AUG. 6–SHANGHAI–Exploding chip and microelectronic markets has seemingly fueled the success of the first CleanRooms China conference and exhibition, which wrapped up the summer show season for The CleanRooms Group.

“It was a big success,” says James Enos, vice president and group publishing director. “We had more than 300 people attend the conferences, and the exhibitors seem very happy. They’ve been coming up to me saying ‘great job.’ We even had some government officials here, who said they loved the event, and that they will support us next year.”

The show was held from August 5th to 6th at the Pudong Shangri La in Shanghai, with the help of the U.S. Commerce Department. The two-day event was designed to help cleanroom suppliers break into China, the largest potential market in the world, as well as educate end-users on the issues facing the contamination control industry.

“Venturing into China was the next logical step The CleanRooms Group could take to help customers expand their businesses,” Enos says, adding that the exploding semiconductor and microelectronics markets in China as well as obvious concerns about clean manufacturing there made it a desirable area for both exhibitors and attendees.