Reed Exhibitions Japan Will Launch Consumer Products IT Show

May 5, 2014
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Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd. will launch a new business-to-business trade show - 1st CONSUMER IT PRODUCTS EXPO (C-PEX) - in Tokyo next spring.

This new show will be part of of Japan’s largest and Asia’s leading comprehensive IT solution trade show - Japan IT Week, providing a new platform for consumer IT related business in Japan and Asia.

C-PEX will specialize in consumer IT products (Smartphones/Tablets/Wearable Devices, PCs, and related accessories) and will be a platform to launch such products into Japan & Asia as well as finding the latest products from the region.

As part of Japan IT Week, exhibitors of C-PEX will be able to make new connections with a range of professionals from all over Japan and Asia, according to show organizers, as well as specific target customers such as retail buyers, e-commerce/mail order business buyers, distributors, system integrators, enterprise users, licensors, property owners.

C-PEX is planned to split into 5 major exhibit sections;  Smartphones/Tablets/Wearable Devices/PCs, Smartphones/Tablets/Wearable Related Devices, PC Related Accessories/Peripherals, Commercial Software andSmart Appliances.  

Having successfully organized Japan IT Week for 24 consecutive years and other consumer product-related shows in the past, Reed Exhibitions Japan had received requests from numerous Japan IT Week show participants and firms in the consumer IT product business field.

Launching C-PEX within Japan IT Week will fulfill the needs of various IT professionals, as well as new prospective buyers and providers in Japan and Asia, according to show management.

“The strength of Japan IT Week is the synergistic effect of the 11 concurrent shows attracting a wide range of professionals to one place. This enables exhibitors and visitors to find specific as well as new/unexpected business opportunities with one another,” said Hajime Suzuki, director, group vice president of International Marketing, Reed Exhibitions Japan.

He added, “Reed Exhibitions Japan thus hopes to provide a new and firm business platform for consumer IT products as well as boosting the overall profile of Japan IT Week by the addition of C-PEX.”

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