Automotive suppliers from all over the world appeared at this year's Equip Auto in Paris and reported a marked increase in visitor interest versus the last show: exactly 137,566 visitors - 4.9% more compared with 2003 - came to find out about the latest technical trends.

Just about a third of the attendees came from outside France, confirming not only the Internationality, but also the popularity of Equip Auto in Europe. The same can be said of the exhibitors: 78% of the brands represented at the show came from foreign countries and showed novelties and innovations on some 200,000 square meters of space.

Place to meet and talk shop

In all product categories the exhibitors were satisfied with the large number of discussions and the very productive business climate. ATE also considers the result - more than 260 talks speaks for itself - to be quite good.