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29.06.2015  |  8527x
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Satisfaction and beyond

ACHEMA 2015 ends on a high note

The initial feedback received by the organizers of ACHEMA 2015 paints a very favorable picture: positive event statistics, a long list of announcements on business deals and a lot of work for the sales organizations in the weeks ahead to follow up on new leads. ACHEMA attracted slightly more exhibitors this year. Visitor numbers were almost exactly the same as for the previous ACHEMA show. 166,444 trade visitors from around the world made their way to the Frankfurt exhibition grounds on June 15th – 19th, 2015. 3,813 exhibitors from 56 countries put the latest innovations for the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries on display. ACHEMA 2012 attracted 166,447 visitors and 3,773 exhibitors. The extensive range of new products and initial product introductions underline the importance of ACHEMA as the “world innovation summit”.

Initial trends indicate that the proportion of international visitors has risen by a significant margin and visitors stayed longer than at former ACHEMAs. Also for the first time, more than half of exhibitors (53.9%) came from outside Germany. China and Italy were second in the exhibitor number rankings behind Germany. There was also a substantial increase in the number of companies from Turkey, Taiwan and India. Austria, the UK and Spain showed the largest increase in the EU region.

133,436 m² of exhibition space was divided up between 11 exhibitor groups. Growth was particularly noticeable in the pharmaceutical, packaging and warehouse logistics industries as well as in the instrumentation and process control category. This latter group benefited from the unmistakable tendency in the process industry to further increase the level of automation as well as from user demand for greater flexibility, both of which come under the umbrella of Industry 4.0. Equipment manufacturing along with lab and analysis systems, however, showed a slight decline.

The congress program was also well received. The roughly 800 presentations covered the full spectrum of process technology. The sessions dedicated to the focus topics were very well attended, and material technology also attracted a large audience. An above-average number of visitors attended the sessions on heat exchangers and energy efficiency. The two panel discussions ”Bioeconomy in the Shale Gas Trap?” and ”German Energy Turnaround – the Future or No-Man’s Land” were genuine highlights.

One issue outside the boundaries of the focus themes BiobasedWorld, industrial water management and innovative process analytical technology surfaced as a common thread in all of the discussions, namely Germany’s positioning as an innovation hub. Many industry experts have concerns. Germany and Europe are in danger of falling behind as attractive business locations unless there is genuine improvement in the innovation climate. The warning was issued by a number of high-profile industry figures at ACHEMA.

The next ACHEMA will take place on June 11th – 15th 2018 in Frankfurt am Main.

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