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The twelfth edition of the auto show to be held in the country next year is slated to be the largest in terms of the number of participants, industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said today.
As many as 41 automobile manufacturers from across the world will exhibit their products at the Expo Mart in Greater Noida (NCR) over seven days between 5 and 11 February 2014. Sugato Sen, deputy director general, SIAM, said, “The auto show next year will be largest in terms of participants. We have 46 members, of which 41 manufacturers have confirmed their presence in the show.” As many as 35 companies had participated in the 2012 edition.
The new participants in the twelfth edition (2014) of the auto show include Chrysler of the Fiat Group, DSK Hyosung and Isuzu Motors of Japan.
To accommodate the increasing number of participants, the exhibition space has been raised by about a fourth to 48,000 square metres. “The exhibit area next year will be about 48,000 sq metre as compared to 39,000 sq metre made available in 2012”, informed Sen. Expected footfall per day during the auto expo would be in the range of 70,000-75,000 people per day.
Traditionally held at Delhi's Pragati Maidan, the venue of the expo has been partially shifted to the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida due to space constraints at the original venue. Next year, the motor show will held here from February 5 -11, while the component show will continue to be at Paragti Maidan from February 6-9, 2014.
While the Greater Noida centre will exhibit automobiles including four wheelers and two wheelers, the Pragati Maidan venue will host component makers. Vikram Kirloskar, president, SIAM, said, "We wanted to give an international feel to the expo to be held next year, so we chose this venue (Greater Noida). Last couple of editions were not that great.”
He added that the organisers were looking for a bigger venue for the next edition of the expo so that both automobiles and component makers could exhibit their products in one place."We would like to have both vehicle and component makers at one place. It is very important for us given the synergies," Kirloskar said.
Tickets sales for the auto show would begin from November this year."Tickets would be available online, offline as well onsite. We are talking to various organisations including Book My Show, Barista and Delhi Metro for sale of tickets," added Kirloskar.
