EQUIP AUTO Paris 2022: A successful event that fulfilled its ambitions!
With attendance by 78,280 trade members and nearly one thousand companies and brands exhibiting, including 45% of new exhibitors, EQUIP AUTO Paris has confirmed its stature as a key event for every strand of the after-sales automotive industry and services for connected mobility. The exhibition proved to be popular, orders were signed, the atmosphere was friendly and new prospects were thrown up. All in all, the 2022 vintage delivered very positive results!
EQUIP AUTO Paris 2022: A successful event that fulfilled its ambitions!
Both quantity and quality
Held from 18 to 22 October at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, EQUIP AUTO Paris 2022 achieved its ambitious attendance target of nearly 80,000 industry members. Although the geo-political crisis, pandemic and economic issues, along with the transport strike on the first day, raised fears that the event would fail to live up to expectations in terms of reach, EQUIP AUTO Paris in fact attracted large numbers of institutional organisations, exhibitors and visitors, all of whom enthused over the exhibition.
For 5 days, the top quality of the stands hosted by some 1,000 companies and brands, and their events, all of them equally convivial, guaranteed that visitors enjoyed a unique experience and fruitful conversations. Exhibitors were delighted by the 2022 exhibition, stressing the relevance and enhanced value of visitor attendance and confirming that they fully benefited from it by completing many sales and contracts.
“Feedback from exhibitors is enthusiastic. They confirm that they experienced an unprecedented EQUIP AUTO Paris, marked by its friendly atmosphere, high footfall and the scale of business. The smiling faces we witnessed, both in the aisles and on the stands, brought further confirmation that the format and programme were highly relevant and aligned with industry needs”, comments
EQUIP AUTO director, Aurélie Jouve.
The organisers of EQUIP AUTO Paris said that they were also satisfied with the international audience, with attendance by over 160 international exhibitors from 20 different countries (Korea, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, etc.), along with 40 Top Buyers from 8 countries (Algeria, Belgium, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Netherlands, Tunisia and Turkey), supported by the Promosalons network as part of the France Recovery plan.
“Every strand of the automotive industry (manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, federations and representative organisations, competitive clusters) came together to make this event an incredible success, which I am delighted with. After witnessing the virtuous cycle of collaboration and ebullient atmosphere that was a constant feature of our exhibition over the five days, I would like to think that it has truly established its inherent spirit”, says Claude Cham, chairman of the FIEV (Federation of Vehicle Equipment Industries) and EQUIP’AUTO SAS.
An influential exhibition and key stakeholder in the automotive and mobility industry
EQUIP AUTO Paris welcomed many politicians and international representatives. The Secretary of State to the Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty tasked with Industry, Roland Lescure, officially opened the exhibition.
He stated: “The automotive industry is faced with major but necessary changes to decarbonise our economy. The State must support these industrial transformations and we are heeding that call by providing broad support for innovation and industrialisation, across the automotive industry’s value chain.
It is not only companies that need support in transitioning their industrial fabric, but also regions in order to guarantee that each employee in the automotive industry has job prospects in the area where they live and up-and- coming industries”.