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DSEI 2013


DSEI’s international reputation as the world’s premier defence and security event attracts record visitor and exhibitor numbers.


ooking ahead to DSEI 2015 next year at London’s ExCel, this edition of Inside DSEI gives us an opportunity to reflect on the success and growth of last year’s show – the highest attended by visitors, exhibitors and defence industry leaders in DSEI’s history – and highlight DSEI’s established position as a world leading defence and security event.


Global visitor attendance


Of the 32,169 visitors that attended last year’s exhibition - including 97 official delegations from 56 countries and 1,034 global VIPs − 92% rated it as excellent or good. This confidence is


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testament to the quality of DSEI’s exhibitors, seminar programme and displays and is further illustrated both by an increase in visitor numbers − up by 13% on 2011 – and by DSEI’s growing status as a world leading defence and security event, with 87% of visitors from 121 countries stating that they think the show is very or quite important.


DSEI’s 1,489 exhibitors provided an unrivalled range of suppliers in the defence and security industries in 2013. Exhibitors of all sizes from 54 countries, including 40 international pavilions, were welcomed to DSEI 2013, proving that the show is increasingly being seen as the place to do business in the global defence and security market. Whilst nations such as Japan, South Korea, Chile and UAE made their DSEI debut in 2013, 68% of exhibitors had exhibited at the show in previous years, many choosing


to exhibit because of DSEI’s reputation. The show’s ability to both connect the entire international defence and security supply chain and develop international relationships is reflected in 93% of exhibitors stating that they think the show is very important, and 82% of exhibitors rating DSEI overall as excellent or good.


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