Organizer:

China Machine Tool & Tool Builders Association
12/F, Tianlian Mansion, 102 Lianhuachi East Road, Beijing 100055, China
Tel: +86 10 6334 5268, 6334 5696
Fax: +86 10 6334 5700
www.cimtshow.com
cmtbagj@cmtba.org.cn

China is the worlds largest machine tool consumer．Sponsor of CIMT makes painstaking efforts to organize a large number Of end-users and purchasing groups to visit the exhibition and purchase equipment．1n the previous 10 exhibitions，a total of over 10,000 machine tool manufacturers and nearly 3 million professional visitors attended the exhibition and inked trade deals worth RMB several dozen billion Yuan．CIMT has become a top choice and a shortcut for world machine tool makers to enter the Chinese market which catches attention from all over the world and share the fruits of Chinas economic prosperity.

In the past 20 years，half Of the exhibitors and exhibits for each session of CIMT came from abroad and participating companies represented nearly 30 countries and regions for each session．Overseas purchasers and visitors came from nearly 60 Countries and regions in the world CIMT is Chinas most influential professional machine tool exhibition that envois the highest reputation in the industry；and it is also one Of the four internationally recognized machine tool exhibitions and enjoys the equal fame as EMO in Europe，IMTS in the United States and JIMTOF in Japan．During the exhibition，participating countries and regions hold their pavilion。day activities，technology seminars and exchanges among international organizations and enterprises，trade talks，news release and receptions，collecting and disseminating industry information from all over the world．CIMT tops all other international machine tool exhibitions held in China in terms Of the number of participating countries/regions and exhibits，exhibition floor space，value of trade deals，number of exhibitors and visitors，and the influence of related activities.

CIMT has a crystal clear positioning for itself that is to assemble the world’s advanced manufacturing technology and equipment and to be a market of Supply and demand for upper and lower streams Of the industry chain，which attracts large number of internationally renowned machine tool manufacturers，and domestic and overseas professional visitors and end-users．CIMT has become a grand gathering that is held at a specific time and a specific venue，helps end—users and industry insiders to see the latest developments of the world manufacturing industry and the new market trend，and becomes a platform for them to purchase new equipment，explore cooperation opportunities，make friends from all over the world，and demonstrates the new look of the industry．All this makes CIMT participants to be able to gain a good harvest at the exhibition.

Sponsor of CIMT is China Machine Tool and Tool Builders Association (CMTBA)and cosponsors are machine tool associations from different countries and regions．The advantages brought about by the face that industry the association sponsor the exhibition enable CIMT to attract all renowned machine tool manufacturers from all over the world and assemble the elite of the industry in the world．CMTBA not only have the capability of effectively organizing domestic and overseas manufacturing enterprises and end-users to participate in the exhibition and various activities in groups，but also make use Of their insight and professorial knowledge about the modern equipment manufacturing and technology to assemble the latest new products，best products and famous brand products at CIMT exhibitors，bringing the elite of the industry from all the over world to the exhibition.

The most successful international machine tool exhibitors in the world are all sponsored by industry associations known as home of machine tool enterprises．Sponsor of CIMT China Machine Tool and Tool Builders Association uses its professional insight to strictly select exhibitors and exhibits．Through vast and in-depth Survey and close contact with end-users，the association disseminates correct information about products，technology and quality．At the same time．the association also collects a large volume of information from the end-users for exhibitors so that supply and demand information can match each Other．The association also frictions as a bridge between the government and enterprises，which plays an important role in promoting the development of the industry and makes CIMT a platform to promote understanding and communication．Leading figures of the international
machine tool industry deliver far-sighted speeches，conduct dialogues and offer exporter views at the CIMT high-level forums held once every two years，which becomes the start-up point for in-depth discussions，and aiming for Flew heights．In the past years，many Chinese leaders have written congratulatory messages for CIMT and dozers of courtly and region delegations have also brought the congratulatory messages by their courtly or region heads of government(including presidents，ministers and ambassadors)for CIMT.

Since the second exhibition，the venue of CIMT-China International Exhibition Center in Beijing which is one of the largest exhibition centers in China has been expanded continuously with the building of new exhibition halls．Despite of this，CIMT which tops all other machine tool exhibitors in China．still cannot satisfy the growing needs for exhibition spaces from domestic and overseas exhibitors．The shortage of exhibition space restrains the expansion of CIMT for years and it has become a headache not only for CIMT sponsor，but also the exhibitors and end-users．The good news is that all this is expected to change for ClMT2009．ClMT2009 will move to Chinas newly-built top professional exhibition halls-the new China International Exhibition Center in Beijing．CIMT will offer exhibitors，visitors and all guests a much．Expected opportunity and platform.