From a single Chennai exhibition to a ten-brand, three-continent portfolio — the Smart Expos story, edition by edition.
Smart Expos & Fairs was founded in Chennai in 2005 and has since delivered more than 150 B2B exhibitions. Milestones include 18 editions of COMPACK, 11+ years of COMPLAST international editions across Africa and South Asia, 12 editions of ELECXPO, and the 2027 launch of ROOFENCE.
Smart Expos & Fairs (India) Pvt. Ltd. opens its doors in Chennai with a clear brief — build B2B exhibitions that put Indian manufacturers face to face with the buyers who matter.
The Complete Packaging Expo holds its first Chennai edition. It becomes our longest-running franchise and the show that defines how we work: deep sector focus, serious buyers, measurable business on the floor.
Ministries, state bodies and trade associations begin appointing us to deliver their exhibitions — BAICON, INARCON and SOUMEX among them. Working to government standards raises our own, and those disciplines still shape every show we run.
ELECXPO launches, extending the portfolio into electricals, solar and renewables — sectors we backed early, and which now anchor our domestic calendar.
A year of groundwork rather than headlines. We commission detailed market studies across Africa and South Asia, asking a simple question: where do manufacturers need a platform that does not yet exist?
The answer arrives in Kenya and Sri Lanka. COMPLAST launches in both markets and takes root immediately — fourteen years on, both editions are still running and still growing.
LOGMAT launches as Tamil Nadu's only dedicated logistics, material handling and warehousing exhibition — a sector with enormous industrial weight and, until then, no platform of its own.
Myanmar and Vietnam join the map as both markets open to international trade, giving our exhibitors early access to two fast-industrialising economies.
COMPLAST and COMEXPO launch in South Africa, extending our African presence from the east coast to the southern tip of the continent.
COMPRINT, MOPEXPO, TOFAS and COMEXPO join the roster, carrying us into printing, automotive aftermarket, hardware and multi-sector trade. One organiser, many industries, the same standard.
COMPLAST and COMPACK launch in Nigeria — Africa's largest economy and the entry point to the whole ECOWAS region for suppliers who get there first.
Representation is established across every international market we serve. No more flying in and flying out: local offices, local relationships, local knowledge feeding every edition.
The pandemic closed exhibition venues worldwide. We used the pause to rebuild — deepening our database, strengthening exhibitor relationships and designing what would come next.
Rather than wait, we build our own virtual exhibition platform in-house. Business keeps moving, our exhibitors keep meeting buyers, and we come out of the period with digital capability that still powers our campaigns today.
Every vertical returns, and returns strongly. Exhibitors, visitors and partners come back in force — proof of relationships built over seventeen years rather than seventeen months.
Editions run across India, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar. COMPLAST delivers in Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Nepal within a single season — four countries, four halls, one team.
RUBEXPO launches its Indian edition and succeeds on debut, bringing the rubber industry the dedicated platform it had been missing.
ELECXPO Chennai draws 200+ exhibitors, 12,100+ trade visitors and 1,000+ business meetings — our largest electrical edition to date. Kenya and Sri Lanka editions carry the brand international in the same year.
ROOFENCE launches at Chennai Trade Centre — India's first dedicated exhibition for the complete roofing and fencing value chain, and the newest addition to a portfolio twenty-two years in the making.
Twenty-one years. Ten countries. More than 180 exhibitions. And a calendar that grows every year — because somewhere, there is still a room that needs filling.