London,
9th August, 2001

• Novomatic Register Biggest Stand In ICE History
• 11 territories feature in top twenty exhibitor list
• ICE gets 21 nation salute
• As of July reservations exceed total space sold at ICE 2001

    Any of the 5000 + buyers expected to attend the 2002 International Casino Exhibition (ICE) who fail to notice the Novomatic stand will be in urgent need of an eye test. The Austrian company will have a giant 511 sq metre presence, which will not only be the biggest stand at ICE but the biggest in the entire Earls Court Exhibition Centre.

    Apart from Novomatic’s huge presence – the largest single stand in the history of ICE – a key feature of the latest exhibitor data released by the organisers is the overwhelming international flavour of the casino floor. As of 31st July no fewer than seven territories are represented in the top ten list of largest exhibitors with 11 featuring in the top 20. 

    The top 20 line-up includes representatives from the UK, and Netherlands (three companies each), Austria, Germany, Spain, USA, and Slovenia (two) and one each from France, Italy, Monaco and Japan.

    Outside of the top twenty, companies from Antigua, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Taiwan, Russia, South Africa and Sweden have all completed contracts to confirm their presence in London.

    Karen Cooke, Sales Manager responsible for ICE said: "Six months ahead of the show we’ve contracted nearly 90% of the total exhibition space sold at ICE 2001 and already reserved more space than the total size of the 2001 event. The real internationalism of this event is crystallised by the line-up of contracted exhibitors in which no single country is dominant. This means that buyers travelling to ICE will get a global rather than a national perspective on the industry in which they operate.“
 

(1) Novomatic (Austria) 511.47 square metres
(2) Atronic International GmbH (Germany) 220
(3) Recreativos Franco S.A, (Spain) 208.58
(4) TCS Group (UK) 191.88
(5) Unidesa Gaming (Spain) 191.88
(6) Bourgogne Et Grasset (France) 165.19
(7) IGT Europe b.v. (Netherlands) 164.13
(8) Bally Gaming And Systems (USA) 145.00
(9) WMS Gaming (USA) 135.00
(10) Casino Supplies GmbH (Germany) 124.57
(11) Mikohn Europe B.V. (Netherlands) 120.88
(12) Interblock d.o.o. (Slovenia) 115.35
(13) Sega Gaming Technology (Europe) (UK) 109.25
(14) Abbiati Casino Equipment s.n.c. (Italy) 101.53
(15) Aristocrat Technologies Europe (UK) 100.00
(16) Monaco Informatiques Systemes  (Monaco) 96.68
(17) Japan Enterprises (Japan) 95.63
(18) Alfastreet – Poc Kaj Pohistvo d.o.o. (Slovenia) 95.00
(19) Amatic Industries GmbH (Austria) 93.2
(20) Orion Casino Technology BV  (Netherlands) 90.44

(i) Abbiati Casino Equipment presence is spread over stands 5905 and 6010
(ii) Monaco Informatiques Systemes presence is spread over stands 5410 and 5310
 

(1) UK 683.4 square metres
(2) Austria 677.83
(3) Spain 461.46
(4) USA 412.00
(5) Germany 396.62
(6) Netherlands 387.45
(7) Slovenia 288.90
(8) France 219.19
(9) Japan 163.63
(10) Belgium 148.25
 

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