Global Sources opens its largest-ever electronics trade shows with over 3,000 booths

Global Sources opens its largest-ever electronics trade shows with over 3,000
booths
Launches new China Sourcing Fair: Security Products

HONG KONG, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources (Nasdaq:
GSOL) ( http://www.globalsources.com ) opens its largest-ever electronics
trade shows today at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong. The China Sourcing Fairs:
Electronics & Components and Security Products run through Oct.15, featuring
3,069 booths from 12 countries and regions.
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The combined events offer the largest group of mainland China electronics
suppliers showing their products in Asia this Fall, with over 2,350 booths
from China alone. Hong Kong and Taiwan suppliers are also well represented
with over 600 booths. Exhibitors from South Korea, the U.S., Italy, Israel,
Australia, Germany, the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia are also taking
part in the Fairs.
Global Sources' Executive Director, Sarah Benecke, said: "Smart suppliers
have realized that as the global economy starts to improve, they need to
increase their marketing efforts to win orders and meet new buyers. As a
result, we are seeing greater participation in our electronics shows.
"Record booth numbers are also due to the growing strength of the China
Sourcing Fairs brand, which has gained a reputation for attracting the
highest-quality suppliers and buyers. In today's market, suppliers need to
find volume buyers who can provide repeat, volume orders. Buyers need to find
suppliers who continue to focus on quality at a reasonable price.
"The China Sourcing Fairs, along with our online and print media, provide
an end-to-end solution for both parties to conduct profitable business."
World's largest companies among 40,000-plus buyers pre-registered
More than 40,000 buyers have pre-registered for the China Sourcing Fairs:
Electronics & Components and Security Products, including buyers from the
established markets of North America and Western Europe, as well as new buyers
from Russia, South America, India and the Middle East. Among the big names
scheduled to attend are Best Buy, EPSON, Kodak, LG Sourcing, Li & Fung,
Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, Tesco and Toshiba.
Among the dozens of top buyers who have signed up for the Fairs' Private
Buyer Meetings and Vendor Summits are AERA, A.R.E.N.A, Chubb, Dollar General,
Euroset, Intelbras, Merlion, Onida, OSIM, RCG, Rolsen, Sima and Samsung.
Buyers attending the China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components will
see product pavilions for computers & networking; consumer electronics;
digital entertainment; electronic components; GPS; health & personal care
electronics; in-car electronics; interconnection technology; mobile phones;
opto-electronics; power supplies; telecom & wireless products; and VoIP & WiFi
products.
China Sourcing Fair: Security Products is being held for the first time as
a separate, specialized show in Hong Kong. Pavilions include access controls;
alarms; CCTV and digital surveillance; and home security products.
Opening times for the China Sourcing Fairs: Electronics & Components and
Security Products at AsiaWorld-Expo are:
-- Oct. 12-14 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
-- Oct. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Buyers can register for free admission and find more information,
including details about free transport to the venue and back, at the China
Sourcing Fair website: http://www.chinasourcingfair.com .
China Sourcing Fair: Electronics launches in Shanghai in June 2010
Global Sources is also scheduled to hold the first China Sourcing Fair:
Electronics at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, June 2-4, 2010. The
event is set to feature pavilions for computer & networking products; consumer
electronics; electronic accessories; GPS; in-car electronics; security
products; and telecom & wireless products.
Benecke said: "Shanghai is a key trading center and headquarters for many
of mainland China's largest domestic buying companies. This event aims to give
local buyers convenient access to top-of-the-line electronics suppliers - the
companies that are the names behind some of the largest brands in China and
the world."
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a
primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business uses
English-language media to facilitate trade from Greater China to the world.
The other business segment utilizes Chinese-language media to enable companies
to sell to, and within Greater China.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated
marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 829,000 active
buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the
goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and
sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over
240 countries.
The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing
services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.3 million
products and more than 196,000 suppliers annually through 14 online
marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 12
specialized trade shows which run 29 times a year across 10 cities.
Suppliers receive more than 81 million sales leads annually from buyers
through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 38 years. Global
Sources' network covers more than 60 cities worldwide. In mainland China,
Global Sources has over 2,500 team members in more than 40 locations, and a
community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for
its Chinese-language media.
Global Sources Press Contact in Asia
Camellia So
Tel: +852-2555-5021
Email: cso@globalsources.com

Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.
James W.W. Strachan
Tel: +1-480-664-8309
Email: strachan@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia
Investor Relations Department
Tel: +852-2555-4777
Email: investor@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.
Kirsten Chapman & Timothy Dien
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Email: tdien@lhai.com

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Press contact in Asia: Camellia So, +852-2555-5021, cso@globalsources.com;
Press contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan of Global Sources, +1-480-664-8309,
strachan@globalsources.com; Investor contact in Asia: IR Department of Global
Sources, +852-2555-4777, investor@globalsources.com; Investor Contact in U.S.:
Kirsten Chapman & Timothy Dien of Lippert-Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.,
+1-415-433-3777, tdien@lhai.com