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MOTORINDIA
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May 2012
The fourth edition of Busworld
Turkey, an international trade fair
for the bus industry and accessories
held from April 19 to 21 at the Istan-
bul Expo Centre (CNR), was indeed
a great success. Covering 20,000 sq.
m., the event, considered the second
biggest bus fair, next only to Bus-
world Kortrijk, Belgium, attracted
197 exhibitors, of which 141 were
local and 56 from different coun-
tries. The show also attracted 11,866
professional visitors as compared to
11,547 visitors at the previous event
held in 2010.
This event was organised by HKF
Trade Fairs of Istanbul jointly with
Busworld International Kortrijk and
with the support of the Turkish Bus
Operators Federation (TOFED). Al-
most all the leading bus manufactur-
ers such as Mercedes-Benz, Temsa,
Otokar, Ashok Leyland, TCV, BMC
and TEZ / Autobus, as well as re-
puted component manufacturers
like Cummins, ZF, Voith, Allison,
Grammer, Hubner, Eberspacher,
etc., displayed their latest innovative
products at the expo.
The show was formally inaugu-
rated by Mr. Yasar Asiler, Minis-
try of Transport, Maritime Affairs
and Communications Department
Head, in the presence of the special
invitees and other dignitaries. In his
brief address he said that since the
public transportation system is very
critical for the growth of the Turkish
economy, the Government would
invest more for improving transpor-
tation systems on a regular basis.
Mr. Luc Glorieux, Founder of
Busworld, in his keynote address,
said his company has been success-
fully organising the event at various
locations like Shanghai, Mumbai,
Istanbul and Russia, apart from Ko-
rtrijk.
The show was highly beneficial
for coach operators, bus owners as
By R. Natarajan,
Managing Editor & Publisher