Photo courtesy China National Tourist Office

The date for one of Asia's biggest forklift exhibitions has been announced.

The 2009 China International Forklifts and Parts Exhibition will be held on 23 to 25 July at the Shanghai Everbright Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Yu Yang, event organiser, expects more than 220 exhibitors to participate.

"The event offers forklift manufacturers an opportunity to demonstrate their products and seek export opportunities," he says.

Yang says the exhibition, organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Shanghai Sub-Council (CCPIT Shanghai), China Chamber of International Commerce, Shanghai Chamber of Commerce (CCOIC Shanghai) and the China Industrial Truck Association (CITA), will run concurrently with the 2009 Alliance of Industrial Truck Organisations meeting and the 2009 China Industrial Truck Association annual meeting.

"The Fifth Alliance of Industrial Truck Organisations is an organisation representing world industrial truck manufacturers," he says. "The purpose of the alliance is to discuss non-competitive issues with common concern in the industry such as statistics, engineering standards, environment protection, laws and regulations between members.

"The alliance meeting is held annually, and AITO rotates its meetings between Japan Industrial Vehicle Association (JIVA), Industrial Truck Institution of Federation of European Material Handling Association (FEM/IT, Industrial Truck Association USA (ITA) and Industrial Truck Institution of China Construction Machinery Association," he explains.

"Delegates will come from the JIVA, FEM/IT, ITA and CITA with Korean delegates attending the statistics meeting."

Last year, 32 international companies from 26 countries and regions and 168 domestic companies attended the event. The three-day exhibition attracted over 18,000 visitors from 12 countries and regions.

The deadline to register for the 2009 event is 31 May 2009.

Further details of the exhibition can be obtained from Yu Yang, mobile :+86-135 8599 6880 or click here to email.