By Vivek, Chandigarh: India’s premier event for the construction equipment industry organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry – EXCON 2011 kicked off its journey with the first of the multi-city roadshow in Chandigarh. Government dignitaries, senior representatives from CII and leaders from the industry attended the roadshow. EXCON 2011 is scheduled to be held in Bangalore from November 23-27, 2011 spread over 220,000 square metres and will witness 400 Indian and 200 foreign exhibitors. This makes it the largest exhibition of its kind in India and one of the largest in South Asia, both in terms of exhibition area as well as number of exhibitors.
The event started off by a welcome address by Mr. Vikram Hans – Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council followed by a theme presentation and a presentation about EXCON by senior dignitaries of the event organising committee.