If you’ve never had the chance to attend a Hannover Fair, now’s the time to start planning. The venerable event has a particular focus on fluid power in odd-numbered years, so the 2015 event, scheduled for April 13-17 in Hannover, Germany, would be a good opportunity to see the latest technology from around the globe.
I had a chance to sit down with some representatives from the Hannover Fair a couple of weeks go at the IMTS Show in Chicago, and was pleased to learn that India has been selected as the official Partner Country for the 2015 show. The country of more than a billion people was selected due to the successful 2006 Partner Country experience, its fast-growing economy, and the many years of good relations between India and Germany.
I’ve been to plenty of industrial trade shows in my day, and Hannover Fair is hard to compare in size to anything else. Here are some stats in my meager attempt to try:
• 24 halls / 42 football fields (net)
• 6,550 exhibitors from 62 countries
• 225,000 visitors from 80 countries
• 2,475 journalists from 50 countries
Hannover Messe, the umbrella organization, is also branching out its brand to other industrial shows across the world, from Asia to the Americas to Europe. But if you have the time and the ability, I hope to see you at the mothership in just about half a year from now. For more details, visit www.hannovermesse.de/home.
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