Techno 2012 in october

Sanjeevi JAYASURIYA

The country’s premier technology focused exhibition Techno 2012 organised by the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka will be held on October 12,13 and 14 at the BMICH in Colombo for the 27th consecutive year.

The National Engineering and Technology Exhibition Techno 2012 will be held in October in Colombo. The Institute of Engineers will organize this event and the Platinum sponsor of the exhibition Colombo Dockyard presented the cheque for the successful conduct of the event. Colombo Dockyad Managing Director Mangapa Yapa presenting the cheque to Chairman Techno Organizing Committee Tilak De Silva. Institue of Engineering Sri Lanka President Dr. Ananda Ranasinghe looks on. Picture by Wasitha Patabendige.

This is a good opportunity to showcase new products and ideas while maintaining and developing the related industry. The exhibitors will showcase latest products in the fields of civil, mechanical and electronic engineering concentrating on modern trends, Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL) President Dr. Ananda Ranasinghe said.

The Techno 2012 will be a platform to showcase new products and services while education the public regarding innovation that leads to improve productivity and living standards, he said at the Tech 2012 launch held in Colombo on Tuesday.

The exhibition is expected to transfer technology towards scientific and technological excellence of the profession and the related industries in the country.

A platform to showcase and promote brand names, products and services, the Techno 2012 has added features for harnessing stakeholders’ talents and skills towards providing the best window of opportunity for the new as well as seasoned entrepreneurs and organizations under one roof. The Techno is a diversified, informative, state-of-the-art and educative nature exhibition with stalls exceeding 200.It has won appreciations and accolades from the engineering community and also earned national and global recognition and the reputation to be branded as one of the best of its kind in the SAARC region.

The visitors to exhibition has grown over the years mainly due to many special features been gradually added to the exhibition. The depiction and display of ongoing and proposed mega infrastructural and other development projects envisaged by the “Mahinda Chinthana Forward Vision” programme inclusive of the North and the East development, Metro Colombo development projects will find their places for enlightening the visitors about the unprecedented development work the country is witnessing at present.

The Tech 2012 will provide opportunities for practicing engineers to display and describe their special projects to the public by allocating space for their panels. It would endeavor to strengthen the links between the suppliers of engineering products and services and the relevant government institutions with a view to facilitating mutual awareness of their resources and potential in fulfilling their needs, objectives and aspirations.