We are rolling...

Posted by Christian Borrmann

Following a very impressive Chinese traditional Lion Dance, the Vize-Mayor of Suzhou Government held a short opening speech where he welcomed everybody to this year's Valve World Asia Expo. This year's event is the first ever Valve World Asia to be supported by the government. His speech was followed by short speeches from Conference Chairman Mr Jack Ling, Valve World's Mr Sjef Roymans and Messe Düsseldorf's Mr Gerrit Nawracala. After these speeches they cut the limbo to officially open the event.

Once the official opening ceremony was over the audience split up into two groups: one group headed into the expo hall to visit the stands and explore the latest development and the other group made their way to the conference rooms, conveniently located just across the entrance of the expo hall.

Here, Mr Jack Ling opened the conference sessions and then passed the microphone on to his colleague Mr Junfeng Niu who talked about the maintenance of pipeline valves within his company Guangdong Dapeng LNG, China's first LNG company, located just North of Hong Kong.

Valve World Asia Co-Chairman Mr Tony Smart from Shell was next on the agenda and he talked about the importance of Valve Selection and Application and he used audio/video to support his highly interesting and informative presentation. The last presentation before the coffee break came from Mr Zhang Jie, who is from the Sinopec Nanjing Valve Procurement Center, and his keynote dealt with the company's experiences when it comes to purchasing valves and the challenges, problems, and solutions that goes with this.

Then the conference delegates headed back into the expo hall to enjoy their morning coffee and to take a stroll around the stands.

This is the first report from the conference rooms and now I will head back into the expo hall to bring you the latest information and news from there. Stay tuned...

Best wishes,

Christian