Message of Greeting from the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier for the 20th anniversary issue of Trade Fairs International
Germany is one of the world’s largest exporters. Trade shows in Germany and abroad bring together many German firms and their international business partners. Even in this age of ever greater digitisation, trade shows remain an indispensible forum: a forum for companies to build new contacts and step up existing ones. A forum for presenting ideas and innovations, and for advertising products. This applies to young self-employed people and large established companies alike.
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has developed a number of different instruments to support trade shows:
- Under the Federal Government’s Foreign Trade Fair Programme, German companies of all sizes, representing any industry anywhere in Germany and regardless of whether they are members of a business association, have an opportunity to showcase themselves at a joint ‘Made in Germany’ stand at an international trade show. More than 90% of the companies benefitting from this opportunity are small and medium-sized companies. This year, in 2018, there will be joint German stands organised under the Foreign Trade Fair Programme at around 260 trade shows abroad.
- In addition to this, there is also the Energy Export Initiative, which supports companies representing this important specialist sector as they venture onto foreign markets. Participation in foreign trade fairs helps boost the uptake of German energy technologies abroad.
- The ‘young innovative companies’ programme gives start-up entrepreneurs an opportunity to participate in leading international trade shows in Germany at lower prices. The programme is targeted at start-ups from the industrial sector, the skilled crafts, and technology-driven services. This year, it is expected to cover 64 trade shows.
The Federal Government can rely on trusted cooperation with its partners from industry. This particularly applies to the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry.
The ‘Trade Fairs International’ magazine also has a very important role to play. For more than 20 years now, it has been delivering full and well-informed news about international trade shows and exhibitions.
May the next 20 years and beyond be just as successful!
Peter Altmaier
News from the trade fair industry
-
21.01.2020 ADNEC and Agility renew strategic partnership
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) has renewed a five-year strategic partnership agreement with Agility’s Fairs and Events, a division of Agility Global Integrated Logistics. This MoU will continue to enhance ADNEC’s service offering to exhibitors and event organisers with a full range of logistics and freight forwarding services.
-
19.12.2019 Balasubramanian elected as IEIA president
S. Balasubramanian Pillai, executive director & COO, Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) and Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) was elected as the president of Indian Exhibition Industry Association (IEIA) at the 13th Annual General Meeting of IEIA held in Mumbai on 16th December 2019.
-
07.11.2019 2019 another year with revenue growth for EMECA members
Continued growth including again record results for many EMECA members was reported during its General Assembly held at Viparis, Porte de Versailles. A good level of investments into infrastructure and digitalisation persists. Besides, all members continue broaden their offer and to increase their sales in services.
-
31.10.2019 A new fair to respond to new market trends
The markets are currently experiencing trends that are stimulating new business opportunities that demand a bespoke occasion for in-depth analysis and discussions for professional operators in the sectors involved.
TFI-Focus
-
Germany 2020: New congress + fair events on the way
Two new events will make their debut in Hanover and Cologne next year. Their themes will be lightweight construction, insurance and technology.
-
UFI in Bangkok: Platforms of Trust
From 6 to 9 November the 86th UFI Global Congress will take place in the Thai capital. Its focus will be on a topic that is intrinsic to trade fairs and has many facets.
-
German fairs abroad: Wherever prospects are bright
German exhibition companies will again be launching new trade fairs abroad in 2019 and early 2020. In markets or industries with a promising future.
TFI-International
-
Poland: The future of trade fairs
In early October, Ptak Warsaw Expo invited numerous trade fair and economic experts to a new format: Expo4Future. There received some fascinating insights into what awaits us in the future.
-
Russia: Encouraging progress
Expocentre has good business results to celebrate during its anniversary year. The leading Russian trade fair company exceeded the national average last year as well.
-
South Africa: Major factor for the country
Tourism - including MICE - accounts for almost one in ten jobs in the rainbow nation. And this figure is set to increase over the next few years.
TFI-Practice
-
Stand construction systems: Variety at a low cost
Trade fair organisers and exhibitors are challenging stand builders: Booths need to be built faster and cheaper and stand out from the competition. New construction systems offer solutions.
-
Stand construction / Design: Moving experiences
When it comes to presenting brands and products, exhibition planners and stand designers reach deep into their bag of tricks. As three examples go to show.
-
Trade fair logistics: Transporting green ideas
The International Exhibition Logistics Association (IELA) has identified sustainability as a major criterion for the future - and selected it as its primary focus topic for 2019.
Share in Facebook, Twitter or Google+:
TFI - Trade Fairs International - The International Trade Fair Magazine.
© 2006 - 2020 by TFI-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. All rights reserved. TFI-Verlagsgesellschaft mbH shall accept no responsibility for the contents of external links and other contents.
TFI-Know-how
-
How can industry decision-makers be reached online?
Trade fairs and trade fair companies need to constantly further develop, become more agile and flexible and offer services all year round. New, digital offerings are very important here. With its TrustedTargeting technology, Messe München offers its customers access to leading business-to-business decision-makers on the Internet.
-
How can you maximise attention with your stand floor?
Most exhibitors want to attract as much traffic as possible. The largest continuous space of an exhibition stand can be actively used for this purpose: A photorealistic floor is a design option that fulfils several functions at once.
-
How can organisers of corporate events make themselves indispensable?
Planners of corporate events always need to be up-to-date. Planning and implementing, and hence the job of an organiser, are constantly changing.
-
How can you capture trade fair leads digitally?
In the trade fair world data is in most cases still collected on first contact with potential customers - or leads - by manual methods. This can mean that significant data is only captured incompletely or not at all.