribution, and the use of lasers and high-pressure gas. Taiwan Sheet Metal & Laser Applications 2018 Application Form Company Name Contact Address Unify No. The Person Responsible Contact Person Company s Website No. of Booth Booked Booth Fee Items to Be Exibited Exhibition Zone Selection Tel Fax Mobile Phone Email Total Payment NT$ (untaxed) 1-4 Booths (NT$25,000 per booth) / 10-19 Booths (NT$21,000 per booth) 5-9 Booths (NT$22,000 per booth) / Over 20 Booths (NT$20,000 per booth) More than 40 Booths (NT$18,000 per booth) (For the sake of your online promotion, please fill this blank with around 20 words) Sheet Metal Equipment Processing & Application Industrial Parts & Supplies Metal Technology (Please choose one of them according to your exhibit category.) 1. Each basic booth package includes: a 3m*3m booth shell with partition walls occupying 3*3*2.5m space, three spotlights, a 110, 500W power outlet, an information counter and chair each, an exhibitor s nameplate, a used 80% Note original new carpet, the use of forklifts for transport of exhibits under 7 tonnes in weight. Exhibitors may pay proportionally increased fees according to actual mounts of serviced used for additional supply of high-voltage power and water. 2. Please fill out the form with neat fonts or handwriting. Applicants may be asked to take full responsibility for damaged interests resulting from the illegible information they provide.
3. The application form is legally binding after submitted along with a down payment of NT$5,000. 4. Rules of booth selection: Exhibitors of more booths will have booth selection priority over those with fewer ones. In the event of exhibitors with the same booth numbers, ones making full payments earlier enjoy a higher priority in booth selection. The organizer has the right to choose booth locations on behalf of exhibitors who are absent during the conference to be placed in a lower priority in the sequence. Exhibitors holding more than one booth are required to choose their booths only arranged in succession but not across the aisle. Additional Supply of 220V Power and Water Payment Methods Hereby we declare under our Exhibitors in need of additional supply of high-voltage power and water, please fill out an application form provided during the exhibitors conference. Power Supply HP Water 1. (Check) Make out the check to: 2. (Remittance) Bank Account: Company s Seal: Signature by the person responsible: sole responsibility to obey all the rules regarding exhibitor s participation in the exhibition and display only the exhibits related to the exhibition. Once any loss is incurred by our violations, we shall take full responsibility for it without Application Date: objection. Contact Methods