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Frank Appel, Managing Director, Hans Lingl Anlagenbau und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
"For us, CERAMITEC is the foremost exhibition. As expected, we met a large majority of our international customers here. We had plenty of visitors at our stand from the first day of the fair."
 
Dr. Jürgen Blumm, Managing Director Sales, Applications and Marketing, NETZSCH Gerätebau GmbH, Germany
"For us, CERAMITEC is one of the leading and most important exhibitions and by far the most important forum for ceramics applications. We have had a large percentage of international visitors – we don't get that at other fairs. And the quality of the visitors was considerably better than in past years. The inquiries that we have received are very concrete, and we think we will be able to turn them into real projects and orders soon."
 
Jeffrey Brundage, Sales Manager, Superior Technical Ceramics and President of the Association of American Ceramic Component Manufacturers, USA
"As a first time exhibitor we found this fair to be a very interesting and informative event. We are already planning for the next CERAMITEC event."
 
Wolfgang Brunk, Manager Marketing & PR, Keller H,C,W, Germany
"The profile of visitors at our stand was international: we had interested visitors, predominantly top-level executives, who came from the Americas, Australia, Asia, Europe – even from Albania. The rush of visitors on the first three days of the fair was overwhelming. We met with decision-makers from several companies. KELLER HCW is very confident that this fair will result in some great projects. Several smaller orders were already placed during the fair. CERAMITEC is still the world's largest and most important trade fair that this industry has.”
  
Dr. Ing. Stefano Capaccioli, CEO, Capaccioli Impianti, Italy
"We have been taking part in CERAMITEC for over 20 years. We do it because we believe that this is the most important event worldwide for our sector. And this year again we were proved right."
 
Luca Caramelli, CEO, Bongioanni Macchine S.p.A., Italy
"Bongioanni decided to focus on CERAMITEC as international ‘red carpet’. CERAMITEC definitely proved to be a real international trade fair regarding visitors. Especially in these times, it is essential to find new business partners and new potential customers from all over the world."
 
Luca Casaletti, Sales Manager, Filiere Torres, Italy
“The comprehensive opinion about the exhibition remains however positive, also for the international importance that this important appointment has always had.”
 
Simon Cooper, Joint Managing Director, Hygan Products, Great Britain
"This time, there seem to be more who have made the trip compared to 2006. We have also had a good international variety of new callers which is encouraging."
 
Ingo Cremer, Managing Director, CREMER GmbH, Germany
"Given the current economic situation, we came to CERAMITEC with fewer expectations, but we are satisfied with the visitors' interest in our products, the number of contacts at our stand and the quality of the discussions."
 
Paul Eirich, Chairman of the CERAMITEC Exhibitors’ Advisory Board and Managing Partner, Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co.KG, Germany
"The quality of the visitors is outstanding. We had a large number of international visitors at our stand. As always, the fair was very well organised, something that was praised by all the exhibitors. Everything was just right. The thing that distinguishes CERAMITEC from other fairs is that it is much more international. The ThinkIng initiative was also extremely important. After all, we only get people when we have something tangible to present and can give them alternatives."
  
Gerhard Fischer, Managing Director, Händle, Germany
"We were a little cautious before the fair and were very pleasantly surprised at the number of visitors. The quality is very good, and the decision-makers are here. We had plenty of international visitors at our stand. All important markets and market players are represented here – not a single country is missing. CERAMITEC is a platform that is an absolute must; there are no alternatives. Not even in Italy."
 
Roland Geiger, Managing Director, GERO Hochtemperaturöfen, Germany
"Given the state of the economy, we were expecting fewer visitors. But we were positively surprised. The discussions we held were very productive and very promising. The audience of German professionals was very good, but we also had plenty of foreign exhibitors from India and Iran at our stand."
 
Vladimir Grubačic, Sales Manager, Bedeschi, Italy
"CERAMITEC 2009 went very well; there are very positive signs of market recovery after the global crisis: we were visited by many customers from countries all over the world such as Africa, Middle East and Asia confirming the great international importance of this fair."
 
Swapan Guha, Managing Director, Hopewell Ceramics, and President of the Indian Ceramics Society, India
"At CERAMITEC we had the chance to get more information on the latest ceramic technology; we had some good meetings here. The visitors were very interested in our society. The Indian Day in the CERAMITEC FORUM gave us a good opportunity to present our country and to interact with visitors."
 
Michael Hölzgen, Head of the Ceramics Division, Zschimmer & Schwarz, Germany
"Zschimmer & Schwarz develops and manufactures a wide range of special chemical auxiliaries used in all segments of the ceramic industry, so coming to CERAMITEC is an absolute must for us. Here we can present our product portfolio to an international trade audience."
 
Catherine Le Bloa, Export Consultant and Project Director, Chambre de Commerce et d´Industrie de Limoges et de la Haute-Vienne, France
"CERAMITEC is the most important trade fair for our companies from France. Thanks to our large joint exhibition stand, their presence here is outstanding. There were plenty of visitors at our stand every day, and the quality of the visitors was professional. We made contacts with people from around the world, but mostly from Europe and Asia."
 
Xiaodong Liu, International Director, Keda, China
"We had lots of technicians and engineers at our booth, so very special visitors with a good quality. CERAMITEC was successful for us."
 
Li jun Luo, General Manager, Hebei Pengda New Material Technical Co. Ltd., China
"It was very important for our company to participate in CERAMITEC 2009. It helped us to find some interesting business opportunities and make contacts with potential business partners."
 
Sheng Yu Mao, Commercial Director, Shanghai Pangea Import & Export Co., Ltd., China
"It is a good exhibition for us. As a lot of new contacts have been established. We will join the next CERAMITEC in 2012."
 
Cyprien Maugras, Marketing and Strategy Director, Imerys Kiln Furniture, France
"CERAMITEC 2009 has been a very successful event in this difficult economical environment. Our customers try to decrease as much as possible their operating costs, therefore CERAMITEC 2009 has been a key event to present our very innovative solutions in term of energy savings and production process optimisation. The quality of the visitors was very high and it was a great opportunity to develop new business opportunities."
 
Carlos Mazorra, Sales Manager, Teide Refractories, Spain
“We have finished the fair with an optimistic feeling: High level of contacts, really focussed on business and visitors on decision maker level. Excellent and sharp organisation as always.”
 
Paolo Pedrelli, General Manager, Tecnofiliere, Italy
"The results of CERAMITEC are outstanding for us. We had visitors from 30 countries at our stand. For us, CERAMITEC is by far the most important trade fair in the world for the heavy-clay industry."
 
Milan Percic, Managing Director, De Boer Holding B.V., The Netherlands
"We did not expect that many visitors. All of them really wanted to know more and came from all over the world. For us, CERAMITEC is the most important trade fair."
 
Alfred Rundel, Vertriebsleiter Pulvermetall, Maschinenfabrik Lauffer GmbH + Co. KG., Germany
"CERAMITEC 2009 exceeded our expectations, which were lower because of the state of the economy. We are very satisfied with the number of visitor contacts and the quality of the visitors."
 
Günther Schmidt, Managing Partner, Stephan Schmidt Gruppe, Germany
"We were surprised at the high quality of the trade visitors. The percentage of trade visitors was higher than we expected, and all sectors are positive about the sales markets of the future."
 
Burak Selamet, Managing Director, UNIMAK Machine Ind. Ltd. Co, Turkey
"CERAMITEC gave us the opportunity to meet with our existing customers, as well as to set up business communications with new customers. We found a chance to introduce our novelties and our international partners for offering solutions from Turkey."
 
Adam Slater, Director, Dragon Kilns LTD., Great Britain
"Naturally, CERAMITEC is taking place in a very challenging commercial climate, but it remains important for our company to be here. Munich provides not only a good show venue but also is a catalyst for bringing many groups together with a social scene that allows us to spend time with clients in the evening in a less formal atmosphere.”
 
Prof. Dr. Rainer Telle, President, DKG/Director, RWTH AACHEN Institut für Gesteinshüttenkunde, Germany
"Exhibitors are presenting state-of-the-art technology in the hope that it will help the global market to recover. The fact is that the financial crisis did not result in a dramatic drip in demand, just in concentration, automation and innovation. And the fair is the perfect place to make information available to decision-makers."
 
Matthias Uhl, Managing Director, Riedhammer GmbH, Germany
"The large number and high quality of our contacts surpassed our expectations by far."
 
Axel Weiand, Head of Process & High Temperature Technology, EISENMANN Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
"For EISENMANN, CERAMITEC is the leading trade fair in the sector for ceramics and high-temperature technology. As always, this year's fair was the perfect platform for presenting our innovations to a first-rate international audience."
 
Tony Yang, Export Manager, FCT (Tangshan) Technical Ceramics Industry Co. Ltd., China
"CERAMITEC is an excellent ceramic fair. The numbers of visitors are beyond our expectations. You will definitely find us here at the next exhibition.”
 
Paul Zbinden, Sales Director, Osterwalder AG, Germany
"The number of customers who visited us on the first three days of the fair surpassed our current expectations."
 
Dr.-Ing. Michael Zins, Deputy Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), Germany
"Surpassed our expectations by far. The topic ‘Ceramic components for the ceramics industry’ was very well received. Our co-exhibitors are reporting a large number of high-quality contacts. We have also seen several visitors from other branches of industry. Technical Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy Day was a huge success. Rarely have we seen an exhibition forum with such good attendance."