The Messe Düsseldorf is a

trade fair A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and ...

ground and organizer, based in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

, Germany. With a workforce of 1,459 employees worldwide (2006) and a total exhibition space of 306,000 m² (of which 262,700 m² is indoors) in Düsseldorf, the company is one of the largest in the industry. More than 40 annual fairs are staged at the premises in Düsseldorf, including 23 leading events in their respective sectors.

History

Based on Düsseldorf's long history of trade fairs, the Trade Fair Organisation (Messe) was founded in 1947 as Nordwestdeutsche Ausstellungsgesellschaft mbH (NOWEA), and is now Messe Düsseldorf GmbH (German form of

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). In 1971, the company moved to the newly built exhibition centre in Stockum, next to the

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. In 1993, it hosted the finals of the

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in one its halls.

Subsidiaries

Areas of activity

* Machinery, plant and equipment * Retail and trade, skilled trades and services * Medicine and health * Fashion and lifestyle * Leisure

Figures (2006)

* Total Exhibitors: 26,222 of which 53% came from abroad * Total Visitors: 1,297,026 of which 25% came from abroad * Sales: EUR 303.753 million consolidated sales in 2006, of which EUR 212.258 million generated in Germany

Trade fairs organised by Messe Düsseldorf

* boot Düsseldorf – International Boat Show * Caravan Salon International Trade Fair for Caravaning *

drupa The drupa is the largest printing equipment exhibition in the world, held every four years by Messe Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany. The word drupa is a portmanteau of the German words druck und papier; ''print'' and ''paper'' respectively. ...

– International Trade Fair Printing & Media * EuroShop – International Trade Fair for the Retail Industry * GDS & GLS – International Shoe Trade Fair & Leather Goods Fair * glasstec – International Trade Fair for the Glass Industry * hogatec – International Trade Fair for the Hotel Trade, Gastronomy and Institutional Catering * interpack – International Trade Fair for the Packaging & Confectionery Industry * K – International Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber * MEDICA – International Trade Fair & Congress for Medicine * METAV - International Fair for Manufacturing Technology and Automation, organized by the German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW)METAV
* METEC – International Trade Fair for the Metalworking Sector * ProWein – International Trade Fair for Wines & Spirits * TourNaturInternational Trade Fair for Hiking and Trekking * Tube &

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– International Trade Fair for the Tube & Wire Industry * Valve World Expo International Trade Fair for Industrial Valves

Art fairs organized by Messe Düsseldorf

* PSI Dusseldorf – International Promotional Products Trade Fair * Von hier aus – Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf

References

External links

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Website of Düsseldorf Inside, Messe Düsseldorf guide for business travellers

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