Secutech, Asia's most international trade fair for electronic and information security, and fire and safety industries was held from 20 - 22 April 2011 at the Nangang Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan. The show was organized by Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd.

The 14th edition of Secutech attracted 550 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions. These are Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Visitors increased by five percent to 23,781 from 95 countries and regions and sourced the latest products and services in 35,873 sqm of exhibition space, an increase of five percent. The top five visitor countries outside Taiwan were (greatest first) Japan, Malaysia, China, Singapore and the United States.

Mr. Parson Lee, Managing Director, Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd commented: "The result has once again demonstrated the confidence that the domestic and international security and safety industry has in this show. The Secutech fairs are well placed to take advantage of the expanding market in Asia and the strength and leading position of Messe Frankfurt in organising trade fairs."

At Secutech 2011, there were three concurrent events, Composec, Fire & Safety Taipei and Information Security which catered to different industry sector needs.

Composec is the world's only exhibition and conference for security components and many key component suppliers exhibited at the show. Exhibitor Afastor Corporation is a Taiwanese agent for Western Digital, a US giant in hard drive technology design and manufacturing. Ms. Ming Chen, Deputy Manager, Sales Department said: "The other exhibitors at the show are actually our buyers. So, we are here to give an update of our latest products to our clients. I am pleased to see that the show is very interactive and energetic. Secutech is definitely a platform for total security solutions."

Ms. Eva Chang, Sales Representative from DuPont Taiwan Limited exhibited at the Fire & Safety Taipei, Taiwan's only fire and industrial safety industry event. She commented: "The Fire & Safety Taipei event helps us to draw visitors and we've had a busy booth. Many of them are international and quality buyers."

Info Security is acknowledged as the most international information security event for top IT devices and software suppliers in Taiwan. Exhibitor Mr. Joe Wong, Head of Marketing, North Asia for Symantec said: "We see great potential in Greater China so we continue to exhibit at the show. We’ve had a successful show in promoting the cloud based security and management services for small, medium and enterprise businesses."

In addition, Secutech offered over 3,000 IP Security & HD surveillance solutions in various product zones and pavilions covering Digital/HD Surveillance, IP Surveillance, Intelligent Buildings and Smart Home and Access Control.

Secutech continues to organize a series of fringe programmes for exhibitors and visitors including the industry's respected Global Digital Surveillance Forum (GDSF) and Composec seminars which offered business opportunities and the latest market and technology information. This year, the show hosted 115 sessions under 20 various seminars and it was the largest scale of its kind in Asia.

The 10th edition of GDSF was the meeting place for security and IT industry leaders to explore technology breakthroughs and practical applications for convergence. Mr. Albert Weng, Director, Global Business Development for D-Link Corporation was the speaker at the "New Trend, New Challenges: Integrated IP Surveillance Solution" session. He said: "I wanted to share our experience and views about business solutions for IP surveillance with the audience. I am happy that they showed great interest in this topic."

Composec seminar speaker Mr. Fengguo Yang, Director of Security and Surveillance for Hisilicon Technologies Co Ltd shared his insights into the topic of HD Era of Security Surveillance. He commented: "Composec is an influential platform for the industry. My seminar aimed to ask the HD industry players to have more open cooperation. Only by doing this, the whole industry will improve and flourish."

Next year's Secutech will take place 23 - 25 April 2012 at the Nangang Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan. For more information about the show, please visit www.secutech.com or contact Ms Veronica Chen at (886 2) 2659 9080 ext 777 or email: veronica.chen@newera.messefrankfurt.com