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Save the Planet 2013 – Summary and Statistics

2014-06-09

The 5th consecutive edition of Save the Planet - International waste management conference and exhibition – took place in Sofia, from 5-7 March. The organizer of the exhibition Via Expo is constantly expanding theme of the event. In 2014 the focus was on specific solutions for resource efficiency through waste recovery. BalBok Engineering participated for the fourth consecutive year with its own stand.

The event opens real opportunities for the application of best practices, implementation of incentive policies, and technology transfer to Southeast Europe. Local and foreign suppliers and customers, experts and representatives of government agencies and organizations have met at the forum.

Statistics

108 direct exhibitors took part in this year’s exhibitions including companies from 20 countries (Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece,Italy,Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia,Spain,Sweden, Switzerland,Turkeyand Ukraine).

50% were direct foreign exhibitors, 43% of the companies participated for the first time and 44%of them declared their intention to take part in the 2015 exhibition.

3900specialists from Bulgaria and 38 other countries (Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium,Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine,  United Kingdom and the USA) have visited the exhibition.

53% of them from Sofia, 28% from other towns and 19% from abroad

The visitors included specialists from different sectors: architecture and construction, automation and electronics, elevators and escalators, renewables, biofuels, woodworking, state and municipal administration, ecology, energy, energy efficiency, IT and telecommunications, consulting, engineering, media, packaging industry, lighting, heating and cooling, recycling, agriculture, transport and logistics, universities, water management, waste management, finance and investment, food and beverage industry.

 

Source Via Expo