‘Multimodal 2011’, the fourth annual event and the UK and Ireland’s only freight transport and logistics exhibition, promises to be an even bigger and more successful gathering of industry professionals than its predecessors, according to its organisers.
Taking place from 5th to 7th April 2011 at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Multimodal aims to attract an even larger group of exhibitors and visitors from across the whole spectrum of freight transport, logistics and supply chain service providers than it ever has before.
Last year’s Multimodal saw a rise of 130% in visitor attendance over the inaugural event and the exhibition has grown 110% bigger in size and content since it began. There were a total of 185 exhibitors at Multimodal 2010 – 26 % up on the year before – and the show drew around 4,000 visitors over three days from 34 countries, 74% of them of senior manager level or higher.
The success of the event can also be measured by the number of freight and transport organisations exhibiting consistently, year after year: names such as DSV, DB Schenker, Agility, SDV, Stobart Group, ZIM, GEFCO, Autostore, Mann Lines, Associated British Ports, Kewill, Dachser and Freightliner are all regular exhibitors at Multimodal.
The event also enjoys the support of all the major trade press and trade associations, including FTA, CILT, RHA, RFG, BIFA and UKWA; and attracts senior executives from such major shippers as Coca Cola, Jaguar Land Rover, ExxonMobil, Kimberly Clark and Kellogg’s.
This year will also see the return of the popular seminars and workshops organised by The Shippers’ Voice – a place to hear experts predict key changes in legislation, shipping trends and developments as well as giving shippers the opportunity to learn from case studies in all areas of transport and logistics.
The organiser of Multimodal 2011, Robert Jervis, looks forward to further development of the event as a prime networking and information exchange for the supply chain sector: “Multimodal 2011 will be our fourth event and each year has built on the success of the previous one. We already have a substantial number of bookings for stands at the show, and a distinguished range of speakers are lined up to talk at the event. But it is the growth of Multimodal as the accepted prime location for industry professionals to meet of which I am most proud. It is now an essential date for their diaries. I am confident of Multimodal 2011 success for all who visit or exhibit”.
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To register and find out more about Multimodal 2011 please visit www.multimodal.org.uk