The Gis expo is the modern exhibition specialized in lifting (all the instruments and equipments in particular cranes and all the heavy transport in general) is an annual event and the next one will be held from 27 to 29 May 2011 at the Piacenza Expo Fair.
This is the third edition of this important and unique event, so is a new and important moment for trade and lifting industry. This is a modern exhibition situated in the north of Italy, this is the third edition of this expo and is the only Italian trade fair dedicated to this important field. Also this year will be held in the Piacenza Expo facilities, the buildings and the congress complex of Piacenza is a modern place and has great new architectures with more than 30.000 square metres of space. Furthermore it is easy to reach (the A1 from Milano to Bologna is only 500 metres far as well as the other motorway the Turin Brescia A21 is near, and the exit of Piacenza sud/south is the right one to the fair).
This exhibition is also known as the Italian day lifting (the translation of the Italian slogan Giornata Italiana del Sollevamento) , in fact here a lot of visitors, operators and exhibitors come here in order to visit and have some news about the innovations and technologies in the lifting and heavy transport. This event is the only exhibition dedicated to users of cranes, mobile cranes, bridge cranes, telescopic handlers, aerial platforms and heavy transport in general, so a big variety of products for this kind of industry.
During the last edition in 2010, in the exhibition was possible also to visit some particular machines such as tower cranes, and forklifts in particular for the machines used off-road and high flow in the field of industry, port and shipping. Also this year it will be a reserved area called Area Demo, here all the exhibitors can present their machines and works in a new way, in fact machine and equipments are shown to the public in a new dynamic way, with interesting demonstrations of cranes and platforms in action live, an easy way to understand the evolution and new technologies in this field.