Exhibitors are automatically entered into the business matchmaking programme at no cost; all online visitors are asked to fill in a document at the bottom of their application to ensure they are listed on the database. A highly-sophisticated computer programme assesses all the details to ensure that companies and individuals with the same business interests are matched.
“Why travel abroad seeking export deals when you can meet over 355 companies from over 39 different countries right here at home, under one roof at the combined Africa's Big Seven and Saitex expos?” asks John Thomson of Exhibition Management Services (EMS), organiser of the events.
Exhibitors will include a large representation from overseas countries like Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey. African participation is substantial with exhibitors from countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
An import/export business and trade fair, Saitex is a ‘must visit' for any entrepreneur, organisation or small business interested in extending its ‘global reach' in trade. There is a growing need for South African traders to move away from exclusively exporting to traditional markets, such as the United States, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany. Quoted in an Engineering News article, Richard Wade, senior manager of Wesgro IQ stated, “The Western Cape's fastest-growing export markets are Brazil, Russia, India, China (BRIC) and other African countries.”
“Now is the time for the rest of the country to follow suit!” says John Thomson. “Saitex is the perfect opportunity for exporters to tap into this market considering there will be traders representing all the aforementioned countries, except Russia which we have substituted with Ukraine.”
