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IMHX Praise ■
Thumbs-up for IMHX
IMHX 2007 has been receiving some rave reviews from exhibitors and visitors alike.
Here’s a selection of some of them.
“IMHX was quite simply the best trade show product launches planned for later in the year, over 90 firm enquiries. In addition to Speedor
we have ever attended in the UK. The 2007 is an exciting time for Yale. IMHX Easyclean, Hart also introduced its
quantity of leads were exceptional (154) and provided an excellent opportunity for us to tell revolutionary new high-speed, smoke proof,
even at this early stage the quality looks good customers – old and new – about our plans. door now which has been installed on a large
too. As a business that has an average sales Their response to our product range and and complex baggage handling conveyor belt
cycle of 10 months, we would not expect to service back-up promise was overwhelmingly system.”
close business at the show. However, we positive.” Chris Dobson
would expect to meet with some new Bill Pfleger Hart Door Systems
companies - this we did! As a result of IMHX, MD, Yale Europe Materials Handling
we have unearthed a few good projects and “We had a very good show with lots of high
we have also engaged with two of the UK’s “I.D. Systems met more than 30 organisations quality contacts and leads. As we are a trade
biggest retailers based on a voice demo we at IMHX that fit our target customer profile supplier networking is a key reason for
gave them on the stand. All in all, IMHX precisely – major manufacturing plants, attending the IMHX shows, and we found that
exceeded our expectations and I hope to be distribution centres, and airports with large the vast majority of trade contacts attended
able to talk about actual business closed as a fleets of forklifts and other industrial trucks and visited our stand. The Product Launches
result of being there some time in Q3 and who are seeking new, better ways to improve of Flex Flow and Roller Flow attracted a lot
Q4.” productivity, cut costs and improve safety in of interest and IMHX presented a great
Duncan Smillie their material handling operations. Most of opportunity for a high impact launch.”
MD, Psion Teklogix (UK) Ltd. these contacts have requested specific Chris Adams
proposals for us to implement our wireless UK and Ireland Divisional Manager
“We had a lot of interest shown in our forklift fleet management technology in their Interoll Dynamic Storage
software, which resulted in some excellent facilities, and we are looking forward to
lead generation. This show has proven to be a closing business with them shortly. In “Galebreaker Industrial had an excellent
well organised event which has been addition, we also met more than a dozen IMHX show, particularly as a new customer
extremely well marketed to our target strong potential strategic partners, including for us Aimia Foods Ltd in St Helens (Mike
audience. We are certainly looking forward forklift manufacturers and UK distributors.” Green) who came and talked to us during the
to IMHX 2010.” Greg Smith show. On the Tuesday they had placed an
Howard Turvey Vice President, I.D. Systems, Inc order for over £16K for an internal
MD, Proteus Software partitioning system to enclose a new
“Ashtree Glass had a good exhibition at the mezzanine floor area, and include various
“We were delighted with both the quality and IMHX. Our main objective was to publicise access solutions within it for forklifts and
the quantity of the sales leads taken our safety mirror, part number MX943. We pedestrians. This was sold by myself at the
throughout the show. With several new currently sell a lot of these but for some show, and is always pleasing to meet new
The Marangoni Group’s Industrial Tyre Division had a successful
reason they tend to mainly go to businesses and start new business
exhibition at IMHX. Marangoni Industrial Tyres is a leading Italian
the continent rather than to the relationships.”
manufacturer and one of the largest in the European fork lift
UK market. Having said that we Jamie Wilde
truck tyre industry.
had some good interest and UK Sales Director, G.B.R. Industries Ltd
hopefully we will be kitting out a
few fleets with the mirrors as a “Having shortlisted two non-exhibiting
retro fit. For some reason the companies as potential suppliers for a large
after market seems to pick up on scissor lift table contract, Rye Fruit of Bristol
this quicker than the oe visited IMHX to further enhance their in-
manufacturers.” house materials handling equipment portfolio.
John Roper During their visit, Edmolift UK Ltd (a
Sales director, Ashtree Glass company not previously known to them)
demonstrated the benefits of purchasing the
“Hart Door Systems [used Edmo product. Just three weeks after the
IMHX] to launch its latest variant show, Rye Fruit have ordered five 2,000kg
of its successful Speedor range of Edmolift lift tables.
high-speed doors. IMHX was Darren Papani
particularly good this year, with Edmolift UK Ltd
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