Within days of the exhibition closing its doors, two orders taken at the show had already progressed through Hone-All's machine shop. The company also came away from Subcon with the promise of two further orders worth around £5000 per month.

Hone-All's exhibition stand displayed numerous example of its capability, which extends from raw material supply through to delivery of the fully inspected component. "We met a lot of people at Subcon 2004, " says Andrea Rodney, director, "including some existing customers who had not fully appreciated the extent of the changes that have taken place within Hone-All Precision and some potential customers who are taking up our invitation to see for themselves exactly what we can do."

Although impressed by the "excellent networking between exhibitors and the constant flow of visitors between the various stands", Andrea Rodney admits to being disappointed by the exhibition's detachment from the neighbouring MACH 2004 exhibition."Subcon 2004 definitely worked for us and I believe it will have a lasting impact on our business, but visitor numbers were adversely affected by the physical distance between the two shows and the resulting lack of cross-over traffic."

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