February 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contact:

Anne Meerboth-Maltz
Tel. (312)781-5185
Fax (312) 781-5188
email: ameerboth@mdna.com

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OVER 400 EXHIBITORS REGISTERED FOR VALVE WORLD EXPO 2010

With 10 months to go before the start of Valve World Expo 2010, 7th Biennial Valve World Conference & Exhibition, 420 companies from 35 countries have reserved more than 129,000 square feet of net exhibit space. The majority of the European exhibitors will come from Germany (82), followed by Italy (62), Great Britain (30), the Netherlands (19), Spain (15) and France (14). The largest non-European contingents at Valve World Expo 2010 will be from China (77), Taiwan (24), India (22), the U.S. (15) and South Korea (14). The event will be held from November 30 - December 2, 2010 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The exhibitors will displays innovative products and technologies for the fittings, drive and control sectors as well as equipment related to fittings, gaskets, washers and tubing products.

The visitors at Valve World Expo 2010 will be predominantly from the following industries: shipbuilding, chemical, motor and vehicle construction, energy management, marine and offshore, food processing and machinery and equipment construction.