TESTIMONIES

Eurogalvano do Brasil
"The culture of Eurogalvano do Brasil has always been to attend events that would disseminate technical knowledge, welcoming not only its target-public, but also those interested in parallel areas who seek to bring information to their field of business.

We understand that the EBRATS event always fulfilled our expectations, with accolades, because its select audience makes it a trade fair of international reference, given the quality of visitors and exhibitors.

We will attend the sixth opportunity and expect once again to consolidate the Eurogalvano brand and strengthen partnerships, actions that are always fulfilled at all of the editions in which we’ve participated. Many strategic business deals have emerged in the post-fair period, making EBRATS very important in our business planning."

AMZ Retificador
“At the 2012 EBRATS, we’ll have a concentration of customers and prospects, and within a short time, we’ll make several business contacts. AMZ Retificadores was founded in October 2000, and we’ve been participating as an exhibitor at the EBRATS event since 2003, also as co-producers of technical work.

We’ve always had great business contacts that culminate in sales of equipment to small, medium and large companies, whether service providers or manufacturers with their own lines, in a wide range of industries. So, for the 2012 edition, we expect an excellent number of business contacts, in quantity and quality, leveraging our core sales for the coming years.

Itamarati Metal Química
Itamarati Metal Química has been taking part in this event since the year after its founding, 3rd EBRATS, held in 1983 at Centro Empresarial in São Paulo. The Convention continued growing and expanding its main goal, which was to become consolidated as one of the major world events in our industry, gathering professionals from around the globe to offer information, partnership opportunities, and especially the strengthening and consolidation of segments related to surface treatment.

Participating in an event of this magnitude – whether in relation to the recognition of the Itamarati brand as a trusted business always focused on the development of processes and technology that respect people and the environment, or in winning over new customers, consolidating partnerships and forging new business deals –always brings immediate return.”

Santerm
“In the first EBRATS in which Santerm participated as a mean to exhibit its brand in the electroplating field. Electrical resistances for electroplating used to be a monopoly. We are now in a better position to answer questions about prices, closing deals according to cost estimates.

The first EBRATS in which we participated was in 2003, then in 2006 and 2009, always successfully. We have great expectations as far as EBRATS 2012 is concerned.

When a company wants to purchase electrical resistances or make a technical consultation, we are almost always consulted, closing big deals, and for this we are most grateful to EBRATS.”

Erzinger Indústria
“EBRATS is a trade fair focusing on the whole field of surface finishing and corresponds exactly to the solution proposed by Erzinger.

As we hold the newest technology in this field, we chose EBRATS to offer the most recent solutions in surface treatment.

We already took part in two editions, and as the 2009 results were satisfactory in spite of being a post-crisis year, we believe the next edition will be much better than the previous ones owing to the fact that the market is in full growth, drawn by two consecutive years of world industrial expansion.”

Hi-Tec
“We have decided that this is the right time to exhibit our brand although we have been working in this field for 26 years. Having noted that new investments were effected in the commercial area in new divisions, new plants and in technological development, we believe it is time to take advantage of the market growth and join the big players.

We never took part in EBRATS before but we believe that, as the market demand for products reducing the environmental impact increases, this is the right time to show our newest impact-saving technologies.

In a market pointing at an ever greater demand for sustainability, such a relevant factor regarding competitiveness, we hope that a wider promotion of our brand will spur satisfactory return over new investments.”

Metal Coat Produtos Químicos
“The reasons that leads us to participate at EBRATS 2012 as exhibitors is the exposure and the commitment of promoting new technologies, as well as the opportunity to get in touch with new customers and make new friends.

This is the second time Metal Coat participates in this event as we see in it new businesses’ opportunities. The brand spreading is of great importance in our field and our goals are always reached when we exhibit our systems in this kind of meetings. As people say, ‘who is seen is remembered’.

Our participation in EBRATS 2012 is to convince you that MC is a prosperous company, deserving the trust and confidence placed in it. We hope to increase our market share, thus enabling us to offer better services of high quality/standards, as well as a better cost/profit ratio.”

NAS Titanium
“We consider EBRATS 2012 will be an excellent mean to promote our company. As NAS TITÂNIO (NAS Titanium), manufactures products for electroplating, we chose to participate at EBRATS 2012 and exhibit some of the products used in this process.

This is the fifth time we will participate, always with positive returns. At EBRATS, we meet old customers and have the opportunity to show our company and products also
to new customers.

Saita do Brasil
“As EBRATS is an international fair focusing on surface finishing, we decide to exhibit our products so that the interested companies may know our work. We have already participated at an EBRAT’ prior edition, jointly with an associated company.

In 2012, it will be the second time we take part in it. The return obtained in the past edition was excellent. We made new clients and found new partners. We hope to make a broader circle of contacts who might turn out to be our clients of the future, thus turning Saita do Brasil a better known company.”

Umicore Brasil
“We shall participate at EBRATS 2012 as it is the most important Latin American surface finishing meeting. Both Brazilian and foreign companies will present their novelties, launch trends and products, besides offering their services concerning various appliances.

We have participated since the first EBRATS’ edition, under the name Degussa S.A. (a German company that in 2003 sold its world precious metals operations to the Belgian Umicore group).

The results of this joint venture from the technical viewpoint were highly satisfactory, contributing to establish new contacts in congresses and presentations which wound up being commercially interesting. It also allowed us to promote new processes and products.

The expectations for EBRATS 2012 are quite good: demand must keep on strong owing to the present state of the economy and the bright scenario expected for the forthcoming years.”

Supersmart
“We decided to participate as exhibitors at EBRATS 2012 because we want to promote our company and the software we created especially for electroplating companies, organometallics, painting, heat treatments, metallization and others sectors, which provide surface finishing services to third parties. As EBRATS an important meeting in this field, we feel it is a great opportunity!

One of our priorities will be to promote new functions, mainly the automatic costs’ calculation and the galvanization price calculation. We are well informed about this trade show by having taken part in EBRATS 2009, when we decided to focus on surface finishing.

On that occasion, we had the opportunity to talk to several persons involved in this sector and exchange information and ideas about our tools. Several of the persons who had contacted us during EBRATS 2009 later became our clients and others were useful to enhance our knowledge in the field and improve our tools.

Regarding the next holding of this meeting, we hope to add new customers, promote our programs and strengthen the SUPERSMART’ brand, besides sharing informations with other exhibitors and visitors, and keep on improving our knowledge in this particular field.”

Lamiex
It is always hard to measure the results of a fair. We always gather so many businesses cards to contact people later that, especially in our field, we rarely close a deal during the trade shows. However, EBRATS being a specifically oriented fair/congress, we do believe that even indirectly, it will bring good results.

It is the second time we are going to take part of it, as the first brought good results, thanks to a target-oriented public who visited our booth. We hope Lamiex brand and Lamiex products will become more and more well known, inasmuch as we shall prospect new customers in such a specific trade show and congress, covering several fields of activities on the same spot.

Resimapi Chemical Products
"EBRATS is a national trade fair gathering the most important players in the electroplating field. For a company as big as Resimapi it almost mandatory to have participated! In previous editions, the results proved to be so good, people called us after so much, that do not participate in the 2012 edition would certainly frustrate many of our co-players and the market in general.

Moreover, we made such great businesses in the last edition that the return of investment proved to be excellent. It will be our third time and, at each edition, EBRATS gains magnitude. We are very pleased to acknowledge how representative Resimapi’s presence has been in all EBRATS.

Our marketing and commercial departments already engaged in good surprises for our booth in 2012. It will be a great success, looking people eyes in eyes. There is no better way to close a deal, in such a competitive field of activity as ours! Each company shows itself in a clean and neutral ambience, where everyone feels at ease. For those who share our point of view, that quality supplants everything, EBRATS is a unique show.

As in previous times, we shall continue looking for strengthening business’ relationships and strategic partnerships, the establishment of new relations as well as the consolidation of our leadership in the domestic market, with prominence of our main lines of products."

Tecnorevest Chemical
“EBRATS has marked its position as one of the most important global meetings concerning electroplating. This is a unique opportunity to meet, in only a few days, so many technicians and experts from all over the world, find out about what is new, meet old friends and make new contacts.

Founded 43 years ago, Tecnorevest is probably the eldest Brazilian electroplating formulated products company. We have a line of products applying to electroplating, surface finishing — decorative and protective elements, non-conductive metals and also products for continuous electroplating.

It is worth mentioning that we have a liquid paints line for decorative finishing and electrophoresis.”

SurTec
SurTec has always participated at electroplating trade fairs and congresses. EBRATS is the most important in the field, a great occasion to receive information and meet customers. After our plant was inaugurated in Brazil, in 1999, we have always participated in all Ebrats’s editions. It is difficult to measure results

If they were to be express in figures because the brand exposure and the greater penetration in the market are far beyond any index. We have gained the confidence of people and clients. We hope EBRATS 2012 will reinforce SurTec’s consolidate position in the market, allowing us to continue growing, boosting technological development and sustainable investments.

Metalloys & Chemicals
“EBRATS is the most important meeting in our field of activity. In this trade show, we will have a chance to once again meet our friends and clients, besides establishing new contacts. We have participated in the 2003, 2006 and 2009 editions, all with excellent results, beyond our expectations.

For the 2012 edition, we hope to continue promoting our company and products, as well as making new solid contacts.”