NGV 2008 Exhibition Sales Launched
Organizers of ExpoGNV 2007 have affirmed the strength of the Brazilian natural gas vehicle (NGV) market with almost 5,000 visitors attending the 3 day exhibition earlier this month. Brazil is among the world leaders in the uptake of alternative fuels, and is currently 2nd highest ranking country in the world in terms of natural gas vehicles on the road with more than 1.375 million NGVs.
More than 200 delegates also took part in the conference program, which included a number of roundtable forums discussing the OEM’s position, challenges of the post-market NGV conversions, diesel replacement by natural gas, the gas distribution infrastructure, customer education and NGV safety. A two-day NGV training program for beginners, was also held to coincide with the event.
Seventy companies took part in the 4,500 m2 exhibition and sponsorship program, with 40% of these coming from outside of Brazil.
Organizers also commenced sales for the IANGV biennial exhibition, NGV 2008, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June next year. Over 1,800 m2 was sold with exhibitors signing up including: Aspro do Brasil, GNV Junqueira, Landirenzo, Préssor, Grupo Galileo, Safe, White Martins – Cilbras, Alliance Group, Tomasetto Achille, Inflex, MR Conexões, ElectroDiel, Plast Silva, PVR, Agira, Tury, Reg OMVL, Worthington, Lovato, FixParts, F1 Cilindros, PumpControl, GNC Grupo, Neogás.
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