Post Show Report of China VMF 2016

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China Internatiuonal Vending Machines & Self-service Facilities Fair (VMF 2016) was successfully held in China Import and Export Fair Complex on March 9-11. Very appreciated all the exhibitors, media and buyers’ support. Next year, let us get together at the same date and the same venue!

More than 300 government agencies, media reporters attended the opening ceremony on March 9,famous representatives inculding Yu Enze, president of Asian Pacific Vending Industry Association; Xu Haidong, secretary-general of APVA; Zheng Zhengchun, president of Taiwan Vending Machine Council; Wang Zhaoyun, chairman of Guangdong Grandeur International Exhibition Group; Zhou Zirong, general manager of Guangzhou Convenisun Technology Co., Ltd., Yuan Jie, executive vice president of Kubota Vending Machine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Fuyumi Kitasato, president of TKB, ect.

Covered the exhibition area of 8,000 square meters with 350 booths,China VMF 2016 attracted more than 80 exhibitors including Joyi Vendor, Ubox, Easy-touch, Junpeng Vending, TCN, Doingji, TKB, CPI, Kubota, Fulei, Fuji Electric and so on. Devided into three major thematic exhibition areas: Manufacturer Equipment, Operators & Dealers, and Food & Beverage Suppliers,various of vending machines, integrated systems and supplies, multi-functional self-pay stations, self-service products, terminal monitor systems and so on were displayed on China VMF 2016. Manager Zhang, who is in charge of China VMF 2016, said that 70% of the top ten operators in China participated in this exhibition and the products they displayed attracted a lot of international enterprises and purchasers.

In addition, 2016 Asia-pacific Vending Industry Exchange Forum was concurrently held with China VMF, the development status, future challenges & opportunities of the industry had been thoroughly discussed by manufacturers, supporting service providers, food & beverage producers, commercial property developers, representatives from purchasing departments, financing institutions and governmental media as well as experts, scholars and representatives of enterprises, etc.

“At present, the market maintenance of Chinese vending machine has exceeded 0.1 million and the annual sales is nearly 5 billion yuan.In particular ,the appearance of a number of small and medium-sized operators and the combination of internet and vending industry have further propel the development of the vending industry recent years. However, since Chinese vending industry is in its infancy, rules, orders, market information and resource allocation are not good enough, which severely restrained the development of the industry and we will spare no efforts to take on the responsibility to propel its progress”, said Yu Enze, president of Asian Pacific Vending Industry Association.

More suprises will be at China VMF 2017, and the next session is about to be hosted at the same place on March 9-11, which shall be an eye-catching show based on the successful experience of this year. Please mark the dates on your next years’ schedule!

You can catch all the latest China VMF news on the website www.chinavmf.com, “follower us” on our Twitter page (@CHINAVMF), or contact Ms. Eve Cheng via grand.ev@grahw.com

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Bugger I missed it again this year