Panels & Furniture Asia January/February 2024

SHOW REVIEW
The show has been, overall, a big success. The quality
of the attendees is the main reason for this success:
This quality can be converted into potential sales, or
you can network with industry players and gain market
information or knowledge. Quality over quantity. More
importantly, MWE 2023 has given us the platform
to soft launch our brand, IOI Palm Wood, and get
feedback and enquiries into our products.
Hans Peter Fitch, CEO, IOI Palm Wood
“I am very satisfied with MWE 2023. The biggest selling
point of this show is the financial support from the
Malaysian government. Besides that, the promotional
activity for MWE 2023 was done well, which is why many
overseas and domestic visitors came down. All in all, we
have sold more than 10 machines worth RM2.5m in sales.”
Jacky Tan, Founder, Yik Feng Wood & Machinery
“Overall, the show is good. We had quite
a lot of visitors, who enquired about our
machines, especially our moulders which
are on display. Thanks to MTC’s grant, we
have sold 10 machines to visitors over the
past three days.”
Leslie Lye, Vice-General Manager, Sales,
Michael Weinig Asia
We attained good results from MWE 2023. The visitor
traffic and quality were great. With high domestic
demand for furniture in Malaysia, as well as financial
support from the government to engage manufacturers
to buy machines, we managed to sell at least six to
seven machines, and might still sell more.
Peter Liu
International Sales Director, Nanxing Machinery
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