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Experiences Pro9

The Pro9 stand holders about their experiences with Pro9 and their expectations of proPSI:

John Lynch (Lynka, Poland):
"I was very happy that I was present at Pro9!" Lynka is a Polish wholesaler in - printed - promotional textiles, which makes about 50 pct of its turnover from export. John Lynch: "Even though the Polish economy is not in recession, the sales in Poland's promotional product sector have also dropped by about 20 pct." Naturally, his company suffers the effects from this as well. Pro9 allowed him to increase his export opportunities. "Because Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Benelux are important markets for me. I have had a very good trade fair and the results have more than exceeded my expectations."

Erik Alma (Macma, Nederland):
"We have had people of a lot of different nationalities in our stand: Dutch, Belgian, Austrian, German, English, Spanish, Italian and Swedish. I think the quality of the visitors was even a little higher than last year as well. I have to say, we spent three full days talking to clients and prospects and we also booked orders. Unlike the PSI, the Pro is a trade fair where the visitor really takes time to enter into conversation with you so that you can enter into more detail and you are able to show the products. It's a relaxed and friendly trade fair that really stimulates interaction."

Han van Houten (Xindao, Nederland):
"At the PSI you tend to run into clients you know, and you catch up with them, even though you will be spending time with them again in a few weeks anyway. We made the decision to use Pro9 to invite clients we do not see very often, and potential clients. Pro9 is set up in a way that makes it easy to have a relaxed conversation with clients. The time of year is perfectly suited to that as well because you can present the new collections at the end of August. Of course we spoke to Dutch clients, but we also made some good contacts with potential Belgian and German clients. The English were mainly over at our English Xindao-colleague at Pro9 of course."

Bas Lensen (Lensen Toppoint, Netherlands):
"I am quite satisfied about Pro9, we recouped the investment in the trade fair. The decision to move Pro to the end of August has been a very good move. An excellent time to speak to your clients again and to do business. We had more Dutch relations at the stand than international ones, but I think this is mainly because of the crisis. There is nothing wrong with having a moment every year to take time to see your Dutch business relations. The economic situation is expected to improve next year. As far as I'm concerned there will be another proPSI then. "

Hertsel Murat (Murat Tekstil, Turkey):
"We are largely dependent on export. We did good business at Pro8 and at Pro9 we have done so again. France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands are particularly important markets for me. Pro9 offered me the opportunity to meet distributors from those countries."

Juan Carlos (Confecciones Mayton, Spain):
"Spain has hit hard times. The economic crisis is severely affecting Spain and the promotional product sector is losing many clients. The sales have dropped by about 25 pct. Especially the construction business has ground to a halt. And we trade in promotional work clothes, so you will understand that we are focussing our efforts on the export market. The UK and Ireland are new markets for my company and I have made new contacts in those markets during Pro9. I am confident orders will follow from those contacts."

Tony Philips (Great Central Plastics, United Kingdom): "it was the most organized, stress free exhibition we have ever done. I was very impressed with the efforts Sourcing City went to to make the show a success for the British exhibitors"

Ian Aitkinson (Logolollipop, United Kingdom): "Over three days we gave out 360 CD brochures to potential buyers and received many serious enquiries. Since returning we have had numerous email and telephone enquiries for our Lollipops as a result of exhibiting in Amsterdam and also firm orders"

Magali Chechin (European Sourcing, France): A very good organisation, professional actors of the promotional products industry, a very pleasant atmosphere and a nice place...This could sum up Pro9. Our team was really satisfied by the contacts we got during the exhibition. Pro9 allowed us to get to know different actors of the promotional products industry we often do not have the time to speak with: distributors, suppliers and also organisations like ours who intend to improve and increase the business relationships of the sector throughout Europe. We think that Pro exhibitions deserve closer attention from all the European actors of the promotional products industry to remain one of the European trade fair "it is worth go to"!