The Third edition of The Economic Times ACETECH held in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi in the year 2008 was by far the largest exhibition held in Asia on Architecture, Design, Construction and Allied Industries. The platform offered a wide business networking for brands dealing in Architectural & Decorative Products as well as other building materials. The show provided an authoritative representation of every sector in architecture, construction and design. ET ACETECH strived to be the most effective tool for researching quality architectural, construction & engineering products. The platform provided a neutral environment to discuss Joint Ventures and Collaborations as well. At The Economic Times ACETECH, the focus is project related sales for the brands that are showcased. Through past editions, the ET ACETECH team has managed to accord maximum value and business exposure to their exhibitors through media support in the Special features of “The Economic Times” & “The Times of India” on and during the days of the show & they further aspired to have the brands noticed each year by the stalwarts from the Architectural, Construction and Design fraternity.

The Economic Times ACETECH 2008 started with its flagship event in Mumbai from the 6th to 9th November 08 spread out over 500,000 sq. ft. It further covered the entire southern region with a spectacular show in Bengaluru from 28th to 30th November 08 displayed covering over 250,000 sq. ft. and the show finally concluded in the country's capital New Delhi from 19th to 21st December 08 with over 3,00,000 sq ft of exhibition space. The shows were inaugurated by eminent personalities from construction industry like Honourable Minister of State for Urban Development, Maharashtra Shri. Rajesh Tope, Honourable Mayor of Delhi Ms. Arti Mehra, Niranjan Hiranandani, Mofatraj Munot, Ashish Raheja, Surendra Hiranandani, Nabeel Patel, Surendra Hiranandani, Arch. Alfaz Miller,  Arch. Sanjay Puri, Arch. Seema Puri, Ravi Sarangan, Kamal Malik, Arch. Ajit Shilpi, Arch. Reza Kabul, Arch. Kapil Gupta, Vinod Rohira, Anuj Puri, Ashish Raheja, Smt. Sheela Bhide,  Pradeep Jain, Arch. Zarir Mullan, Bobby Mukherjee, Reza Kabul, Anuj Puri, Pradeep Jain, Sonali Bhagwati,  Rahul Kumar & Dr. Prem C. Jain, President, Indian Green Building Congress.

In 2008, ET ACETECH recorded a maximum number of trade visitors in each city & we are extremely proud to state that the show was a tremendous success with regards to Visitors as well as Media Publicity. The turnout was by far the largest ever witnessed in the country. A break up of the same is mentioned below:-

Mumbai:
Gross Area: 35,000 sq mtr.
Over 5000 brands
Number of Visitors: 1, 10,547 visitors.

Bengaluru:
Gross Area: 21,000 sq mtr.
Over 3000 brands
Number of Visitors: 68,756 visitors.

Delhi:
Gross Area: 28,000 sq mtr.
Over 4000 brands
Number of Visitors: 99,786 visitors

Needless to say that “The Economic Times ACETECH 2009” which has already been launched,  is going to be bigger and better every year in terms of publicity, facilities and visitor profile.