The director of the SA event, Philip Otto, manned the display personally and says "The feedback from those who exhibited in Johannesburg last year was very positive. It was great that a major automotive country such as France, which did not participate last year, will have a national pavilion in 2011, while Malaysia that had only two companies display their wares in 2009 will have a national pavilion next year."
He added that the nine South African companies that exhibited in the SA pavilion in Dubai were positive about their participation and did substantial business deals.
The second staging of Automechanika South Africa takes place from 9-12 March 2011 at the Expo Centre.
