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DSEi 2007: THE BIGGEST AND BEST YET
19 September 2007
Last week’s Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) exhibition was the largest and most successful yet. Almost 25,700 individual attendees streamed through the doors of ExCeL in London’s Docklands between 11 and 14 September to see what 1,352 exhibitors occupying 34,000 sq metres of stand space were showcasing at DSEi 2007. Most attendees visited the show on more than one day with a total of 46,987 visits recorded.
Delegations from 49 countries as well as representatives of the United Nations attended this year’s event. Visiting countries were: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China (PRC), Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, UAE, USA and Vietnam.
This year the number of participating nations increased to 37 countries with Bulgaria, Lithuania, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey all taking national pavilions for the first time. Other long-term exhibitors, such as the United States had increased the size of their pavilions.
The whole spectrum of the defence industry - from global prime contractors to small specialist suppliers – was represented and many companies enjoyed successful product launches and contract signings. This year’s show also reflected an increased level of resource and innovation being channeled into humanitarian applications such as mine detection and demining equipment (112 exhibiting companies), medical, MEDEVAC and air ambulance products (76 companies), Search and Rescue capabilities (73 companies) and disaster planning (36 companies).
Six visiting ships, moored in the waters alongside ExCeL, ran a series of formal tours which attracted more than 2,600 visitors during the four days of the show. These were the Royal Navy’s HMS Kent and HMS Mersey; the Belgian Navy’s BNS Westdiep, the Royal Swedish Navy’s HSMS Nykoping and two vessels from the German Navy - FGS Hameln and FGS Herten.
Exhibition space for DSEi 2009 (8-11 September 2009) is already being reserved; this event will be the sixth show in the series and the fifth time it will be held at ExCeL.
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