P arking spaces are critically important to any trade fair centre located in a city centre These can sometimes be lost if the area where they are located is redeveloped for another purpose In order to ensure it can provide the parking required Messe Offenbach is building a car park with 400 spaces at a cost of 7 million euros For a company of our size that is quite an invest ment says Arnd Hinrich Kappe Messe Of fenbach s managing director but he empha sises that it is an investment in the future We are about to make a planning applica tion he reports The contracts with the construction companies are all in place If everything goes according to plan construc tion work will begin in the second half of 2020 The project will make the city centre venue even more attractive not least for guest events Unsurpassed 5G broadband coverage according to Kappe is also to be introduced in the coming year through an energy utility company Given the significant trend towards using online tools to enhance events this will really help the company attract external organisers At Scope 19 a business festival held by the association of savings banks ear lier this year there were many digital ele ments The event is coming back in 2021 Messe Offenbach is doing good business with guest events generally We are hosting six new guest events in 2020 says Arnd Hinrich Kappe These are events aimed at consumers some of which attract five figure numbers of visitors The focus next year will be on persuad ing even more external event organisers to come to Offenbach 6 000 square metres of the total of 20 000 are available for this This is space that is not taken up by perma nent ILM stands We offer very good value for money enthuses Arnd Hinrich Kappe Word is getting around about that More over the range of services offered is being expanded beyond the old standards such as exhibition stand construction or hostesses Visual merchandising at trade fair stands is now playing a really significant role particu larly with ILM exhibitors observes Kappe who has a background in retailing We are increasingly being asked for advice in this area www messe offenbach de PB 26 FOCUS TradeFairs Internation al 4 2019 GERMANY 2020 Making the most of new possibilities Messe Offenbach is investing in its infrastructure It s not just the international leather goods fair ILM that stands to gain from that the growth market of guest events will benefit as well Eigenveran staltung ILM Messechef Arnd Hinrich Kappe 2 v r möchte zudem noch mehr Gastver anstaltungen locken Own event ILM Exhibition direc tor Arnd Hinrich Kappe 2nd from right would like to attract even more guest events Ph ot o M es se O ffe nb ac h Drupa 2020 in Düsseldorf with additive technologies At Messe Düsseldorf 2020 is a year whena number of events that take placeevery three or four years are coming Euroshop page 54 and interpack are among them And the printing technology trade fair drupa will be held from 16 to 26 June The huge potential of additive manufacturing processes as a groundbreaking cross cutting technology will be a prominent theme at drupa 2020 Touchpoint 3D fab print will complement the offerings of the exhibitors and showcase the entire spectrum of this technology State of the art technologies and best practice cases will be presented For the first time the VDMA s Additive Manufac turing working group will be responsible for the content and running of the programme of presentations We want to help interested drupa visitors to understand additive tech nologies and their benefits for the manufac ture of machine parts replacement parts or tools emphasises VDMA project manager Irene Hassinger And enable them to make realistic assessments of the current and fu ture potential of additive processes One area of focus for our initiative is the automation and interlinking of additive process chains Central importance is attached to the demonstration of concrete possibilities The presentations will therefore explain individ ual process steps in the chain There will be a particular focus on applications in printing and paper technology such as the additive manufacture of high performance compo nents and replacement parts for printing machines or the options that printers have for adding 3D printing to their portfolio www drupa de

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