CII EXCON 2007 road show in Colombo

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising Excon 2007, India's largest and only focused construction equipment and construction technology trade fair, in association with Indian Earthmoving and Construction Industry Association Ltd (IECIAL), at Bangalore to be held from November 14 and 18, 2007. This five-day exhibition is expected to attract 300 exhibitors and 55,000 business visitors across the globe.

Addressing a road show on Excon 2007 organised by the CII in association with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) last Tuesday, Rajitha Senaratne, Sri Lanka’s Minister for Construction and Engineering Services, said "there is plenty of potential for expanding the bilateral trade between Sri Lanka and India. In order to exploit this potential, both countries need to look at broader areas for cooperation, including the construction sector".

Vipin Sondhi, Chairman, EXCON 2007 and Managing Director and CEO, JCB India Ltd in his presentation on Excon 2007 said, "Excon is Asia's third largest trade fair for equipment industry and amongst world's top 10 construction equipment and construction technology trade fairs". He said India is increasingly becoming the construction equipment and component sourcing base for the construction equipment and hence the construction and infrastructure sector in Sri Lanka can utilize Excon 2007 to identify potential business partners for sourcing construction equipment / technologies.