Thumbs up from exhibitors as Tyrexpo Africa grows in stature, event organisers confirm that the exhibition will return to Johannesburg in 2010. The second staging of the Tyrexpo Africa exhibition has been voted a success by exhibitor companies, who welcomed an increased number of industry buyers and delegates to Johannesburg’s Sandton Centre at the beginning of March. Exhibiting for the second time at the show, Stamford Tyres European trading division – Sumo Firenza once again experienced a successful show with particular interest being shown in the Firenza range of tyres by visitors from both Africa and throughout the world. Daniel Eng, Senior Manager – International Distribution comments, “Our stand was busy throughout the entire show and we met a lot of international buyers from such African countries as Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, Morocco, Uganda and Zimbabwe plus many others from around the world. “In my opinion this was a very good show that has helped to further endorse the Stamford and Sumo Firenza brands in South Africa and also promote the product base throughout the African continent that we can build on.” Another of those to benefit was Danny Kirsten, sales director of South Africa’s Chemvulc Marketing, which celebrated 30 years in business at the show. He said: “Being able to meet visitors from Africa and the surrounding islands face to face was a big plus as in some cases we were not aware of their business ventures. Another factor was that we were able to meet and conduct business with a number of suppliers from counties as far as Canada, Vietnam, India, Japan and China, without having to go over our own shores.”