The second staging at the Johannesburg Expo Centre of Automechanika South Africa in March this year resulted in a growth in numbers of both exhibitors and visitors.
The number of exhibitors jumped from 412 in 2009 - 170 local and 242 foreign - to 551 this year - 169 local and 382 foreign from 25 countries. There were official pavilions from China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey.
The number of trade visitors also increased, moving up from 8200 in 2009 to 9026 this year, which was a 10 percent improvement.
