1. 2nd World Tea & Coffee Expo Ends With a Positive Note; Attracts 4100Business Visitors from India & Abroad* 3rd Edition to be held at Mumbai, India dates to be announced soon.Mumbai, India, October 28th, 2014 -- The 2nd edition of World Tea & Coffee Expo(http://www.worldteacoffeeexpo.com), Indias only International trade show dedicatedto the Tea & Coffee Sectors ended successfully on 13th September 2014 with positivereviews from exhibitors and visitors alike. The Expo, held at Bombay Exhibition Centre,Mumbai, INDIA from 11th Sept till 13th Sept 2014, offers the only trade platform inIndia for the Hot Beverage industry for networking, business expansion and ideasexchange.Around 40 Indian and foreign exhibitors participated in the expo, which attracted over4,100 business visitors from all parts of the country and many from foreign shores. saidMs Priti Kapadia, director of Sentinel Exhibitions Asia Pvt. Ltd, the organizers. The expowitnessed striking of bulk deals, joint ventures/alliances, franchise enquiries,appointment of marketing agents and generated a large number of business enquiries.This 3-day Expo showcased products, machineries and technologies from Indian &International companies related to Tea, Coffee and allied sectors. On display were Tea &Coffee brands in addition to Tea/Coffee Vending Machines, machinery, exotic and new-ageproducts like Lemon tea, White tea, Anti-Diabetes Tea, Slimming Tea, Certificationbodies, National & International Boards etc. Visitors included decision makerscomprising of Retailers, Wholesalers, Distributors, hypermarkets/multi-product retailchains, Tea/Coffee Estate owners, Hotels /Airline and Food & Beverage professionalsmany of whom placed large orders with exhibitors.This unique event was inaugurated by Dr. Liu Youfa, the Consul General of China inMumbai who remarked that, there is great scope for bilateral trade in the Tea & Coffeesectors between India & China as both the countries are big producers and consumersof Hot Beverages and both the Asian giants are witnessing significant lifestyle changesMs. Saroja Sirisena, Consul General, Consulate General of Sri Lanka who also graced theinaugural session said, India & Sri Lanka can share their natural advantage to increasebilateral trade in the Tea & Coffee sectors. Trade platforms like this have the potentialto make easier for countries to do business with each other. Mr. R C Agarwal of FAITTA& Mohani Tea Leaves Pvt. Ltd. & Mr. Suresh Kotak of Kotak Commodities Ltd. botheminent personalities of this field - also graced the expo with their august presence andshared their valuable ideas.Ms. Aparna Kulkarni from Neel Beverages Pvt. Ltd. one of the exhibitors said, We areinto ready to drink beverages offering various types of Teas such as Ice Tea, Lemon Tea

2. etc which are convenient to carry, store and use. Participating in World Tea & CoffeeExpo gives an exposure at National & International Level with our potential clientscoming to meet us at a single location rather than us having to travel everywhere tomeet them. I am very happy to be a part of this show as an exhibitor.According to Mr. R C Agarwal of Mohani Tea Leaves Pvt. Ltd. (an exhibitor), We arevery strong in North India and participation at this expo gave us an opportunity to meetpotential clients and business partners from across India.In the words of Mr Tedesco Enrico, of Teamac Srl Italy, India is a market of over 1billion people and this is a platform which gave us an opportunity to present our state-of-the-art machinery to Indian tea companies.Stated Mr Sumit Shah, Madhu Jayanti International Ltd (an exhibitor),We used thisplatform to launch a new product here which has been very well received. The expo hasfar exceeded our expectations in terms of quality and quantity of visitors.World Tea & Coffee Expo thus fulfilled the need for an organized event for Tea & CoffeeCompanies in India to come together to showcase their products, network, sharelearning and experiences and find suitable solutions to the industrys problems.Workshop & Conference gave the event vibrancy and a knowledge sharing avenue.International participation was from Italy, Australia, UAE, Rwanda, and SwitzerlandThe organizers are planning to make the 3rd Edition of WTCE much larger in terms ofcontent and size and are likely to announce the dates very soon. For further details;please log on to: http://www.worldteacoffeeexpo.com or call on +91 22 28625131 oremail to priti@sentinelexhibitionsasia.comPress & Media Contact:Mitesh M KapadiaSentinel Public Relations Pvt Ltd / Sentinel Advertising ServicesB-603, Samajdeep, Near Bhanu Park/Seasons RestaurantAdukia Road, Off S V RoadKandivli (W), Mumbai 400 067 IndiaMob: +91 98205 03876Tel: (022) 28625131/32Fax: (022) 28625133mitesh@publicrelationindia.comhttp://www.publicrelationindia.comhttp://www.worldteacoffeeexpo.com