Shows and Events
September 1-3: Made in America Trade Show in Lebanon - emphasis on Environmental Sector.
This show is being hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and several Lebanese government and private sector entities. The show is unique in that exhibit space is FREE OF CHARGE to U.S. companies. This event presents an excellent opportunity for firms to get in on the ground level of USAID projects and make useful contacts for the region. Many infrastructure projects are on going in Lebanon.
September 9-11: ENVIRO-PRO TECOMEX 2003 at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, Mexico.
The most important event in Mexico for environmental products and services related to hazardous and toxic waste transportation equipment, bio-remediation technologies, medical waste transportation equipment, environmental engineering services, solid waste recycling equipment, desalination plants, water pumps, water filtration equipment, water supply and distribution systems, and design and engineering services. For the first time, the U.S. Commercial Service will offer U.S. companies the opportunity to exhibit in a specially designed, highly visible, and centrally located USA Pavilion. In addition to having booth space in the USA Pavilion, participants will be offered the following benefits: Gold Key Service (eight one-on-one pre-qualified appointments during two days for separate charge). Enjoy, access to private meeting space, valuable market research at no cost, an Embassy discount at several hotels, on-site support, breakfast briefing for U.S. exhibitors, and a U.S. Embassy reception targeting Mexican buyers.
The cost for a standard booth in the USA Pavilion is USD 3,570.00
September 28-October 3: International Desalination Association (IDA) and Water Reuse World Congress event in the Bahamas.
The U.S. Department of Commerce is offering U.S. firms the opportunity to advertise their products and services in a special U.S. Pocket Guide to be distributed at the International Desalination Association (IDA) and Water Reuse World Congress. Price: $125, you get a 1/3 page-size ad to highlight your products, services, and full contact information.
September 29-October 3, 2003: Ecolink Environmental Business Matchmaker To Southeastern Europe
EcoLinks is offering an ideal opportunity for U.S. environmental and energy firms to meet with potential partners in Bulgaria and Croatia. This business facilitation program has been designed to take advantage of two key trade shows taking place in these countries (Plovdiv International Fair (Bulgaria) & EMAT Fair Zagreb Croatia). EcoLinks will work directly with interested U.S. firms to help them assess market prospects, identify potential business partners and provide pre-arranged appointment schedules. September 29-30: Bulgaria: Sofia & Plovdiv International Technical Fair October 2-3: Croatia: Zagreb EMAT Environmental Trade Fair Price: $1300 (not including air & hotel)
October 2-4: AQUATECH ASIA 2003:
The U.S. Department of Commerce is organizing a U.S. Pavilion at the Aquatech Asia 2003 trade show at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Center. This show is a leading show in Asia on water technology, products, and services. The Aquatech Asia network provides the perfect gateway to the water works and industrial water and wastewater markets of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore as well as developing markets such as Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. Pricing: http://show-info.nl/_upload/aquatechasia2003/docs/Application_Form.pdf.
October 11-15: WEFTEC 2003:
The Water Environment Federation is hosting WEFTEC 2003 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. U.S. embassies worldwide will be leading delegations of buyers to the show. The show is open to companies in the water and wastewater treatment industry. Price: For pricing info go to http://www.weftec.com.
November 11 - 14: Japan Home Show.
The Japan Home Show is the largest housing industry trade show in Japan, attracting over 100,000 visitors every year. Exhibiting at a U.S. Pavilion participant is an excellent way to meet knowledgeable industry representatives such as homebuilders, importers and distributors, architects and developers. U.S. exhibitors will receive value added services from the U.S. Commercial Service Office in Osaka including: regular market updates, networking and market entry counseling and a special U.S. Pavilion exhibitor's catalogue and supplement.
Price: Japan Home Show 2003 (Tokyo) ONLY!
Type A (Package booth): 450,000 yen
Each exhibition booth (3m x 3m) will be completely equipped and furnished with carpet, outlet, a company header; two display tables; two shelves; one round table; four chairs; three spotlights; one business card holder and one waste basket. Type B (Simple booth): 310,000 yen. Each exhibition booth (3m x 3m) will have only side (2 meter) and back (3 meter) partition walls and no carpet, company header, display table, etc. Space only (6 or more booths): 290,000 yen per booth (about 9 square meters)
November 20 to 22:
Home Builders Expo Osaka In addition to the Japan Home Show 2003, the U>S. Commercial Service Office in Osaka-Kobe will also organize a U.S. Pavilion at the Home Builders Expo Osaka 2003.
Price: Home Builders Expo Osaka 2002 (Osaka) ONLY! Type A (Package booth): 380,000 yen. Each exhibition booth (3m x 3m) will be completely equipped and furnished the same as the Japan Home Show. Type B (Simple booth): 240,000 yen. Each exhibition booth (3m x 3m) will have only side (2 meter) and back (3 meter) partition walls. Space only (6 or more booths): 210,000 yen per booth (about 9 square meters)
BOTH Japan Home Show 2002 (Tokyo) and Home Builders Expo Osaka 2002 (Osaka)
Type A (Package booth): 602,000 yen
Type B (Simple booth): 520,000 yen
Space only (6 or more booths): 500,000 yen per booth (about 9 square meters)
November 18-20: 24TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL IRRIGATION SHOW at the San Diego Convention Center:
The Irrigation Association is designated as an International Buyer Program event, meaning the U.S. Commercial Service will lead delegations from around the world to the show. The show covers agriculture, turf grass, landscape, and golf course irrigation equipment, supplies, and services, as well as, related products such as water management, water features and landscape lighting. Price: 10x10 foot space, members $1,425; non-members $2,125
December 2-5: ENVIRONMEXASIA 2003 & WATERMEXASIA 2003: EnvironmexAsia and WatermexAsia is Southeast Asia's leading international exhibition that offers the ideal platform for water and environment professionals to view and purchase the latest technologies. These two shows will take place together at the Suntec Center in Singapore. Sectors include air pollution equipment, noise pollution control, soil treatment, recycling/recovery systems, purification equipment, chemical/non-chemical water treatment systems, engineering, consultancy and manager services, pipes, pumps, valves & controls, water filtration and purification. Price: http://www.environmexasia.com/cost.html
Trade Leads
1) A Tijuana recycling company is requesting information on U.S. Suppliers of (a) CAR CRUSHER, Specs: Over 300 tons of crushing force, Remote control to be used by the loader operator, (b) SORTING LINE, Specs: Medium volume/Curbside, Variable speed controls, Capacity: 181 glass tons, 211 plastic tons, monthly, To by operated by 6 to 8 persons, (c) OPEN END HORIZONTAL BALER, Specs: To process recycling material from 1 to 12 tons per hour, (d) REVERSIBLE AND REPLACEABLE SHEAR BLADE, Capacity: 181 glass tons, 211 news paper tons, 181 cardboard tons, 211 plastic tons, 18 aluminum tin tons, 163 plated tins tons, 605 paper tons monthly. (e) HI/LOW HYDRAULIC LIFT DUMP TRAILER, Specs: Lift and haul material, Capacity: 2.5 tons
2) Environmental Technologies Related to Coal Granulation, Russia. Delta Company, located in Russia Far East, a coal granule producer, seeks partners to recycle waste of the coal concentrating and timber processing industry. For more information, visit http://www.ecolinks.org/services/tradeleads/TradeLeadsDeatail.cfm?LinkAdvID=38590.
3) Motor Oil Cleanup Technologies, Russia Far East.
The Vladivostok-based organization, High Technologies, is implementing inexpensive, incineration-free technology to process expended motor oil, producing lubricants and rinsing fluid. High Technologies is searching for an American partner with experience in processing expended petroleum products, involving and encouraging local populations to participate in ecological projects, and lobbying an ecological project through state authorities. For further information, click For further information, visit http://www.ecolinks.org/services/tradeleads/TradeLeadsDeatail.cfm?LinkAdvID=38622 .
4) Distributorship for Package Wastewater Treatment and Drinking Water Technologies, Romania. The Romanian company Danex, an importer and distributor of aeration systems, water treatment systems and related equipment, wishes to become a distributor for U.S. made package wastewater treatment systems and package drinking water systems. To learn more click To learn more see http://www.ecolinks.org/services/tradeleads/TradeLeadsDeatail.cfm?LinkAdvID=38517.
5) Solid Waste Management - India
An Indian power generation company is seeking a U.S. to partner for a solid waste management project. They have been interacting with the Bangalore Municipal Corporation for the past couple of years to take up a project based on Bangalore Urban Solid Waste. The Corporation over the last few months has succeeded in streamlining collection of household garbage to land fill site. Recently, the Corporation has come out with a tender notification for "Development of Waste Processing and Engineered Sanitary Land Fill Facilities". The selected developer will maintain a municipal solid waste processing and/or engineered sanitary land fill facility under a long term Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) concession.
6) Hospital Waste Incinerator - China
Beijing Tian Di Ren Environmental Science & Technology Co., a company that produces reverse osmosis systems for leachate treatment, has expressed an interested in importing municipal solid waste treatment equipment (hospital waste incinerators) from the U.S. Has requested CIF (customs, insurance, and freight) pricing terms. For details contact Joanne Vliet at 408-271-7300 x100 or joanne.vliet@mail.doc.gov.
7) Sewage Equipment – China
YANTAI JEREH EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., intends to imports 3 sets of sewage equipment from the U.S. They seek to import these products: cascade narrow grillage, grill cinder compacting machine, sand water separator, sludge reflux pump, excess sludge pump, tube aerator, one-stage high-rate centrifuge blower fan, reeling filter, spiral pressure concentrator, spiral pressure hydro-extracting cage, flocculant preparation equipment, feeding pump, reverse circulation blower fan, chemicals feeding pump, advanced treatment lift pump, sea drainage submersible pump, blast pump, reverse circulation pump.
Contact: Cao, Yue (Grace), Commercial Assistant, U.S. Embassy – Beijing at yue.cao@mail.doc.gov.
8) Ecological Innovation Center - The lower reaches of the Kura River, Azerbaijan. The Ecological Innovation Center is looking for U.S. manufacturers of mobile or stationary water purifying equipment with the capacity to process 0.5 - 2 cubic meters per hour. Water purifying equipment will be placed on the lower reaches of the Kura River to turn the polluted river water into the drinking water for the population. For details contact Joanne Vliet at 408-271-7300 x100 or joanne.vliet@mail.doc.gov.
9) Oil and Gas Pollution Prevention Equipment, Kazakhstan. Shlam Servis Company is interested in interested in distributing equipment and products to the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan. See http://www.ecolinks.org/services/tradeleads/TradeLeadsDeatail.cfm?LinkAdvID=42110 for more info.
USEFUL INFORMATION ON THE WEB
1) There are currently 121 tenders for environmental technologies and equipment in Europe that are open to US-based companies! The US Mission to the EU in Brussels (CSEU) has created a tenders database that allows US businesses to directly search the tenders, by entering keywords or clicking on an industry sector. Visit the tenders database regularly at: http://www.buyusa.gov/europeanunion/eu_tenders.html. It is updated twice per week.
2) The Global Trade & Technology Network (GTN) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Program, with the objective of promoting economic growth in developing countries through trade, investment, and technology transfer. GTN is free of charge to all participants. Register your company on the Trade and Investment Business Matching site at http://www.usgtn.net.
3) Environmental U.S. International Trade Administration’s Export News: Is published quarterly by the Office of Environmental Technologies Industries. Current and back issues of this informative newsletter are available at http://www.environment.ita.doc.gov. Also on the website is industry and country-specific marketing information, trade leads, events, and trade finance related to the environmental industry.
4) In an effort to assist firms in the U.S. environment industry increase their export sales, the U.S. Department of Commerce created the on-line "Environment e-Market Express Bulletin." At this site you will find monthly updated market research, trade leads, and trade events for worldwide opportunities. Please direct your browser to the URL link below to view and select the reports of your interest.
http://www.buyusa.gov/socal/enviro.html
5) United States-Asia Environmental Partnership (US-AEP) is a program of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Its objective is to promote cleaner and more efficient cities and industries in Asia. The US-AEP is active in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. The USAEP produces a newsletter which can be viewed on their website www.useap.org/news/newsletter/update2003/03092003.pdf.
6) Israel Environline Newsletter – Is produced by the Israel Export Institute, a non-profit organization of the Israeli government and the private sector to promote Israel’s exports. The Institute produces a monthly newsletter for the environmental industry, which contains current information about the industry in Israel and other countries. The newsletter address is: http://environment.export.gov.il.
New Market Research Reports
Pollution Control Equipment
(Indonesia - 08/11/2003)
Solid Waste Recycling Equipment
(Portugal - 07/31/2003)
Air Pollution Control Equipment
(Portugal - 07/31/2003)
Remediation of Contaminated Sites
(Portugal - 07/31/2003)
Solid Waste Treatment Equipment
(Brazil - 07/21/2003)
Scientific Laboratory Instruments
(Switzerland - 06/23/2003)
Waste Recycling Equipment and Services
(Ukraine - 06/13/2003)
Industrial Waste Recycling Equipment
(Taiwan - 06/13/2003)
Environmental Technologies: Renewable Energy
(Czech Republic - 06/12/2003)
Environmental Equipment and Services
(Egypt - 06/08/2003)
Waste to Energy
(Spain - 06/05/2003)
Municipal Solid Waste Equipment
(Canada - 05/30/2003)