90,769 visitors at ASEAN mega event

Once again, "Manufacturing Expo" proved itself as ASEAN’s leading machinery and technology event for manufacturing and supporting industries as it delivered unique technology demonstration experiences. This mega event created an incredible buzz for 90,769 industrialists in Thailand and Southeast Asian countries who visited the exhibition. 

 

Diverse world-class technologies gathered to unveil solutions to achieve productivity with speed, efficiency and durability for the age of Industry 4.0. Knowledge was abundant as seen from visitors participating in seminar sessions and activities. Since the first day, many exhibitors already have displayed ‘Sold’ signage on their machinery to mark a successful business. These are testaments of successful business negotiations and partnerships that took place in this exhibition. Manufacturing Expo 2018, with concurrent events - Inteplas Thailand 2018, InterMold Thailand 2018, Automotive Manufacturing 2018, Assembly & Automation 2018, Surface & Coatings 2018, NEPCON Thailand 2018 and Automotive Summit – took place from June 20-23 at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand. 

 

This mega exhibition presents the latest machinery and technologies targeting ASEAN manufacturers to boost their manufacturing capability, increase value to their products while at the same time reduce production costs. It covers a wide range of manufacturing and supporting industries including plastics, moulds and dies, automotive, automation technology, electronics, surface and coating industries from more than 500 companies representing 2,462 brands from 46 countries.

 

 

The exhibition featured pavilions from such countries/regions like China, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan among others. One key activity is the Robotics Cluster Pavilion, co-organised by the Office of the Industrial Economics (OIE), Ministry of Industry along with leading organisations. The objective is to drive Thailand 4.0 policy by supporting SMEs to improve their production line through industrial robots and robotic systems through knowledge, government supports, schemes and workshops that are integrated into this special zone. 

 

The world’s most advanced artificial intelligence robot, Sophia, was one of the main highlights at the Manufacturing Expo to inspire robotics industrialists in Thailand. For the first time in the world, an artificial intelligence robot welcomed visitors and works alongside human in an exhibition.  Sophia is Hanson Robotics’ most advanced robot, and has the ability to communicate with human in the unique ways as well as to display over 60 facial expressions through her smart reactions. The patented nanotech skin called “Frubber” is the key to her humanlike expressions. 

 

Another well-attended event is the Automotive Summit 2018 with topic  “Driving towards Automotive Industry 4.0” to support Thailand’s automotive manufacturers in their transformation towards Industry 4.0 through Thailand 4.0 by adapting robots and automation technology to improve their capabilities and competitive-edge on par with global standards. 

 

The next edition of Manufacturing Expo 2018 is on June 19-22, 2019.