LED CHINA 2014 10th Anniversary to Pack More Highlights Than Ever Before

- World's Largest LED Event Looks to Celebrate Momentous Milestone Together with Visitors

GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As one of the best trading platform in the LED industry, over ten years of strive and brilliance, LED CHINA has achieved many spectacular results such as a huge attendance of 77,182 visitors on site in 2013. Now, the world's largest LED Event with an over 80,000 square meter show space is inviting everyone to share in its success as it celebrates its 10 year anniversary in 23-26 February 2014. A series of themed activities and high-end seminars will be held on site, so visitors are getting ready for more exciting events on site than ever before.

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LED CHINA 2014 organized by UBM Trust, a joint venture with UBM Asia Ltd, will be held at the China Import and Export Fair Complex, Area B, Pazhou, Guangzhou, China, showcasing the complete LED supply chain featuring over 1,200 LED exhibitors and brands worldwide.

For its 10th anniversary, LED CHINA has prepared a series of themed activities which includes featured on site variety of specially designed large memorial signages where visitors are welcome to take photos and have fun. Furthermore, LED CHINA 2014 will be introducing a new Conference component. This high-end forum will be hosting authoritative experts in the industry, exploring hot topics such as the future development of LED industry and market through the discussion of the latest trends of LED lighting and design, product and market segmentation. The forum aims to create a global ideological feast for the LED industry by inspiring participants in enterprise development strategies and to better grasp the pulse of the market.

And the visitors are responding in kind. Since the opening of pre-registration, 11,561 visitors from 124 countries have been pre-registered for the show, including 7,208 from domestic and 4,353 from overseas. The top ten countries are: USA, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan.

"Without the trust and support from every participant, exhibitor and visitor alike, LED CHINA could have never achieved so much in ten years time. We are really looking forward to LED CHINA 2014!" said David Tang, Managing Director of UBM Trust.

With the boom in the LED market, many industrial elites are gearing up at taking full advantage of the show's extensive influence and history of business opportunities to attract the attending trade buyers and visitors. By 1st December, more than 900 exhibitors has signed up to participate, taking up more than 87% of the total 4,300 booths available. Of special note are pavilions from Taiwan, overseas companies from Korea, USA, Russia, Hong Kong and other international delegates, from which features well-known brands in the industry leading the future of the LED industry.

Grasping the opportunity, many companies refuse to lag behind to showcase their latest products at the 2014 trade show where key movers and shakers from the industry have marked their calendars for. These include elites like NATIONSTAR, HONGLI, MASON, SPARK, LIANTRONICS, UNILUMIN, DESAY, ABSEN, LEDMAN, CREE, SKYWORTH.

Among them, many are looking to launch their latest innovations: NATIONSTAR is bringing out a series of high-efficiency bulbs which can achieve a 250-degree wide angle light. MASON will be showcasing the LED MR16/GU10 lamp, the first model in the industry. LEDMAN is launching a "346 Asymmetric Lamp Device" which is 30% brighter than the normal one. These and more can be found at the tradeshow's website www.LEDChina-gz.com.

Notes to Editors

1. About UBM Trust (www.ubmtrust.com)
   UBM Trust is a joint venture company of UBM Asia, which is owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange. We have extensive experience in organising large-scale exhibitions covering different industries in China, as well as organising Chinese enterprises to participate in famous fairs abroad. Our flagship events serve the sign and LED industries. Among the definitive exhibitions of their kind in the world, these two events have become an important catalyst for the development and upgrading of China's sign and LED industries, offering a comprehensive one-stop trading platform for exhibitors and visitors.  We take pride in providing professional high-quality services to our customers.
2. About UBM Asia (www.ubmasia.com)  Owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange, UBM Asia operates in 19 market sectors with headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia, including UBM China in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Beijing. We have over 240 products including trade fairs, conferences, trade publications, B2B/B2C portals and virtual event services. As Asia's leading exhibition organiser and the biggest commercial organiser in China, India and Malaysia, we stage the leading events of their kind across the region. Our 200 events, 24 publications and 16 vertical portals serve over 1,000,000 quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world with high value face-to-face business-matching events, quality and instant market news and industry trends, and round-the-clock online trading networks and sourcing platforms. We have over 1,100 staff in 21 major cities across Asia, stretching from Japan to Turkey.
3. About UBM plc (www.ubm.com)  UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams which serve commercial and professional communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.