It is the central challenge of our time: to reduce emissions of climate-damaging CO2 and at the same time to secure the economic viability of companies. The "Düsseldorf Climate Pact" has been set up to pool resources at the local level and share experiences between companies of different sizes and from different sectors.

MEDICA and COMPAMED continue to develop in an extremely vital manner. The world's leading medical trade fair and the international No. 1 for the medical technology supply sector once again impressively underscored their positive results from the previous year with strong numbers – despite continuing adverse conditions.

Messe Düsseldorf welcomes a new guest event: 30 November to 1 December 2022 will see Solar Solutions Düsseldorf held by organisers Kortijk Xpo and Good! at the exhibition centre on the Rhine for the first time. This new leading trade fair for solar professionals in North Rhine-Westphalia is the first satellite event of the successful Solar Solutions International from Amsterdam.

The trade audience will be able to experience the début of a special programme highlight live in November during the duration of the world's leading medical trade fair MEDICA in Düsseldorf. The MEDICA SPORTS HUB will then invite visitors to an action area on all days of the fair for training and dialogue with the Olympic athletes Heike Henkel and Lars Riedel.

glasstec has clearly underscored its relevance for the global glass industry with its restart as a face-to-face trade fair after the pandemic induced break. In the “International Year of Glass”, the 936 exhibitors from 47 countries impressively demonstrated to 30,000 visitors from 119 countries the operational excellence of the sector.

The members of the renowned Düsseldorf Society of Architects and Engineers (AIV) have cast their vote and decided: “Building of the Year 2022” is the Neue Messe Süd – the new south-side entrance developed by slapa oberholz pszczulny | sop architekten for Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and realised in close cooperation with the structural engineers at Schüßler-Plan.

Messe Düsseldorf is expanding to Japan with its “Wine & Spirits” portfolio related to the world’s leading trade fair ProWein. It is acquiring the “Wine” segment from the existing Wine & Gourmet and will organise this as ProWine Tokyo from 2024. Koelnmesse is organising an event focusing on gourmet food and ISM Japan, which covers the supplementary product ranges of sweets and snacks.

With numerous new products and innovations, very good visitor numbers and an excellent atmosphere CARAVAN SALON DÜSSELDORF 2022 impressively confirmed that caravanning as a form of holiday is absolutely in vogue. During the ten days of the trade fair more than 235,000 caravanning fans from 72 countries informed themselves about the ranges of 736 exhibitors from 34 countries in 16 exhibition halls

The Classic Days will bring automobiles from all eras to the north of Düsseldorf from 5 to 7 August. To this end, extensive trade fair parking lot P1 abound with trees and greenery will become the “Green Park”. By holding this guest event for classic car and nostalgia fans Messe Düsseldorf is extending its leisure and mobility portfolio to include a new event open to the general public.

Economically challenging times and geopolitical crises on the one hand, and the longing for personal encounters and expert conversations, on the other – against the backdrop of this global climate the world’s leading trade fairs for the wire, cable and tube and pipe industries, wire and Tube, have closed their doors after five successful trade fair days in Düsseldorf.

150,000 visitors and 800 top European skilled workers are expected to attend the main event of EuroSkills 2027, the European Skills Competition, in the state capi-tal Düsseldorf in September 2027. Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre will be the main venue.

EuroCIS 2022, The Leading Trade Fair for Retail Technology, has drawn to a close on Thursday (2 June 2022) in Düsseldorf with very good results. With its ranges it impressively underlined how the past two pandemic years have triggered a huge surge in digitalisation in bricks-and-mortar retail

The leading medical trade fair and conference event for the Indian subcontinent, MEDICAL FAIR INDIA, can claim a vital restart in attendance format (after a pandemic-related break) after three days of running (20 - 22 May 2022) in Mumbai. More than 9,000 trade visitors from all sectors of the healthcare industry came to the event to find out about new products from 277 exhibitors.

ProWein 2022 has made an impressive comeback after the pandemic-induced compulsory break. The atmosphere in the 13 exhibition halls was extremely positive over the three days of the event, and it became more than evident:

The four trade fair companies in North Rhine-Westphalia have kicked off the trade fair year. The trade fair centres in Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen and Cologne will be hosting 153 trade fairs, events and congresses in May alone, which will have a major impact on the economy of this German federal state.

Messe Düsseldorf Group and the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have entered into a strategic partnership for the further development of XPONENTIAL starting with the 2023 event.

The Düsseldorf trade fair year will start in May and June with six leading international trade fairs: BEAUTY, TOP HAIR, ProWein, EuroCIS, wire and Tube will run without the Covid rules of the past two years, according to the current status. Messe Düsseldorf will voluntarily adhere to basic hygiene and infection protection measures to give all parties involved a sense of safety.

By creating a new department for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Messe Düsseldorf GmbH is pooling its commitment to the environment, its employees and society as a whole from 1 April. The new unit will be headed up by Andrea Eppert (41), who has served Messe Düsseldorf as Senior Manager Corporate Communications until now.

As a consequence of the disturbing events in Ukraine, the Supervisory Board of Messe Düsseldorf has decided to suspend the group's business activities in Russia until further notice. This also includes the activities of the subsidiary Messe Düsseldorf Moscow.

There is no way around ProWein – the leading International Trade Fair for Wines and Spirits in Düsseldorf. With approximately 5,500 exhibitors from over 60 countries it offers the world’s largest range of wines, spirits and craft drinks.