The Salon industiel de
Quebec is offering you on a silver platter most solid grouping of
clients you could possibly meet in one place.
Three days of exceptional
business opportunities
At the speed our society is evolving and
with unprecedented competition in all sectors of activity, it is
evident that entrepreneurs such as yourself are continuously looking
for ideas that will allow your business to distinguish itself from
the rest and to ensure an ever-increasing market share.
The Salon industriel de Québec
will meet
your needs, i.e.:
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Saving months of prospecting;
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Securing your clientele and making
it more loyal;
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Finding new clients and prospects;
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Making contact again with old
clients;
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Increasing your market share
Targeted visitors who are
greatly involved in the purchasing process
The Salon industriel de Québec is aimed at
business owners and buyers representing a purchasing power of
hundreds of millions of dollars per year. These decision-makers come
to this tradeshow with very clear objectives:
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Meet their suppliers face-to-face;
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Discover new products and services;
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Compare and evaluate products,
equipments and supplies;
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Establish contacts with new
suppliers;
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Consult specialists and solidify
investment projects
Human contact
Despite new communication techniques, the
Salon industriel de Québec distinguishes itself from other medias by
its unique character. No other media brings buyers and suppliers
together in a face-to-face environment, calling on the five senses
like this tradeshow can. Internet yes, but it cannot replace the
face-to-face contacts you will establish at the Salon.
Don’t miss this biennial
tradeshow with its important decision-makers. Come exhibit your
know-how and reap the rewards !
« A Strategic City »
A thriving high tech center, a skilled and
stable workforce, outstanding quality of life, and an
outward-looking approach such is the business environment of Québec
City. With a population of 507,000, Québec City is Québec's second
most important economical center.
A Growing Economy
 Québec
City has seen remarkable development in its economy, particularly in
the fields of culture, tourism, high technology, and information
technology. A political capital, the city is the cradle of
governmental activity in the province and boasts a dynamic
environment of cooperation between government and business that
contributes to the success of large-scale projects.
A Skilled Workforce
Québec City offers an environment
conductive to creativity. Its network of academic and vocational
institutions makes the city a hub of expertise and know-how. And
with its skilled and highly trained workforce, Québec City can be
counted among the best business cities in the world.
Superb Living Conditions
 Québec
City offers exceptional living conditions. The warmth of its
inhabitants, the safety of its streets, the wide range of tourist
attractions found there, the diversity of educational programs
available, and the wide variety of services offered to companies
make this an excellent city for business. Québec City is also a
wonderful place to live, study, work, and relax.
Access
Québec City provides direct access to the
major urban centers of the world. Located on the St. Lawrence River,
the city offers modern transportation infrastructures linked
seamlessly together, including a deepwater port open year round, an
international airport less than 20 km from downtown, an efficient
highway system, and a rail network integrated with all of Canada and
the United States.
« Discover the world »
A remarkable cultural and geographic
crossroads—the city could be called a bridge of sorts between Europe
and the Americas—Québec has a unique and special role to play
internationally.
Known worldwide for its rich history and
heritage, it is also a modern and dynamic city. Its economic and
cultural strength has fostered ties with major cities around the
world.
To promote and reap the benefits of Québec
City's know-how and the sectors in which it excels, municipal
authorities created the city's Commissariat aux relations
internationales (CRI) on March 1, 2003.
An office devoted to
international relations
CRI is responsible for strengthening the
key role international relations play in the development of the city
and the greater Québec-Chaudière-Appalaches region.
It provides a link between municipal
authorities and the main socioeconomic partners and leaders in the
community in order to define the issues that will guide the future
of the Greater Québec City area, maintain dialog between
organizations, and set out a common strategy for action.
To meet these goals, CRI has three
commissioners appointed to handle institutional relations,
immigration, and economic development respectively.
« A Unique City »
 The
very name Québec conjures up images of easy living, historical
riches, world heritage treasures, and incomparable tourist appeal.
Québec City is as unique as they come.
It is on Money Magazine's list of North
America's top ten tourist destinations, a distinction the CNN
publication attributes above all to the French experience, the
rendezvous with history the city offers, and the extraordinary
beauty of its setting.
Québec City's topology, it is true, is
one-of-a-kind. The city stretches out from the shores of the St.
Lawrence, one of the largest rivers in the world. It extends north
as far as the foothills of the Laurentians, the oldest mountain
range on Earth, and east as far as Montmorency Falls. To the west,
it reaches beyond the bridges that link the city to the south shore,
past Jacques-Cartier beach, and on to the municipalities of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
and Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier.
Québec City is centered in an area where
the river narrows before opening into an estuary. The city's rocky
high point, Cape Diamond, towers 103 meters above the river, adding
to the unique flavor of the area. The plain is fed by a number of
smaller rivers, including the Saint-Charles, which lazily winds its
way down toward the St. Lawrence. The old city is divided into two
parts, Upper and Lower Town.
Some 400 years of history are woven into
the very fabric of the city, a history it will carry with it into a
promising future. Québec City is both the cradle of French
civilization in North America and a major economic center.
« The Capital of Québec »
After having been the capital of France’s
colonies in America, and then of Lower Canada, Quebec City became
the capital of the province of Québec in 1867, when the Canadian
Confederation came into being.
The city was largely shaped by its role as
a capital: the National Assembly and many governmental buildings
were built right in the city center. Since 1994, considerable
efforts have been put into restoring the area surrounding the
parliamentary buildings, in a manner suitable to the city’s status.
Today, some 650 000 people live in Quebec
City’s administrative district, officially known as the National
Capital Region, to point out the city’s role in Quebec society.
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