Information for journalists

 PRESS RELEASE
 TERINVEST, spol. s r.o.
13. 3. 2013

THE AMPER FAIR IS READY

Between 19^th and 22^nd March, the 21^st annual International Fair of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Automation and Communication AMPER 2013 takes place in the modern halls P, V and F of the Brno Exhibition Centre. In these four days, individual representatives of the companies will present, discuss, and promote their products, innovations and possible services in all branches present at the fair. What is more, AMPER supports transferring new technologies, ideas and business cooperation both nationally and internationally.  

Visitors of the AMPER Fair 2013 can expect a larger exhibition area than last year. The expositions of 620 exhibitors occupy the exhibition area of 14.300m² (5% more than in 2012). Generally, fairs play a vital role in the communication-marketing mix of companies. “In the lives of us all we need the company of other people, we need to meet them in person and to communicate. The same method can be applied on companies as well. Prestigious and specialized fairs, such as AMPER, where experts and representatives from many companies meet at one place at the same time, offers significant support for transferring new technologies, ideas and business cooperation,” says J. Kurdiovský, managing director of the Fair AMPER 2013.     

 Many acclaimed international companies participate on the Brno AMPER Fair for the first time ever in its modern history. These include the Companies WAGO, HAGER ELECTRO, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, OBO BETTERMANN, TRITÓN PARDUBICE, SCHMACHTL CZ, PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS, MURRELEKTRONIK CZ, and IFM ELECTRONIC. Traditional leaders, including SIEMENS, ABB, ESTA, DCK HOLOUBKOV, KOPOS KOLÍN, B+R AUTOMATIZACE, ROCKWELL, OMRON, MISTUBISHI ELECTRIC, HARTING, FISHER ELECTRONIC, AQ ELECTRONIC and many more, cannot miss the opportunity to participate on AMPER 2013.    

The Fair takes place under auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Czech Chamber of Commerce and with active cooperation of professional media, associations and universities. The partners’ portfolio includes 120 media partners both from the Czech Republic and from abroad.

GOLDEN AMPER

The programme also includes the competition ZLATÝ AMPER 2013 (GOLDEN AMPER) for the most contributing exhibits of the AMPER Fair. These exhibits must be on a top level, comparable to the world standard and must also reflect current development trends in their branch. “There are currently 34 exhibits from 30 exhibiting companies in the competition. This number is the highest in its history,” states Ing. R. Malina, manager of the competition. Significant companies present their innovations throughout the whole nomenclature points of the fair. In the field of drives, output electronics and electro-mobility, exhibits from the companies ABB, SIEMENS, ROCKWELL AUTOMATIO, RICE- Regionální inovační centrum elektrotechniky and HENSEL take part in the competition. Branches of automation, control and regulation are represented by ZIEHL-ABEGG, SIDAT, TURCK, SOLAR MONITOR, ORBIT MERRET, MURRELEKTRONIK CZ, MITSUBISHI ELECRIC EUROPE, MICRORISC, METRA BLANSKO and again by SIEMENS and ROCKWELL AUTOMATION. The companies  PHOENIX CONTACT, METRA BLANSKO, MEgA – Měřící Energetické Aparáty, KOUKAAM, ICONICS EUROPE and HW GROUP entered the competition GOLDEN AMPER with innovations from the field of measuring and testing technologies.  

Electrical installations devices, intelligent electrical installations and electro-energetics are further branches registered in the competition by five companies: CITEL ELECTRONICS, DEHN + SÖHNE, ELKO EP, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC CZ, PFISTERER. Optical and photonic technologies, electronic components, lighting technologies, services and media are introduced by significant representatives of the market: TREVOS, ELEKTROSVIT SVATOBOŘICE, PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS EUROPE AG, KOLEKTOR SYNATEC, ELEKTRIKA.CZ and the company FLAJZAR.

Exhibits registered in the competition are evaluated and judged by an expert committee with professionals from ČVUT Praha, VUT Brno, ZČU Plzeň, VŠB-TU Ostrava, SAV and EZÚ Praha. The committee can grant up to
5 prizes ZLATÝ AMPER 2013 and also 5 honorary appreciations to the most contributing exhibits of the fair.  Ceremonial presenting of the prizes takes places on 19^th March 2013 at 5:30 pm in the conference rooms
of hall P.

 ELECTRO-MOBILITY

During last year´s AMPER Fair the competition ELEKTRO-MOBIL ROKU 2012 was held. There were ten nominated cars in the competition and the prize was won by Nissan Leaf. The Fair AMPER 2013 will host the project AMPER MOTION 2013, a show of electro-mobility and development of rechargeable stations. “We plan to develop this project further so that electro-mobility would be a significant part of the Fair AMPER in the future,” says Martin Chmelík, manager of the project. At the event AMPER MOTION visitors can see the electro-mobiles: OPEL Ampera, Peuget Ion, Nissan Leaf, the van eVAN– 122, presented by the company Green Way Operator. The company Ersico introduces electric scooters from the Czech brand AKUMOTO, equipped with top technology. The company ekolo.cz introduces the latest hit from the brand AGOGS, model SilverGo. The company E-Pohony Šikula shows a fully spring-loaded electro-bike Freeride Electric 2, which can reach the maximum speed of 45 km/h with the run of 20-40 km. Further exhibits include rechargeable stations from MICOS and SCHRACK TECHNIK. Občanské sdružení ELEKTROMOBILY introduces the following exhibits: Peugeot 106, the electro-mobile ElektroStar, the electrical garden tractor Honda 4514 hydrostatic, the tuning electrical scooter SCOOTY 6kW 72V 40AH Lifepo, the electrical MAXI-Skútr Europe Star 5000W 50AH Lifepo, the electro-scooter ROBIN M1, the electro-mobile SPS E3-01 (working racing electro-tricar)  -  the winning project of the regional round of the competition ENERSOL.  

Expert guarantors of the project AMPER MOTION are Ascociace elektromobilového průmyslu (ASEP) and Občanské sdružení Elektromobily.

 AMPER FORUM

AMPER FORUM is one of the novelties of this year´s fair. The portal Elektrika.cz was responsible for active news reports last year. The year 2013 has brought a larger news crew and a separate stage. Editors of renowned technical magazines will broadcast live: interviews with personalities from the world of Electrical Engineering, a short summary of the latest events of the fair at every full hour, live discussions on current topics of the branch, interviews on the exhibits and services of this year´s Fair AMPER, and how visitors, students, exhibitors, journalists and organizers themselves perceive the fair. “By achieving this, AMPER Fair adds another level for all exhibitors and offers them the opportunity to make their brands even more visible,” says Ing. Minařík,
editor-in-chief of Elektrika TV. The AMPER FORUM also hosts expert presentations and discussions of leading experts and lecturers from technical universities. The interviews will be recorded by 5 cameras and the broadcast will be shown on the popular information channel http://Elektrika.TV/live. The live broadcast will be also available online at: http://www.amper.cz/, http://www.fccpublic.cz/, www.allforpower.cz, http://www.hybrid.cz/, http://www.prumyslovaautomatizace.com/.  The whole event will be held in exhibition hall P, stand 100.

 Press Centre of the company TERINVEST Ltd., PR manager Kateřina Čapková, capkova@terinvest.com, tel. 221 992 126, 724 612 075  

Press centre for journalists is located in Entry Hall P, 1^st floor, door No. 119. You will get a complete service for journalists here during the trade fair, 19. – 22. 3. 2013 form 9 am till 5 pm (Friday the 22^nd till 4 pm):

• free ticket to the fair
• print materials for the fair
• Information about new exhibitors
• photo documentation of the fair
• Internet access
• dressing room (ground floor entrance hall P)
• refreshments

For questions regarding the Press Center, please contact Ing. Martina Jannova – phone: +420 602 135 289,
e-mail: jannova@terinvest.com, or Kateřina Čapková - phone: +420 724 612 075, e-mail: capkova@terinvest.com