More international names sign up for biggest meet the buyer event
INTERNATIONAL giants including Siemens, Ford Europe, Wal-Mart and Aerospace Components have already signed up to attend the UK’s largest meet the buyer event, which is being held in Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Forward in association with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) are targeting international businesses that are actively looking for suppliers to attend ‘Going Global – Meet the Buyer Event 2010′ taking place on March 17 at the Great Yorkshire Show Ground in Harrogate.
The event will provide the opportunity for more than 500 regional businesses with export potential to meet buyers actively looking for their products or services.
Other international buyers already signed up include Thailand’s Central Food Retail, which is looking for organic groceries, snacks and biscuits, chocolate and confectionery health foods, soy products, and English ales and ciders.
Advanced engineering and materials companies such as Ford (Germany) and Aerospace Components (United States) are looking for new materials, technologies and production processes, precision engineering, special application, and design and development.
Construction companies such as Firesec (India) and Lock Engenharia (Brazil) are looking for security system and building automation products while digital and media company including India’s Toonz Animation are seeking fibre optic connectors, web design and creative and films.
Environmental technologies companies such as Siemens Wind Power (Germany) and Recicla Electronicos (Mexico) are looking for recovery and recycling, water and waste water treatment and contaminated land remediation.
Healthcare companies such as Korea Technology Industry Co (South Korea) and Phar Trillion Co (Thailand) are on the look out for bio analytical devices, and operating tables.
Theresa Lindsay, assistant director of business at Yorkshire Forward, said:
“The international companies lined up for the event have a wide range of purchasing requirements, which means the opportunities for regional businesses are vast.”
Regional businesses can also attend Going Global 2010 to network in the Global Village, learn new skills in the master classes and meet international trade experts from both regional and international support organisations to find out about trading opportunities relating directly to their company.
“We have a significant number of businesses in the right sectors who could exploit international trade to grow their business and we are determined, especially in the current economic climate, to provide the right practical support to make this happen,” added Ms Lindsay.
Businesses interested in attending please visit www.tradeyorkshire.com/goingglobal10 or contact events@yorkshire-forward.com or call the YF events team on 0113 394 9711/12.
