NEW DELHI: The 13th Auto Expo, will be held from February 5-February 9, 2016 at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida. Organised jointly by the Society of Indian Automobile manufacturers (SIAM), Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and the Automobile Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), the Expo promises to be an even bigger affair with improved facilities in comparison to those that were in place during the 2014 edition.
The indoor exhibition space has been increased to 73,000 sq. metres which include six large halls with an additional carpet area of 37240 sq.metres. There were eight halls in the previous edition, however, those only added up to 27,648 sq. metres.
The focus this time around would be on electric and hybrid vehicles with a theme of mobility for all.
The organisers have also announced that 80 new vehicles will be unveiled at the the 2016 Auto Expo.
"There will be around 80 product launches during the event. We expect 7 lakh footfalls this time around. Around 5.6 lakh people visited the show during the last edition of the show," SIAM President Vinod K Dasari told reporters.
In the previous edition of the expo around 70 products were launched. "The focus this time around would be on electric and hybrid vehicles with a theme of mobility for all," Dasari said.
In order to make the show accessible for the general public, there would be shuttle bus service from Botanical Garden metro station to the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, the venue of the motor show, he added.
The show will see 65 exhibitors as against 55 in the previous show, he added.
In the previous edition of the expo around 70 products were launched. "The focus this time around would be on electric and hybrid vehicles with a theme of mobility for all," Dasari said.
In order to make the show accessible for the general public, there would be shuttle bus service from Botanical Garden metro station to the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida, the venue of the motor show, he added.
Elaborating on the venue, Dasari said the space has been increased to 73,000 square meter from the earlier 69,000 square meters.
Some of the major auto companies which would be participating in the show includes Maruti Suzuki India, Mahindra, Hyundai Motor India, Honda Cars India, Tata Motors, Audi among others.
There will be new participants, including Jeep, Polaris, and Italian motorcycle maker Benelli.
Coinciding with the Auto Expo, ACMA will host the components show at the Capital's Pragati Maidan from February 4-7, in which around 1,500 exhibitors are expected to participate.
Around 900 of them are Indian firms, while the remaining 600 are from overseas, including China, Canada Germany, Japan and South Korea.
This is the second successive time that the Auto Expo is being held at Greater Noida with its original home Pragati Maidan proving to be inadequate to host the show, which has grown over the years.
CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said the industry is in talks with the government to establish at least one world-class exhibition centre soon as India currently lacks it when compared to US, Europe or China.
"We are working with the government to see if we can have at least one venue soon. The private sector will be happy to bring in equity and even operate it. We do expect to identify at least one such site within a year," Banerjee said.
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