EAG’s new chairman, Nick Harding, paid tribute to the work of his predecessor, Martin Burlin, as the show began yesterday.
The expanded show features 96 exhibitors occupying 4,958sq.m of space.
2025 marks the end of Burlin’s tenure as EAG chairman and Harding said: “EAG owner Bacta has been in existence for over 50 years. For 15 of those years Martin Burlin has been chairing the show and for several years before that he was on the board of ATEI, so you could say that if you broke him in half it would say Bacta trade show down the middle!
"Martin has decided that now is the time for him to step back from the tumult and it goes without saying that he will be an extremely hard act to follow.”