2FIRSTS Establishes the London Press Center

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Oct.08.2022
2FIRSTS announced the opening of its London Press Center on the stage of the vape show in Birmingham.

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On October 7 at 9 am UK, the Vaper Expo UK opened once again in NEC Birmingham. The number of visitors to the exhibition is expected to reach 20,000.

 

2FIRSTS Establishes the London Press Center

Main Entrance of the Vaper Expo UK


As a professional media in the global e-cigarette industry, 2FIRSTS is dedicated to integrating international industrial information and promoting the development of the global e-cigarette industry. The Vaper Expo UK is a perfect opportunity for the media to go further. At 11:30 am UK time on October 7th, 2FIRSTS delivered a speech at the event to announce the official establishment of the London Press Center of 2FIRSTS.

2FIRSTS Establishes the London Press Center

IBVTA and 2FIRSTS on the stage of the Vaper Expo UK

 

On the press, Echo Guo, COO of 2FIRSTS, and Jason Tian, diplomatic assistant of ECCC and international PR of 2FIRSTS speaks to the crowd.

2FIRSTS Establishes the London Press Center

Echo Guo, co-founder and COO of 2FIRSTS

 

After 2 decades of development, the e-cigarette industry has become a highly focused global industry, whose pace is not showing any signs of slowing. However, this sector will encounter various challenges in terms of market, regulation, public health and public opinion. All parts of the sector will overcome these challenges with innovation. Against this backdrop, the industry is in great need of a global media outlet like 2FIRSTS to serve as a solid bridge to face the future e-cigarette market and all the challenges that lie ahead with every practitioner, said Echo Guo.

2FIRSTS Establishes the London Press Center

Jason Tian, PR manager of 2FIRSTS

 

Jason then opened with "20 years of vaping" of Chinese e-cigarettes, sharing the export data and major overseas markets of Chinese e-cigarette manufacturers, thus emphasizing the importance of Chinese e-cigarette companies in the industry and the status of Shenzhen as the global "vape valley". Jason explained the Chinese e-cigarette regulatory system from the perspective of the industrial chain and conveyed the concept of legal, compliant and high-quality development of the Chinese e-cigarette industry.

 

The establishment of the 2FIRSTS London Press Center is inseparable from the strong support of ECCC. As a bridge between the government and enterprises, ECCC plays a significant role not only in guiding the standard development of enterprises, regulations, policy implementation, corporate compliance, and industry sustainability but also importantly in opening up a broad European market for more domestic enterprises, allowing them to obtain overseas cooperation opportunities and hot-spot frontier information of the overseas markets.

2FIRSTS Establishes the London Press Center

2FIRSTS London Press Center will be based in the UK to cover the entire European market and regulatory activities, truly bridging the Chinese e-cigarette industrial chain with the European market.

2FIRSTS Establishes the London Press Center

2FIRSTS has established cooperation with the Independent European Vape Association (IEVA), the Independent British Vape Trade Association (IBVTA), and the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA). 2FIRSTS will integrate its resources and make use of the geographical and resource advantages of the UK to follow up on the latest developments more comprehensively on the UK and European e-cigarette market.

 

The London Press Center is only the first step towards "global information in the vaping industry". 2FIRSTS will eventually establish press centers in other regions of the globe.

 

For more information of the Vaper Expo UK, please go straight to www.2firsts.com/topic/vaper

 

 

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