Vitrum visitors up

The 16th Vitrum (International trade fair for machinery, equipment and systems for the processing of flat and hollow glass; glass and finished products for the industry) posted what it said were excellent visitor attendance from Italy and more than 100 countries.
 
Between 28 and 31 October 2009 attendance figures were higher than initially forecasted: 20,689 total visitors (+ 0.36% higher than the previous exhibition in 2007), with 11,224 from Italy and 9,465 from other countries. Noteworthy was the increase in overseas visitors at +3.68% versus 2007.

Vitrum director Renata Gaffo said: “The exhibition exceeded all expectations: we saw with our own eyes the industry’s desire to pick up again and the vitality of a sector that has always been a factor of excellence with an international reach.”
 
Contributing to this year’s success was the focus on energy-saving technologies and the use of renewable energies, among which warm edge, solar panels and solar thermal systems, which were also examined at the Glass and Energy Savings Conference held on Thursday, 29 October at Vitrum Energy.