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Visitor registration open for Virtual Trade Show

BELGIUM: Visitor registration is now open for September’s Virtual Trade Show for natural refrigerant-based air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump systems and components. 

Organised and hosted by ATMOsphere Marketplace, a division of Shecco, the event will feature online booths and webinars with exhibitors featuring their latest products as well as marketing material, brochures, videos, etc.

The event will also feature a programme of webinars, a virtual networking lounge, and an information help desk.

It will take place over a 24-hour period (10.00 to 10.00 CEST), encompassing every time-zone, starting with Europe, the Middle East and Africa, followed by North, Central and South America, on September 1 and finishing with the Asia Pacific region on September 2nd.

The website will be accessible for one month after the live event.

Designed to re-create the feeling of a physical trade show, the event has so far attracted 36 exhibitors. 

Further information and free registration here.

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