| Gross exhibition space (sq. m.) | 5,400 |
| Net exhibition space (sq. m.) | 3,710* |
| No. of exhibitors | 111* |
| No. of visitors (including visitors from Industrial Cold 2005 and APM-ProdTek) | 8,428* |
| No. of countries represented (Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Turkey) | 4 |
| No. of brands represented | 246 |
*Audit of statistical data conducted by BDO International using the methodology of CENTREX International Exhibition Union Auditing guarantees participants and visitors objective and trustworthy information, which allows the marketing opportunities offered by the trade show to be properly evaluated.
Visitors
Marketing research, carried out among visitors to the MaRHo 2005 trade show (based on 5,108 questionnaires), confirmed the high quality make-up
of the audience.
| Distribution of visitors by industrial sector: | |
| Trade | 35% |
| Public catering | 20% |
| Food industry | 13% |
| Other sectors of industry | 6% |
| Real estate | 4% |
| Other | 22% |
| By position occupied at one's enterprise, visitors were distributed as follows: | |
| Owners / directors | 37% |
| CEO's | 6% |
| Department heads | 11% |
| Technical specialists | 21% |
| Other | 25% |
| Distribution of visitors by region: | |
| Kyiv an region | 56% |
| Central region | 10% |
| Northern region | 4% |
| Southern region | 10% |
| Western region | 11% |
| Eastern region | 10% |
Quotes by exhibitors of the MaRHo 2005 trade show
The regions were well represented at MaRHo. There were many visitors from all over Ukraine. I was surprised that there weren't many students or other people not there to do business; people came to do business, knowing what they were looking for.
Our expectations of MaRHo 2005 were justified… We are very pleased with the results of taking part in the trade show, our predictions proved correct, and the trade show was successful for us in all respects.
…in comparison to last year, It was noticeable that there were significantly more foreign companies exhibiting at MaRHo this year.
This year the MaRHo trade show is certainly much better than previously, both in terms of the number of visitors and of attracting the target audience… So far I can say that we have met prospective customers, they asked the right sort of questions, and the right sort of meetings took place both with customers and with suppliers. I would like to say that there were far more foreign suppliers this year, and far more visitors interested in cooperating with us.
A unique feature of MaRHo 2005, in my opinion, is its professional audience of visitors there is virtually nobody there who is not doing business, and the trade show's visitors - really are our target audience. We can already say that many contacts have initiated the start of promising cooperation.
Today, we can say that we have met rather a lot of visitors, and concrete customers, who have made concrete orders.... It is also important that the trade show also facilitates improved cooperation with our partners, and not only with prospective customers.
The organizers of the MaRHo trade show have successfully mastered the art of carrying out trade shows to European standards this year. A thematic area on refrigeration, in all its diversity, has traditionally been on display at the trade show.