This page is a LOPO archive entry associated with the fourth HSIM EXPO in Shanghai. It is not a current exhibition invitation, attendance confirmation, booth listing or contact directory. Its practical value today is to help readers prepare a current architectural-terracotta product or project enquiry.
Read the old notice as an attributed record
When citing this entry, use careful language: “the 2013 LOPO site archive reported” or “the archive associated the notice with.” Do not rewrite that statement as independently established attendance. The distinction matters because the page provides no photographs, exhibitor directory, booth confirmation, organiser record or named contact.
Preserve the date and event wording as archive metadata, not as instructions for travel or appointments. A current exhibition with a similar name would require a new organiser source, schedule, venue, exhibitor listing and contact. Never send a visitor using details from this page.
Maintain a small evidence ledger if the notice is reused: archived page title, publication date, quoted event wording, facts not supplied and any independent sources later found. This prevents captions, social posts or sales material from gradually turning an attributed claim into apparent verification.
Translate the display list into current product questions
The old notice grouped terracotta panels, linear sticks and an installation system. A present discussion should separate those categories and identify the actual need: rainscreen panels, baguettes or louvers, brick or another architectural-terracotta format, plus the relevant support-system scope.
Ask for current profile drawings, finish samples, compatible components, system evidence and availability rather than requesting “the Expo products.” Product codes, tooling, dimensions and documentation may have changed since 2013, and an old display description cannot define a current offer.
Prepare a focused product-meeting brief
Project context
State country, city, building type, design stage, programme and the responsible project disciplines.
Product direction
Share preferred format, profile, colour, texture, orientation and any current reference images.
System scope
Identify substrate, support concept, interfaces and which party is responsible for engineering.
Commercial scope
Provide estimated quantities, delivery destination, packaging needs and decision milestones.
Send drawings or marked elevations when available. A short, structured brief allows the supplier to bring relevant samples and identify missing inputs. It is more useful than relying on a general exhibition conversation or asking for every available product.
Include the decision that the meeting must support: early material exploration, profile feasibility, system coordination, budget scope, prototype planning or technical submittal. A clear outcome helps separate exploratory samples from items intended for specification or engineering review.
Build a project enquiry checklist
For panels, include module, thickness direction, joints, corner strategy and current performance requirements. For baguettes or louvers, include cross-section, length range, orientation, ends, visual or solar intent and support interfaces. For brick, include format, joint, wall role and transitions.
List applicable structural, fire, weather, thermal, acoustic, environmental or certification requirements without assuming that one document covers them all. Current evidence must match the selected product and assembly, jurisdiction and project conditions. The old notice supplies none of that verification.
Request current samples and traceable evidence
Ask for production-intent samples linked to a current code, body, finish and drawing. Where colour variation matters, request an approval range rather than one ideal piece. For a custom profile, clarify tooling, prototype, trial and release stages.
Build a submittal list for product and system drawings, material records, calculations, tests, certificates, quality controls, installation documents and inspection criteria. Check dates, revisions, sources and scope. An archived trade-show claim cannot substitute for these records.
Label every sample when it is received and record who supplied it, the product and finish revision, date and intended purpose. An attractive but untraceable piece should remain inspiration only until its current identity and supporting documentation are confirmed.
Confirm any current appointment independently
If LOPO announces a future event elsewhere, verify it through a current official page or direct business communication. Confirm the exact event name, year, venue, booth, dates, opening times and named representative shortly before travel. Keep the resulting confirmation with the meeting record.
Do not assume the 2013 author, contact route or participating team remains current. This archive supplies no verified present contact person. For a current enquiry, use the contact channels on the live site and describe the project so it can be routed appropriately.
Turn the conversation into a traceable next step
After a product meeting, record samples received, drawing revisions, open questions, responsibilities, evidence gaps, prototype needs, quotation scope and dates. Photograph sample labels and connect them to the meeting record. Avoid relying on verbal descriptions or an unlabelled display piece.
Review the current architectural terracotta range and project references as starting context. Verify every product and project claim needed for a decision through current documentation.