KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (NNN-Bernama) — The\u00a0Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2023,\u00a0one of the largest maritime and aerospace exhibitions which will be held in Langkawi Island, Malaysia\u2019s most popular tourist destination from May\u00a023 to 27, is expected to attract more than\u00a0 400 top leaders (VVIPs) from\u00a0all over Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alpine Solutions Sdn Bhd (Alpine) executive director Muhammad Aqlan Pacleb said these VVIPs include defence ministers, transport ministers and the heads of national defence and security agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the presence of these individuals will be able to convince exhibitors to participate in the exhibition which at the same time, creates a business potential for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will have at least 410 VVIPs who are decision makers from the region that exhibitors will meet,\u201d he said in an exclusive interview with Bernama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LIMA 2023, themed ‘The Nexus of Asia’s Maritime and Aerospace Trade’, involves two ministries working together, namely the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) for the Maritime and Aerospace Defence Industry and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) for the Maritime and Aerospace Commercial Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Muhammad Aqlan said this upcoming LIMA, which is synonymous with the defence and security exhibition, will also see the participation of MOT (for the commercial sector) for the second time. MOT\u2019s first participation was in LIMA 2019 edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He acknowledged that Alpine as the organiser of LIMA 2023 initially found it difficult to convince exhibitors for the commercial sector but the MOT believes that LIMA is not just a defence and security exhibition because there are companies that participated not just to meet the defence and security industry market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor example, Airbus manufactures engine manufacturing and provides jet fighter engines, at the same time they also produce engines for commercial use…We have strong support from MOT that LIMA not only for defence and security exhibitions but also for the commercial sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Alpine managing director Anita Jacobson said LIMA 2023 is also targeting international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor sales and marketing campaigns abroad we have participated in a similar exhibition in the United Kingdom, Thailand and Singapore and met all the captains of the industries to alert them that LIMA 2023 is on (after the 2021 edition was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the world at that time),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She added that 600 companies have registered to participate in the exhibition with 70 per cent participation from international companies from 30 countries while the other 30 per cent are local companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The biennial exhibition was last held in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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