Since 1992, The China International Machine Tool & Tools Exhibition (CIMES) has been success-fully held in Beijing biennially. CIMES has become the most important market platform for Chinese machine tool players, and enjoys extensive attention from professionals all over the world. It has also been granted the status of a UFI Approved International Event.

CIMES gathered leading machine tool, metal working and manufacturing technology manufactures every even year in Beijing, reaching out to Chinese buyers from heavy weight manufacturing sectors which include machinery, automobile, shipbuilding, petrochemical, aerospace and major MNC in China. On 9 June 2006, The China National Machine Tool Corporation (CNMTC) and Capital Exhibition Services (CES) announced a long term cooperation with the world’s leading exhibition organiser Reed Exhibitions (RX) and its subsidiary company, Reed Huayin (RHY) to jointly expand and develop China’s foremost Machine tool exhibition--CIMES. With Reed Exhibitions leading the way, this refreshing new organization paradigm will no doubt further improve and consolidate the exhib-ition sector in China.

The increased international participation at CIMES 2008 will position the show as “International to China”, CIMES 2008 is expected to host more than 2,000 exhibitors and 200,000 trade visitors, and covers a total exhibition space of 150,000sqm, with all core and fringe activities anchored on enabl-ing global suppliers to reach out to their China customers.