Shaw to keynote Lat/Am & Caribbean Tyre Expo

PANAMA CITY, Panama — David Shaw, CEO of Tire Industry Research, has been booked as the keynote speaker for the 8th edition of the Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo, which will take place June 14-16 in Panama City.

The exhibition is operated by Latin Expo Group, which has its headquarters in Miami, Fla., and operates an office in Panama. Gus Lima is the company's CEO.

Show promoters called Mr. Shaw an “acknowledged industry expert with over 25 years' experience at analyzing and commenting on the global tire and rubber industry.” He was formerly editor of Crain Communications Inc.'s European Rubber Journal, a sister publication of Tire Business. His expo topic — presented June 15 during the expo's educational conferences — will be on the Chinese tire industry.

Mr. Shaw, who also is a consultant to the Tire Technology Expo conference that takes place in Germany every February, has for the last three years moderated the World Rubber Summit in Singapore.

According to Tire Industry Research, its website “helps visitors to understand the global tire industry” by looking at it “from a strategic, technical and geographic perspective.”

The Latin American & Caribbean Tyre Expo runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, with an inaugural ceremony taking place from 5 to 6:30 p.m.; show hours on Thursday, June 15, are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with conferences from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. that day; on Friday, June 16, its final day, the expo is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The expo “provides exhibitors with direct access to the Latin American and Caribbean tire dealers in a personal setting that forges long lasting commercial and personal relationships,” according to promoters. They added that Panama, a business and tourist destination, “offers a geographical, strategic and economical location where exhibitors can present their products to the Latin American & Caribbean tire markets.

Last year's exhibition, held July 13-15 at the ATLAPA Convention Center in Panama City, was called a "resounding success for presenters and visitors," Latin Expo Group said, noting the event attracted more than 2,000 qualified buyers from South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean and drew more than 200 national and international companies dealing with tires, wheels, tire machinery, retreaders and other industry-related firms.

To register as a visitor or exhibitor to the Expo — and gain access to conferences — visit the event's website or contact Latin Expo Group in Miami at 786-293-5186; by fax at 786-615-8807; or via email at [email protected].