International pavilion at the expo

The Trade Association of International Technology (TAIT) organized expo, Com
IT, will have an international pavilion. Usually a part of national level
events, vendors from other countries set up stalls to showcase their products
and interact with the local crowd in these international pavilions.

TAIT has decided to assign a special segment to the international companies,
so that partners and customers can get a glimpse of products that are locally
not available. The expo would serve as a platform for the vendors to launch
their products and offerings in India.

Champaklal Gurjar, Executive Council Member, TAIT said, "We have
received confirmations from several companies and TAIT will be finalizing the
list of participants in the next 15 days."

TAIT has created a Taiwan pavilion, which is a part of the floor plan
currently being circulated to prospective expo customers. Gurjar added, "We
are still in the initial stages. We have received good response from certain
Taiwan and Chinese vendors. Depending on the confirmations we get, we will go
ahead with individual pavilions for various countries or we might have a single
pavilion of all international companies."

The Com IT Expo will be held at Mumbai's MMRDA Exhibition Grounds from
December 7 to 11, 2007. TAIT wants to make this an annual feature and has
outsourced the management of this event to Winmark Services.

Winmark and TAIT have priced the stalls at Rs 8,000 per sq ft for this expo.
Incidentally, some partners, who have already booked stalls at the event, feel
that the high cost is a deterrent for smaller IT companies who might want to
participate in the expo. A local manufacturer on condition of anonymity said,
"I am aware of some companies who want to book a stall but cannot afford
the high price. Had TAIT created a separate section for smaller exhibitors at
marginal prices, there would have been a lot more participation."