analytica China 2008 (21st – 23rd September 2008)

The fourth analytica China 2008, which was held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), closed its gates on September 25, 2008 having set new records in the number of visitors and exhibitors. There were 342 exhibitors from 19 countries, which are nearly one-fourth more companies than at analytica China 2006. The analytica China Conference and the technical conferences and symposia that accompany the exhibition featured prominent speakers from around the world.

This year's analytica China verified its significance as a leading platform for analysis, laboratory technology, diagnostics and biotechnology in China and Asia. analytica China continued its success story in one of the industry's most important growth markets: the 342 exhibitors at this year's fair occupied more than 17,000 square meters of exhibition space, a nearly 50-percent increase over 2006. There were a total of 13,146 visitors in three days, among which 9091 registered for analytica China and the rest 4055 for IFAT China which is the collocation trade fair for environmental protection. The visitor amount is the largest number since the fair was founded in 2002. Among Chinese and Asian companies, demand for the products and solutions of European and North American companies with exhibits at this year's fair also continues to increase.

Mettler-Toledo China participated in this exhibition and has a Good Weighing Practice^TM booth set up to officially introduced this risk-based program for managing weighing systems to China's market.