Expo XXl was a new first class air-conditioned venue in Greater Noida, only 45 minutes from the business district of New Delhi and just over an hour from Indira Gandhi international airport. UPEX was within the main machinery hall.

Geographic areas targeted for visitors were Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and all areas of India and more than thirty international used machinery dealers exhibited at the show. As well as local companies there were exhibitors from Germany, Netherlands and USA with the largest overseas contingent being UK dealers. With 300sq.m of stands UPEX @ IPEX South Asia made quite an impact.

Visitors commented on the wide range of equipment being offered, from pre-press through sheet and web presses to finishing kit. As has become the norm within UPEX “deals were done”. The Indian market in particular is hungry for modern pre-owned equipment, with their economy moving at the pace it is printers are keen to upgrade and expand. And when it comes to used equipment they far prefer to source from overseas, particularly Europe and the UK. So the international flavour of UPEX appealed to the South Asian buyer.

Sheet fed offset specialists Exel were impressed with the steady flow of good enquiries right throughout the show – a comment echoed by many of the used dealers. One particularly happy exhibitor was Jim Gunn of SM Graphics: “I was highly impressed by the turnout and was kept continually busy all four days. We secured orders for around a quarter million pounds worth of kit and the deposit for a Komori 540 from a local Indian printer is already in the bank. I will certainly be back in 2009”.

Finishing specialists Nyland Graphics were equally pleased with the show. Steve Nyland said: “For our first exhibition in New Delhi, UPEX @ IPEX South Asia was a busy show - we took a good level of enquiries from quality visitors, securing several sales. It was also a good opportunity to meet with valued clients from the region that we have supplied equipment to and have supported over the years who were pleased to see us exhibiting. It was well worth attending and we definitely plan to exhibit next time around”.

Chris Barrett of Grafitec reported that he had a very good exhibition and, indeed, returned with three orders and a huge number of enquiries. He considered it a great success.