LED CHINA 2014 Opens Doors for the World's Largest LED and LED Lighting Event

GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- LED CHINA 2014, a four-day event organized by UBM Trust, a joint venture with UBM Asia Ltd., finally opens its doors to eagerly awaiting trade buyers on 23rd February at China Import and Export Fair Complex, Area B, Pazhou, Guangzhou. Celebrating its 10^th edition, LED CHINA 2014 is held in 8 halls across over 80,000 sqm. of exhibition space.

This year, the key event in the international LED industry features over 1,200 exhibitors and brands, which is the biggest turnout ever in the annual event's history, from countries and region all over the world including South Korea, USA, Russia, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong showcasing their latest exhibits, products and innovations. Some featured exhibitors include: LIANTRONICS, UNILUMIN, HONGIL, NATIONSTAR, LEDMAN, CHANGELIGHT, HC SEMITEK, JINGTAI, IMIGY, BRIGHT VISION, OML, MASON, KONKA, LEYARD, DESAY, ABSEN, GLUX, QIANGLIJUCAI, RETOP and TOP.

Building on the enormous support of the exhibitors, LED CHINA has always strived to bring to their visitors innovations and products from the complete supply chain and providing a one-stop sourcing platform in the LED industry. The various products categories range from LED lighting, LED display, LED illuminant, LED packaging, LED chips to LED equipment.

Buyers and visitors on the scene of the trade show are impressed by the new products and technologies on display from the exhibitors. Once such product is the COB LED of HONGLITRONIC, boasting advantages of low thermal resistance, excellent lighting output, high light efficiency, good CRI and MacAdam 4 Step - Controlled Binning making it one of the various star products of the show. Other new product launches from exhibitors include: high-efficiency bulbs of NATIONSTAR, new automatic EMC LED sorting and taping machine launch by ZVISION, LED MR16/ GU10 lamp of MASON and 346 Asymmetric Lamp Device showcased by LEDMAN.

"10th edition of LED CHINA is a milestone for us; it also serves as a good challenge for us, pushing us to develop a better trade event for the LED industry. The impressive turnout on the first day encourages us to be even better in the future," said David Tang, Managing Director of UBM Trust. 34,165 visitors from all around the world visited the show on the first day. The conversations between exhibitors and visitors have been very enthusiastic which potentially means good business deals for the exhibitors.

In addition, the conjunction event, 2014 LED CHINA Conference, will be held on 24^th February, the second day of the show. This high-end conference 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.

For more news and updates on the events, conferences and interviews of exhibitors and visitors from LED CHINA 2014, please visit www.LEDChina-gz.com for more information.

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 is Asia's leading exhibition organiser and the biggest commercial organiser in mainland China, India and Malaysia. Established with its headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia and in the US, UBM Asia has a strong global network of 30 offices and over 1,400 staff in 25 major cities. We operate in 21 market sectors with 160 exhibitions, 75 conferences, 28 trade publications, 18 vertical portals and virtual event services for over 1,000,000 quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world.

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.