Meetings made for efficiency

EQUIP AUTO 2007 will build on the initiatives introduced in 2005 with a range of high-impact events for visitors and exhibitors, in two categories:

• 100% B2B: the OEM Meetings, taking place on 16 and 17 October;
• 100% practical: the Business Exchange and Recruitment Mart (19 and 20 October) and the “Future Pro” Workshops (16 to 18 October).

These events will complement the show’s established flagship events: the Bodywork Colloquium (organised by the FFC and GIAC, morning of 18 October), the Higher Education conference (morning of 19 October), the “SIA – French association of automotive engineers – afternoons” (15, 16, 17 and 18 October from 3 pm to 5 pm) and the Technology Talks (every day).

The Business Exchange and Recruitment Mart: company handover and recruitment solutions

The aim of the Business Exchange and Recruitment Mart being launched at EQUIP AUTO 2007 is to provide a dynamic solution to two key challenges for the profession: buying/selling established businesses and recruitment.

• Recruitment (19 October): EQUIP AUTO, working in partnership with the leading temporary employment, recruitment and jobsearch organisations (private and public), will present jobseekers’ advertisements sorted by key criteria – experience, location, profile. An audience of pre-registered business leaders (who can register online at www.equipauto.com from 1 July onwards) can reply to the advertisements that interest them using a dedicated terminal. The list of respondents is supplied to the advertiser and meetings can take place at the exhibition on the same afternoon.
• Company transfers (20 October): EQUIP AUTO, in partnership with the leading consultancies specialising in business handovers, will be publicising company sale/purchase advertisements for automotive distribution and/or after-sales operations. Pre-registered interested parties can respond and the two parties are put in touch in the same way.

The “Future Pro” workshops: brands meet trainees

The aim of the “Future Pro” workshops is to provide students working towards a qualification in the automotive sector with detailed information on their profession and perhaps offer them a route into employment. The workshops will be run by the leading automotive after-sales networks, independent businesses and manufacturers for trainees at six specialist automotive training colleges, focusing on specific sectors:

• Tuesday 16 October: fast-fit and auto centres;
• Wednesday 17 October: body repair and mechanics networks.
• Thursday 18 October: vehicle manufacturers and brand networks;

With this array of innovative events EQUIP AUTO 2007 will provide practical solutions to visitors who want to see concrete results as well as qualified contacts to all its exhibitors.

*Separate digests for 8 geographic regions: Western and Northern Europe; Central and Eastern Europe; Middle East; Africa; Oceania; North America; South and Central America; Asia.

The next press release, focusing on Events at EQUIP AUTO 2007, will follow on 16 July 2007.

Press contact:

Anne Plantié-Roux

Tel.: +33 (0)1 49 09 64 78 and aplantie(at)comexpo-paris.com