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DenMit Trading. Remarked Mr Boris Loyez, International
Sales Manager for Owandy, with a tinge of regret: “With the
amount of enquiries that we are getting, I regret that I didn’t
get a bigger booth and bring in our machine for a better
demo. But we will be back in 2010 with a bigger booth and
better exhibits.”
However, there were also gripes from the exhibitors as well.
Said Mr Milan Rajek, Managing Director of Bausch Articulating
Papers: “IDEM is an important show for us and this year is no
exception. We were expecting a better turn-out this time as
compared to 2006 but I must say apart from Day 1, the rest of
the days were generally disappointing in terms of visitors.”
Conspicuously absence were the Thais and Vietnamese.
Observed Heddie Ricci, General Manager of Bionnovation
Biomedical: “We have a good share of visitors from India,
Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia but we didn’t get to see
many Thais or Vietnamese attending this event.”
IDEM — being an off-shoot of
the more successful and
illustrious IDS in Cologne,
Germany — may find it difficult
to emulate the immense success
enjoyed by IDS but that should
not stop it from aiming for the
sky and developing its own
characteristics
The Vietnamese and the Thais have good reason to be
absence as they have their own dental exhibitions in their own
backyards, happening close to IDEM — April and May
respectively. However, I believe that the absence of these two
groups of visitors did
not undermine the
overall performance of
the show.
The Visitors
Virtually all the visitors
knew what they came
for but there were some
who came with an open
mind and were
pleasantly surprised
with what they saw.
Said Mr M. R.
Chowdhury, General
Manager (Dental) of
UniMed Limited of
Bangladesh: “I must say
I am impressed with
what I saw and I also
managed to get in touch
with some of the
principals which I have been trying to meet up for quite some
time.”
Others like Dr Aris Sutanto from Indonesia and Dr Lilli Ann Dim
Fernando from the Philippines were there to update themselves
on the latest in the industry, as well as purchasing expendable
products in bulks. “I am glad that I came as I am able to obtain
first-hand information
on the products that I
have shortlisted for
my clinic back home,”
expressed Dr Lilli.
Trade and Industry Minister Mr Lim Hng Kiang (center) officially opening IDEM 2008. On his
right is Mr Oliver P. Kuhrt while Dr Benjamin Long is on his left. Dr Ng Jet Wei, Chairman of
IDEM 2008 Committee, is standing first from the right and Dr Burton Conrod, President of FDI
World Dental Federation is next to him.
Seen on the
showfloor, too, were
personnel of military
dental units from
Singapore and the
region. It was
understood that
several orders were
being placed by these
personnel for
installation back in
their military
operations.
Speaker Associate
Professor Khalid
Almas, for the Division of Periodontology at the University of
Connecticut Health Center, School of Dental Medicine, also
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