The Sixth China International Exhibition for Roofing & Waterproofing Technology (R&W 2008) will be held during June 12-14, 2008 in Shanghai International Exhibition Center (Shanghai INTEX) in Shanghai.

Being the largest of its kind in the roofing and waterproofing industry of China, R&W is recognized worldwide as an international, professional and authoritative event. It is jointly held by China National Waterproof Building Materials Industry Association, National Roofing Contractors Association, China National Building Materials Group Corporation.

With the fast growth of the Chinese economy, R&W has been rapidly improved in terms of scale, number of exhibitors and professional visitors and level of internationalization. R&W 2007 has an exhibitor area of over 10,000 m2, more than 160 exhibitors and 25,000 visitors. There are over 40 international exhibitors including Owens Corning, Johns Manville, Grace, Reichel & Drews, United Coatings, Rohm & Haas, Bayer, Vedag, Berstorff, Sika-Sarnafil, Firestone, Soprema, IKO, Kryton, Tajima.

R&W 2008 will be held in Shanghai offering great existing and potential business opportunities:

1. 2010 Expo will be held in Shanghai. The large-scale construction will create a great demand of high-quality and diversified waterproofing products and technologies.

2. The new construction house area will increase 20 million annually in the future 5 years in Shanghai. Meanwhile, Shanghai is speeding up its process to be an international economic, financial, trade and shipping center, which creates huge opportunities for new waterproof materials and technologies.

3. The Long Triangle Region including Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu is building itself into an "Important Global Manufacturing Base", "Important Global Market Pole" and "World-class Big City Group" This process will make an enormous and sustaining demand of waterproof materials and technologies.

Welcome to R&W 2008 in Shanghai!