Mumbai: Global trade fair organiser Messe Frankfurt is partnering
for the first time with the Electric Lamp & Component Manufacturers
Association of India (ELCOMA) for the 2012 edition of Light India which will be
held from October 5- 8 this year at Pragati Madian, New Delhi.
Touted as India’s largest lighting
exhibition in terms of exhibitor and visitor numbers, according to Shyam Sujan,
Secretary General of ELCOMA, the show will provide support to the local
lighting industry, which is seeing an incredible technological advancement in
products and services.
Commenting on the new partnership
with ELCOMA, Raj Manek, Managing Director, Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India
Pvt Ltd said, “Messe Frankfurt is looking forward to bringing its expertise to
Light India. Currently, we organise three of the most respected lighting
industry shows in the world. We have the bi-annual Light + Building held in
Frankfurt, which is the world’s biggest lighting and building show, the annual
Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition held in Guangzhou, China which is
Asia’s biggest and most comprehensive lighting forum, and also the annual Light
Middle East held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
In addition, Light India will host a
three-day technical seminar focusing on emerging new technologies and
applications such as energy-saving and green lighting technologies. Some of the
world’s leading experts and specialists will deliver Technical Papers on
subjects most relevant to India and recommendations made during the seminar
will form a white paper which will be submitted to the government for decision
making and future policy guidelines.
Light India will cover a gross area
of 16,000 sq m and will offer a comprehensive trade and marketing platform in
categories such as Electric lamps, LED lighting products, Compact
fluorescent lamps (CFL), Architectural lighting, Decorative lighting,
etc.
Manek remarked, “ In addition, with
the support of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Ministry of
New & Renewable Energy, CPWD and the Council of Architecture, Builders
Association of India and the Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE), Light
India is the platform to interact with the bulk buying government and private
agency decision makers.”
India’s lighting industry
During the last seven decades,
India’s lighting industry has transitioned from being an importer of finished
products, to an assembler of components, and now to a self sufficient producer
of lighting systems.
Currently has a turnover of USD 1.8
billion and is growing between 10 to 12 percent per annum, the local
market is more international, offering a full range of products and systems as
the Indian government has adopted a liberalised economic policy which gives
consumers global product choices.
The import of lighting products is
estimated at more than USD 18 million per year, growing at 15 percent. In
addition, duties are being lowered and new technologies are being encouraged.
H S Mamak,
Advisor to ELCOMA said, “As India is one of the world’s fastest growing
economies with a GDP growth of around 8 percent, the years ahead should be even
better for the lighting industry, especially with an increased surge in CFL,
LED, HID and lighting fixture products due to consumer awareness of energy
efficient lighting. In addition, India’s construction boom and industrial
development is presenting a great opportunity for lighting manufacturers.
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