08.03.2010
This sounds like a new record: www.k-online.de registered well over 1 million page views (1,038,891) and 213,973 visits in the course of last year. There are thus already clear signs that K 2007’s outstanding online tally will be surpassed this year. read more...
01.03.2010
Full halls, a positive atmosphere and customers who are more willing to invest – that is how the outcome of the 16th METAV in Düsseldorf can be summarised. “The fair exceeded all our expectations”, Dr Detlev Elsinghorst, METAV President, is delighted to report. “It demonstrated impressively that it is a clear indicator of the economic recovery.” read more...
Thomas Stenzel (45)With immediate effect Thomas Rudolf Stenzel is taking over as Man-aging Director at the Messe Düsseldorf GmbH subsidiary in Moscow. He is thus succeeding Norbert Schmidt, who left the company at the beginning of the year to become Managing Director of the Czech subsidiary Veletrhy Brno (BVV). read more...
25.02.2010
"Size matters: producing solar at large scale" – the theme for the solarpeq conference is finalised. read more...
24.02.2010
Creative, lively and full of colour – that’s the world of a make-up artist. It’s a matter of continually developing new ideas and realising them with perfect craftsmanship. Until now there has not been a trade fair in Germany to support professional make-up artists – a situation which is set to change: On Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March 2010 make-up artists can look forward to the première of the make-up artist design show in Düsseldorf. The trade fair will offer innovative products, professional know-how and creative inspiration for the full range of make-up artists. read more...
23.02.2010
The international trade fairs for the tube, pipe and metallurgy industry in Mumbai exceeded expectations. The emerging Indian market with time has become one of the most dynamic economies in the world and this potential was highlighted at these fairs. read more...
19.02.2010
The state capital Düsseldorf will be participating with its own pavilion entitled "Business meets Lifestyle - Liveable City and Sustainable Development in Duesseldorf" at the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, China. The subcontractor for the entire presentation of the state capital is the trade fair company, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH. read more...
19.02.2010
Under the motto “Content meets Technology meets Business” digi:media will kick off in Düsseldorf from 7 to 9 April 2011. This new trade fair for commercial publishing & digital printing is designed as a platform for print-based, networked communication and covers all segments of the value chain. read more...
Werner M. DornscheidtDespite economic crisis and a cyclically weak exhibition year: stable development of events in Düsseldorf and expansion of the international exhibition programme read more...
10.02.2010
cpd – International Trade Fair for Womenswear & Accessories (7 to 9 February) ended on Tuesday on a rise in visitor numbers and a very good mood over wide sections of the fair: for a total of around 20,000 trade visitors the fair with its 1,010 collections (519 exhibitors) was once again a key information and orders platform. Compared to the July event (18,700 visitors (cpd only)) cpd thereby posted a rise in visitor numbers of roughly 6% and a slight rise of 2% over February 2009 (19,600 visitors (cpd only)). read more...
08.02.2010
Following difficult months as a result of the international economic crisis, there is renewed confidence in Russia, with increased demand for innovative packaging solutions from food & beverage producers, confectionery manufacturer and companies in the cosmetics as well as pharmaceuticals industries. Although it’s still a long way from returning to the dynamic market of bygone days, there is a positive mood in the air. This became very apparent at UPAKOVKA/UPAK ITALIA 2010, the international trade fair for packaging machinery, packaging production and packaging material. read more...
08.02.2010
The Russian market is showing signs of movement again if the universal mood following INTERPLASTICA 2010, the International Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, the leading trade fair in the region, is anything to go by. The 13th INTERPLASTICA took place from 26 - 29 January 2010 and was held at the Krasnaya Presnya Expocenter in Moscow, once again in parallel to the UPAKOVKA/UPAK ITALIA trade fair for packaging technology. A sum total of around 800 exhibitors rented approximately 15,000 square metres of exhibition space. read more...
02.02.2010
After a very difficult economic year in 2009, the yachting and water sports industry is looking ahead to the future with confidence. Some 240,200 water sports enthusiasts from over 60 different countries showed cause for optimism at boot Düsseldorf 2010, which ended on Sunday 31st of January, as well as generating good business in many segments of the range on offer at the fair, a slight increase on last year, which saw 238,000 visitors pass through the doors of the exhibition centre in Düsseldorf. Over the nine days of the fair a total of 1,568 exhibitors from 55 countries presented boat debuts, new items of water sports equipment and accessories in 17 exhibition halls. read more...
27.01.2010
Asia’s number one and most successful exhibition for the medical and health care industry returns to Singapore in September 2010 as MEDICAL FAIR ASIA. Formerly known as HOSPIMedica ASIA and in line with Messe Düsseldorf’s Group of Companies’ marketing strategy of promoting the medical fairs under the consistent brand name of MEDICAL FAIR. MEDICAL FAIR ASIA will be held from 15 to 17 September 2010 at Suntec Singapore. The exhibition is expected to attract a solid participation from some 400 leading international and regional manufacturers and suppliers from across the globe. read more...
20.01.2010
OS+H Asia, Southeast Asia’s leading and most dynamic OSH platform will take place in Singapore for the 7th time and will be held from 15 to 17 September 2010 at Suntec Singapore. As the world’s workshop for a vast variety of industrial and consumer products, the region is faced with increasing infrastructure expansion, manufacturing and production demands, and global competition. read more...
14.01.2010
The Seminar-Allianz (Seminar Alliance) of German-speaking trade fair organisers will be offering event managers and key officers a significantly extended range of seminars from 2010. In response to great demand in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, some sixty events will address subjects such as “Trade Fairs as Marketing Tools”, “Professional Trade Fair Planning”, “Success Control Trade Fair”, “Stand Construction and Design Crash Course”, “The Professional Trade Fair Conversation” as well as “Press Liaison and Media Work for Trade Fairs”. read more...
13.01.2010
From 12 to 21 March 2010 Messe Düsseldorf GmbH will be organising and running the “Deutsches Haus” at the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, where the German Disabled Sports Association DBS will receive guests and business partners demonstrating the increasing commitment to disabled sports. This news was announced today at a press round of DSM – Deutsches Sport-Marketing (DSM) in Munich. read more...
12.01.2010
The time has come: the new Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Internet service is now available – the successful relaunch of a powerful, clearly structured and comprehensively informative Internet platform, which displays the international range offered by the Messe Düsseldorf Group in world trade fair business at one click. read more...
20.12.2009
There are a lot of good omens for EuroCIS 2010, because the interest in Europe’s largest Trade Fair for Communications, Information and Security Technology in Retail continues unabated. Ten weeks before EuroCIS opens on 2 March 2010 a total of 148 exhibitors from 17 countries already registered total stand areas of 5,017 square metres net. This means that booking results are almost the same they were at the previous event (157 exhibitors and 5,012 square metres as per December 2008). South Korea will be represented at EuroCIS 2010 for the first time. The country will even be represented by three exhibitors. read more...
Jiří Kuliš (BVV)At its extraordinary meeting on 17 December 2009 the management board of limited company Veletrhy Brno (BV) appointed Jiří Kuliš as its Director General. Kuliš succeeds Jiri Skrla (60) who resigned from his post by mutual agreement in September 2009. At the same time, the board of BV appointed Norbert Schmidt as the General Commercial Manager. Schmidt follows Ales Pohl (43), who also left the company in September 2009. read more...
11.12.2009
Fispal Tecnologia, in São Paulo, is a must for anyone involved in the production, packaging or transportation of foodstuffs in Latin America, being the largest trade fair in the sector on the South American continent. It is the meeting place for experts in the food & beverage industry. read more...
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