Beijing Essen Welding & Cutting Fair 2008 is scheduled to be held on May 14-17, 2008 in China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing.

If you have plans for participation, please make applications as soon as possible in order that better and more booth locations are available for you choice. Application forms can be downloaded in the website.

Herewith your kind attention is required to the following notice:

Recently some fraud companies are sending emails, faxes or making phone calls in our name to offer floor plans with booth location choices for our exhibitors and ask for payment. Except the officially publicized sponsors and co-sponsors, Beijing Essen Welding & Cutting Fair has no other agents. Please make sure that you are applying to the following contact:

         China                                                                Ctc: Huijuan, Wen (Ms.)

The Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society

2-5-1607 Lianhuaxiaoqu, Haidian District, Beijing, 100036, P.R. ChinaTel: +86-10-63972304, 63972404, 13520828293Fax: +86-10-63980554 E-mail: whj@cmes.org

         Europe                                                            Ctc: Christina KleinpassTorsten Hansen

Messe Essen GmbH

Postfach 10 01 65, D-45001, Essen, Germany

Tel: +49-201-7244 529/232 Fax: +49-201-7244 1529/1232

E-mail:christina.kleinpass@messe-essen.detorsten.hansen@messe-essen.de

         America                                                               Ctc: Joe Krall

American Welding Society

550 N.W. LeJeune Rd., Miami, Florida33126, USA

Tel: +1-800-443 9353 ext. 297Fax: +1-937-667 0438E-mail: joekrall@aol.com

         Korea                                                                    Ctc: SeungKwan, Kang

KOREA WELDING INDUSTRY COOPERATIVE

304 SanJung Bldg, 15-16 Yeouido-Dong, Yeongdeungpo-Gu,, Seoul, 150-872, Korea

Tel.+82-2-785 5504~6Fax.+82-2-785 3586 E-mail: skkang@kwic.or.kr

                                                                                       Ctc: T. J. Chae

Kong Myong Exhibition & Trading Co.

908A, I-Want Office, 890-54 Daechi-dong Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-839, Korea

Tel: +82-2-778 6792/3 Fax: +82-2-778 6794E-mail: tradefairs@hanmail.net

         Japan                                                                    Ctc: Kimihito Hotani

Sanpo Publicaitions, Inc.

1-11 Kanda Sakuma-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0025, Japan

Tel: +81-3-3258-6411 Fax: +81-3-3258-6430Email: hotani@sanpo-pub.co.jp

And please do not make payment of booth fee to any other account than the following:

Bank Name:

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Beijing Municipal Branch, Beijing, PRC

Swift: ICBK CNB JBJM

Account Name: The Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society

Account No.: 0200003609014476075