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).

“With the appointment of Thomas Stenzel we are sending out a clear signal of our trust in the Russian trade fair market”, explains Werner M. Dornscheidt, President and CEO Messe Düsseldorf GmbH. “As a result, we will further strengthen our position as the leading foreign trade fair organizer on the Russian market and increase the attractiveness of the most important market in Eastern Europe for German and international exhibitors.”

Last year Russia was drastically affected by the international eco-nomic crisis, but now there are clear signs of recovery, he added. “We were also a reliable partner in the Russian market during the crisis. For our customers, the team of experts in Moscow guarantees they will be able to exploit the upturn.”

Following his commercial training Thomas Stenzel began his professional career in 1986 in the foreign section of today’s Messe Düsseldorf GmbH. In this capacity he gained comprehensive experience, especially in the area of Eastern European trade fair business. As a self-employed entrepreneur he represented the Poznan international trade fair company in Germany and was also responsible for representing Messe München International in Berlin for the Eastern European countries. At the Leipzig trade fair company, he then took charge of foreign marketing and coordination of the foreign representative network.

Werner Dornscheidt: “In Thomas Stenzel we are acquiring the ser-vices of a qualified and experienced market connoisseur, especially when it comes to the Russian economic region. Particularly now, at a time when the Russian economy is beginning to pick up once again, we want to have a powerful, hard-hitting team in place here.”

Stenzel will begin his activities with the trade fairs SHK MOSCOW International Industrial and Technology Trade Fair, Heating Technology, Air-conditioning, Ventilation, Refrigeration Technology, Building Technology, Sanitation Technology, Renewable Energies (20 - 22 April) and  METALLURGY-LITMASH, TUBE RUSSIA, ALUMINIUM / NON-FERROUS - International Trade Fair for Metallurgy, Machinery, Plant Technology & Products, The International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair in Russia, International Trade Fair for Aluminium and Non-Ferrous Metals, Materials, Technologies and Products (24 - 27 May) along with METALLOOBRABOTKA, 11th International Specialized Exhibition for Equipment, Instruments and Tools for the Metalworking Industry (24 - 28 May). “Although the industry, particularly in these sectors, has suffered greatly from the crisis, experts are expecting good growth prospects in the long term”, said Dornscheidt. “In the country the backlog demand in the industry but also in private consumption is just as high as before and many companies are hoping for a lead through ultra-modern Western equipment.”
 
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Contact:

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Messeplatz, 40474 Düsseldorf
Dr. Andrea Gränzdörffer
Director Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 (0)211 4560-555
Fax: +49 (0)211 4560-87555
GraenzdoerfferA@messe-duesseldorf.de

Düsseldorf, 25 February 2010

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With turnover of 496 million Euro in 2008, the Messe Düsseldorf Group is the most successful German trade fair company and most successful trade fair com-pany with its own exhibition centre worldwide. In Düsseldorf alone, in this excep-tional year, 32,488 exhibitors presented their products to almost 2 million visitors. With over 50 trade fairs, 23 of them leading world events in five fields of expertise: machinery, plant and equipment, trade, skilled trades and services, medicine and health, fashion and lifestyle along with leisure at the Düsseldorf venue and approximately 120 own events and participations abroad, the Messe Düsseldorf Group is one of the leading export platforms worldwide. In this connection Messe Düsseldorf GmbH ranks number 1 in terms of internationality at investment goods fairs: almost 60 percent of exhibitors and over 50 percent of visitors in Düsseldorf come from abroad, customers from a total of 151 countries visit our trade fairs in Düsseldorf. Sales and marketing bases in 127 countries (over 66 international representative offices) along with expertise centres in nine countries form the Group’s global network. On a yearly average the Group employs 1,503 staff.

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