With the success of the 2012 edition, SPS – Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou will be returning once again at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou from 4 – 6 March 2013. The show has proven to become the annual event for regional professionals to acquire solutions for their automation systems. In 2012, over 60 brands from Germany alone as well as 50 from Japan, South Korea, USA and other European countries participated in the event. Exhibitor numbers in total were 438, and for 2013, SIAF expects to welcome over 500 exhibitors and over 26,000 visitors.