 L to R: Rajiv Gupta, Wim van Sluis, Alain Bagnaud, Delphine Lemaire and Manish Saigal. |
The first edition of the event SITL India 2012 was held from 23-25 February, at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. The three day event witnessed over 75 exhibitors and 1,366 visitors covering the entire value chain of the transport and logistics industry. SITL India brought together domestic and global companies to showcase the best transport and logistics services, technology and infrastructure. The launch edition featured companies like Flanders Investment & Trade, North Adriatic Ports Association, Freezone Sohar, Ligurian ports system, Indospace logistics, R.E. Rogers, Siddhivinayak Logistics Pvt. Ltd., Forbes & company, KSH Distriparks, P.S. Bedi & Co., Karaikal Port Pvt. Ltd., Jaigad Ports infrastructure pvt. ltd., Logistics India Real Estate, Arham Logiparc, Group A Logistics India Pvt. Ltd., iInterchange Systems Pvt. Ltd., Trimble Mobility Solutions, V-Trans (India) Ltd., Tata Teleservices, Shalimar Warehousing Corporation, Ports of The Netherlands, ARKNAV International Inc., Technoforte Software Pvt. Ltd., Weavings Manpower Solutions, Logistics in Wallonia, Aargus Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd., Redirack Ltd., POTI Free Zone and a host of other global players.
The event was inaugurated by Mr. Rajiv Gupta, Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust.
SITL India SummitHeld concurrently the SITL India summit- a two day programme with leading global experts from industry, commerce and the political and institutional worlds offered insights into current trends and emerging patterns in the transport and logistics domain.
Manish Saigal of KPMG India delivered the theme session
'Indian Transport & Logistics Sector: Forecasting the demand, supply and trends 2012 -2015'. A key highlight of his presentation was that, "Despite apparent challenges India continues to witness significant growth vs global average and developments in transport and logistics will be a vehicle for continued growth".
Module 1 saw eminent international speakers like Wim van Sluis, Chairman, Rotterdam Port Promotion Council, Vincent De Saedeleer - Port of Zeebrugge, Hendrik Jan van Engelen - Port of Ghent and Dr. Bojan Hlaca - North Adriatic Port Association shared their views and first hand experiences on the status of ports and shipping in Europe and the ways in which the Indian ports and shipping could benefit from this learning.
Module 2 was all about the emerging opportunities for the logistics sector. Speakers included Girish Mistry, KPMG India, Santosh Hegde and Aswatha Nagendra, Forbes & Co.
Module 3 had speakers offering exclusive sessions on optimising Supply Chain for higher efficiency. The sessions by Srinath Manda, Program Manager, Transportation & Logistics Practice and Gopal Nair, CEO, GRASP Enterprise covered sustainability as well as the building of agile, secure and customer centric supply chains. Prahlad Tanwar, Associate Director, KPMG in India chaired a panel on reducing working capital and increasing shelf life through 3 PL supply chain.
Module 4 covered the leveraging of technology and automation to enhance profitability. The sessions covered the whole spectrum of technology from the emerging significance of TELCOs to e-traceability and the deployment of technology in monitoring mobile assets. Speakers in this module included Sai Pratyush, Head Applications & Solutions, Tata Teleservices, Ron Konzeny, President, Transport & Logistics, Trimble Navigation and Rajinder Singh Bhasin, Managing Director, Janta Roadways.
Vital statistics*
Total exhibitors: 76 from 10 countries
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Percentage of Indian exhibitors: 55%
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Percentage of International exhibitors: 45%
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Total attendance: 1,366 visitors (1,288 domestic visitors, 45 international visitors and 33 members from the press attended the event)
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International visitors: 4%
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Indian visitors: 96%
The sector of activities of exhibiting companies included logistics service providers, logistics parks, ports, warehousing companies, manpower solutions providers, IT software companies, etc.
The profile of visitors attending the exhibition comprised of various sectors such as logistics operations, shipping, pharmaceuticals, packaging, equipment & machinery manufacturing, consumer goods, chemicals, electronics, e-commerce distance selling, exporters/importers, steel and metal working, textiles, building and construction, cosmetics, heavy metal industry, automotive, etc.
More than
60% of visitors were decision makers or have an active participation in the purchase of transport and logistics for their companies.
For a detailed breakdown of the visitors at SITL India 2012 see the visitor statistics below:Visitors from the important states of India:
Total number of visitors from India: 1,288 |
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Functions:
From the total number of 1,366 visitors more than 60% visitors were decision makers or have an active participation in the purchase of transport and logistics for their companies. |
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TestimonialsWe, Siddhi Vinayak Logistics take this opportunity to thank Reed Exhibitions India for their outstanding support in serving us at the SITL India 2012. From the beginning your staff was great! Activities right from Exhibitions enquiry, Stand Schemes Selections, on site help and post show expedition is appreciated by us.
We find no reason in hesitating to trust you again.
Looking forward for many such successful opportunities.
- Mr. Deepak Baid, Director, Siddhi Vinayak Logistics, IndiaKudos to Reed Team !! It was a well executed show. With Indian economy and infrastructural development moving at fast pace, Indian Logistics and Transport industry certainly needs such forum to know more about global players, learn best practices, leverage global capacities, capability and at the same time demonstrate India's strength to the world. The show in India should focus on Road transport as this is a major mode in India."
- Mr. Sanjeev Telang, Head Technology & Program Management, Trimble Transport & Logistics - APAC. Trimble Mobility Solution India P Limited, IndiaSITL India 2012 was quite an interesting show. We had the opportunity to meet representatives from varied countries as Belgium, China, Germany, France and Holland. It was a great learning experience.
- Mr. Mahendra Shah, Managing Director, V-Trans (India) Ltd.SITL India 2012 provided to PS Bedi Group, one of India's leading integrated logistics solutions provider with ISO 9001:2008 & 14001:2004 certifications and interests in 3PL, Warehousing and Distribution; Records Management; Projects Logistics; Pharmaceutical logistics; Defense logistics; Exhibitions and Events; Aviation, Oil and Gas and Automobiles, a great opportunity to present itself to an array of industry professionals and prospective customers. SITL India 2012 attracted visitors from different industry segments and PS Bedi Group received a good response and was able to close on one of the customers met at the show. The interactive sessions were informative and constructive. Overall, it was a good experience being a part of SITL India 2012."
- Col. M. S. Yadav, DeputyGeneral Manager, PS Bedi Group, IndiaPHOTO GALLERYFor information on SITL India 2012, please visit www.sitl-india.com.
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