Organisers of the 5th Guangzhou International Brand Forklift & Accessories Exhibition (BFE 2009) are calling the event a success.

The expo was held at the Pazhou Complex of Chinese Import & Export Fair from March 6-8. A well-attended sales conference by China Forklift Parent Company and Guangzhou Best Exhibition Co Ltd was held on the last day of the expo at Guangzhou Jin Jia Li Hotel.

About 20 member-companies of China Forklift Parent Company and forklift and parts manufacturers like Heli, Hangcha, Dacha, Jingjiang, Xiacha, Liugong, YTO, Shuangli, Shanghai Yufan, Yucai, Baoxiang and Yichang participated.

The conference was chaired by Zhao Yiming, China Forklift Parent Company's general manager.

Zhao presented a detailed report on China's forklift sales and industry trends. Other forklift manufacturers' representatives gave speeches and expressed their views on the effects of the financial crisis on the industry.

Tailift, Jianghuai, Good Friend Company, Sunward Intelligent, KIPOR and YTO showcased their newest forklifts, accessories and materials handling technologies to over 30,000 expo visitors.

BFE 2009, which is approved by China's ministry of commerce, was organised by the China Construction Machinery Association, the Industrial Motor Vehicle Branch, China Forklift Parent Company, the China National Construction Machinery Quality Supervising Test Centre and Hong Kong International Exhibition Group Company.