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SGC Highlights
26 – 29 May 2016
Singapore Pavilion at INTERZOO 2016, Nuremberg, Germany
The 34th international trade fair for pet
supplies, Interzoo, is still considered the
largest in its history: 39,000 trade visitors
from 117 countries attended the four-day
trade fair, with 30% coming from Germany
and 70% from abroad. In total, 1,818
exhibitors from 61 countries displayed
their innovations and gave their outlook
on trends over 115,000 square meters of
exhibition space.
As part of continuing effort to promote
Interzoo, the SGC, in partnership with
the Singapore Aquarium Fish Exporters’
Association (SAFEA), co-organised a
successful Singapore pavilion at Interzoo,
which saw a total of 8 participants over an
exhibition space of 156sqm.
24 June 2016
Conference on Industrie 4.0 for Singapore Manufacturers —
An Introduction to the Factory of the Future
One of the highlights of 2016, this
conference was co-organised by four
of the SGC committees: IT, Mittelstand,
New Technologies and R&D. To grace
this event, we had guests-of-honour Dr
Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Foreign
Affairs Singapore and Minister-in-Charge
of the Smart Nation Initiative and H.E Dr
Michael Witter, Ambassador of the Federal
Republic of Germany to Singapore.
In his welcome message, Minister
Balakrishnan stressed the importance of
smart technology in the development of
a modern factory and building of smart
communities. Our nine speakers from
various institutions echoed this message,
highlighting the importance of preparing
for this movement to our participants,
which consisted of over one hundred
delegates representing the different
industry sectors.
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