The desire for a streamlining of the trade fair landscape in the logistics and packaging sectors has been expressed for some time This was confirmed by René Kamm CEO of the MCH Group As a trade fair organiser we must take the needs of exhibitors and vis itors seriously The new Swiss logistics show will be staged annually at Messe Zürich with the first edition on 6 7 April 2016 alongside the established packaging events Empack Packaging Innovations and Label Print This already provides a rough outline of what is to come Eric Everard CEO of Artexis Easyfairs Group emphasises We will flesh out a detailed concept in close co operation with the stakeholders of the rele vant industries MCH is also setting out a new strategy in Lausanne In future it will be concentrating on its core business at Palais Beaulieu the staging of trade fairs and consumer shows The running of the Beaulieu Lausanne Con gress Centre and Theatre will be handed over to other operators Both venues are running at a loss Without the implementation of the Taoua project it will be almost impossible to remedy this situation claims MCH Taoua is a planned apartment and hotel tower on the site of the exhibition and conference cen tre which was defeated by a referendum It is also planned to transfer the running of the car park to a new partner In addition the MCH Group intends to appoint external part ners for some of its facility management services The MCH Group is still convinced that Beaulieu Lausanne has the potential to successfully assert itself as a leading exhibi tion venue in western Switzerland www mch group com PB FOCUS More free trade with China 1 July 2014 saw the start of a new era of Sino Swiss economic relations This was the date when the free trade agree ment with Chi na came into force This has facilitated im ports and ex ports between the two countries Swiss customs dues on Chinese goods with the exception of agricultural products have been lowered Vice versa trade barriers to Swiss goods in China will fall within the next 15 years to the delight of manufac turers of luxury goods such as the famous clocks and watches from the Alp Republic which are heavily taxed in China Experts predict noticeable growth in mutual trade But it would be wrong to believe that this will drive crowds of Chinese exhibitors or importers to participate in Swiss fairs The deal has not been a big issue for us yet reports Christian Jecker And there have been no noticeable effects on our trade shows or on the trade fair business in general observes the Head of Corporate Communications of the MCH Group Der Wunsch nach einer Bereini gung bei den Lo gistik und Verpa ckungsmessen wurde seit länge rem geäußert The desire for a streamlining of logistics and pa ckaging trade fairs has been ex pressed for some time Ph ot o M C H Christian Jecker

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