HANNOVER MESSE: "Perfect moment for comeback event"

After two years of the COVID pandemic, the first HANNOVER MESSE came to a close, with exhibitors and organizers drawing a thoroughly positive balance sheet. HANNOVER MESSE demonstrated how the process of industrial transformation is progressing, and that industry has the answers to the dual challenge of climate protection and energy security.

At the same time, it became clear that trade fairs, as a concrete networking venue for face-to-face contact, will remain a key business and innovation driver in the years to come. "The comeback of HANNOVER MESSE came at just the right time," declared Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chairman of the Managing Board of Deutsche Messe. "In the face of disrupted supply chains, rising energy prices, inflation and climate change, it was all the more important to meet again face-to-face in the exhibition halls after two years marked by a pandemic, to take in the latest technology trends and get a window to the future. After four days at the tradeshow, industry, politics and research are all sending a clear signal from Hannover: Pandemics and wars must not and will not slow down the process of industrial transformation – to the contrary, we must move even faster to achieve the process of digitization and sustainability," he added.

Round about 75,000 visitors networked with 2,500 exhibitors on ways and means of making their value chains fit for the future.

The next HANNOVER MESSE takes place from 17 to 21 April 2023.