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Last year, Solar Solutions Düsseldorf brought together more than 8,000 experts from the field of sustainable energy in North Rhine-Westphalia and the surrounding regions to exchange knowledge and explore business opportunities. This year, not only will the exhibition space be double the size in comparison to last year, but also the number of trade visitors.

The important role of Messe Düsseldorf for the economic relationship between Europe and North America can be experienced at this year’s MEDICA and COMPAMED from November 13 to 16, 2023. As early as 1948, Messe Düsseldorf laid the foundation for the transatlantic economic relations when it hosted the first foreign event organized by a German trade show company in New York.

XPONENTIAL Europe is getting strong support from the uncrewed systems industry. After the internationally leading industry association AUVSI, the largest German-speaking association for uncrewed aviation, UAV DACH, is now also joining XPONENTIAL Europe as a partner.

Messe Düsseldorf celebrated a successful premiere in Jakarta with GIFA and METEC INDONESIA as the new authoritative metallurgy and foundry platforms for Indonesia’s emerging market from September 13 to 16, 2023.

After Dr. Stephan Keller, Mayor of Düsseldorf, and Lei Limin, Chairman of the China Textile Commerce Association (CTCA), signed a cooperation agreement in Shanghai in April 2023, action is now being taken: CIOSH, the successful in-ternational trade fair for personal protective equipment in China, is expanding to Southeast Asia.

A successful appearance for Messe Düsseldorf's four new foreign satellites in Cairo: from 2 to 4 September, wire and Tube Middle East Africa, together with GIFA and METEC Middle East Africa, presented themselves for the first time at the Egyptian trade fair METAL & STEEL EGYPT at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in Cairo/Egypt.

Plastics and Rubber events will cover Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam from 2024 - Messe Düsseldorf Asia and Informa Markets, two of the region’s leading international exhibition organisers, have announced a landmark partnership that will see the consolidation of their plastics and rubber trade exhibitions in Southeast Asia.

Two traditional Düsseldorf companies continue to go hand in hand. Messe Düsseldorf has extended its commitment to DEG for the next two years. The company will continue to be present at the PSD BANK DOME on all home match days. In addition, as in the previous season, there will be a joint promotion for the boot trade fair.

After five eventful trade fair days GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST have clearly exceeded expectations. 63,300 visitors from 114 countries – 58 % of them being decision makers – travelled to the Bright World of Metals in Düsseldorf.

Messe Düsseldorf navigated through the pandemic without the financial support of its shareholders. It can now recover from the pandemic-related losses of previous years. For 2022 Messe Düsseldorf Group has posted after-tax results of €60.5m. Necessary investments, which were postponed for pandemic reasons, are possible again.

Messe Düsseldorf and the AUVSI present the leading platform for uncrewed systems and robotics – already in the U.S. right now and soon also in Düsseldorf. At the leading trade show XPONENTIAL in Denver, Colorado, which is jointly organized for the first time, Düsseldorf’s Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller announced the new XPONENTIAL Europe for February of 2025.

The largest event acquisition in Messe Düsseldorf’s history: The Association for Uncrewed Vehicles International and Messe Düsseldorf North America will jointly host XPONENTIAL, the world’s leading trade show for uncrewed systems and robotic technology. The industry’s leading innovators will showcase the many uses of uncrewed vehicles, robots and related technologies in Denver, Colorado.

Messe Düsseldorf is registering strong growth in Egypt and further expanding its market position. In September 2023 the company will bring the trade fairs GIFA MEA, METEC MEA, wire MEA and Tube MEA to Cairo for the first time. With this move Messe Düsseldorf not only provides its customers with access to the attractive domestic Egyptian market. Egypt is also the gate to Africa and the Near East.

With a notable increase in the number of exhibitors and a strong boost in the amount of visitors, in November 2022, the internationally leading trade fairs for the medical technology sector and its suppliers, MEDICA and COMPAMED in Düsseldorf, were able to send an important message signalling a new dawn for the market after months of restrictions caused by the pandemic.

On 29 and 30 March 2023 Messe Düsseldorf will host Germany’s biggest vehicle fleet trade fair at its exhibition centre. “Flotte! Der Branchentreff” is the leading trade fair for decision makers in the fleet management and mobility industry. Over 290 exhibitors will showcase products and services on 18,000 square metres. At “Flotte!” intense networking is centre stage.

Since the beginning of March, Messe Düsseldorf and Rheinbahn have offered all trade fair participants at the homebase Düsseldorf a convenient and easy possibility for purchasing a “Düsseldorf Ticket” in addition to their trade fair admission tickets.

Messe Düsseldorf is constantly expanding its market position in Türkiye. In May 2023 wire and Tube Eurasia will be held in Istanbul for the first time. Further platforms for the Turkish market are being planned. With this move Messe Düsseldorf opens up an attractive national market for its customers.

For many years, the Messe Düsseldorf Group has been organising other successful events for the healthcare business in fast-growing continental and regional markets under the umbrella brand MEDICAlliance. MEDICAL FAIR INDIA can look back on a tradition of more than 30 years, is now held every year alternately in New Delhi and Mumbai.

For the trade fair year 2022 Messe Düsseldorf registered 63 events worldwide – of these 14 trade fairs and eleven guest events at the home base Düsseldorf. This means Messe Düsseldorf has posted a clear plus over the two previous years: thanks to its re-start Messe Düsseldorf GmbH generated profits of well over EUR 50m.

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and the Caravanning Industry Association (Caravaning Industrie Verband e. V. (CIVD)) will continue facing the future together and have renewed their cooperation for CARAVAN SALON DÜSSELDORF until 2028. This was agreed by the two partners by signing the new contract at the beginning of the new year.