publication date: Jun 29, 2012
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author/source: DECHEMA
The ACHEMA 2012 closed its
doors on Friday, with numbers of exhibitors and visitors having remained
stable. For five days, 167,000 participants found out about the ranges of the
3,773 exhibitors, which they presented on 136,400 m² of exhibition area.
From laboratory
equipment to components, and plant-building to packaging lines, one could see
products for chemistry, process technology and bio-technology requirements. For
the first time, the exhibition group "Pumps, Compressors, Valves and
Fittings" on its own comprised more than 1,000 exhibitors. In all fields,
particular attention was devoted to the major themes of energy and
bio-economics.
"We are especially happy that the new layout of the halls was so
well-received," said Dr. Thomas Scheuring, CEO of DECHEMA
Ausstellungs-GmbH, at the end of the event. Hall 11, which was available for
the first time, was very popular with exhibitors and visitors of the group
"Instrumentation, Control and Automation Techniques". But
"Laboratory and Analytical Techniques" and "Thermal and
Mechanical Processes" also drew a strong flow of visitors. The group
"Pharmaceutical, Packaging and Storage Techniques", which now
occupied the whole of Hall 3, also benefited from the new layout. With a
proportion of foreign exhibitors of almost 50%, coming from a total of 56
countries, the ACHEMA was also more international than ever before. "This
shows that precisely in our strongly globalised industries ACHEMA is and will
continue to be the leading event. Globalisation does not just mean Europeans
and Americans going to Asia - increasingly, Asian exhibitors and visitors are
coming to Europe," explained Scheuring. This was also evident in the
exhibitor statistics: more than 200 Chinese and more than 150 Indian companies
presented their ranges. But numerous European and US companies once again also
used the opportunity to present their innovations at the exhibition, which
takes place every three years.
The exhibitors showed that they were just as satisfied with the response.
"The ACHEMA's influence is undiminished," said Dr. Michael Thiemann,
CEO of ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH and President of the ACHEMA Committee, at the
interim press conference on Wednesday. Other exhibitors also made positive
statements about the quantity and quality of the visitors. "It was a very
successful show for us; considerably better than in 2009, even better than 2006
before the crisis happened. Our three booths attracted a high number of
international and professional visitors, with an increasing number of customers
from Asia," said Friedbert Klefenz, Bosch Packaging Technology, in
summary. Karsten Just of Bartec Holding took a similar view: "More
noticeable than the numbers is the fact that the quality of the visitors was
very high." According to the results of the visitor survey, more than 83%
of the visitors in turn judged the quality of the ACHEMA as "good" or
"very good".
The congress, with 900 talks and numerous guest and partner events gave a look
at the subjects that will be occupying the industry in the short and medium
term future. The front runners among these included talks on energy generation
and storage and on biomass processing. But series of talks on materials
science, bionics and chemistry parks also met with a great response. "We
made the right selection of focus topics," said Prof. Dr. Kurt Wagemann,
Executive Director of DECHEMA e.V." The sustainable use of energy and raw
materials is a central issue for the chemical industry that comes very close to
the start of the value-added chain and thereby acts as a source of impetus for
other industries."
The ACHEMA community is now looking to China, where the 9th AchemAsia will be
taking place from 13th - 16th May 2013 in Beijing. Then, from the 15th June
2015 it will once again be time for the heart of the process industry to beat
at the ACHEMA in Frankfurt for a week.
The detailed results of the visitor and exhibitor survey will be published in
the next few weeks.
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