Cary: Hi, I'm Cary Sherburne, Senior Editor at WhatTheyThink.com and I'm here with Stefan Hunkeler. We're here at Hunkeler Innovationdays and beautiful Lucerne, Switzerland.
Stefan Hunkeler: The weather is nice.
Cary: The weather is beautiful. Maybe you can talk a little bit -- I know that a lot of work has gone into planning this exhibition and perhaps you could talk a little bit about how it's meeting your expectations and what we're seeing in terms of the attendance at the show.
Stefan Hunkeler: We are very satisfied. Our people did a great job.
Cary: Good.
Stefan Hunkeler: It's a lot of work to do but we are overwhelmed by the visitors -- the numbers of visitors. We have more 5,000 registered people. In one day 4,000 should be in the hall and will be a big fight to serve the customers and show them the latest applications.
Cary: And finding space in the lunchroom.
Stefan Hunkeler: Okay. That's sounds also, yes.
Cary: From how many different countries are people coming?
Stefan Hunkeler: We have more or less 70 -- people coming from 70 countries, yes.
Cary: Wow, that's great. And I guess you have quite a big contingent from North America.
Stefan Hunkeler: Yes, there are 250 Americans coming. So that's quite a big number.
Cary: So from a Hunkeler's perspective, you do this every other year, right?
Stefan Hunkeler: Yes.
Cary: And from a Hunkeler perspective, what are your objectives for this show? I mean, why do you do this?
Stefan Hunkeler: For us it's a great opportunity to present our power and to show our business model. It means partnering with many, many different companies. Big, huge companies and smaller companies. So for us it's a perfect platform to show our competence.
Cary: And so 2013 will be the next one then?
Stefan Hunkeler: Absolutely. We plan it already, yes.
Cary: That's great. We'll look forward to seeing that.
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