EMO 2013: Metalworking on show at a trade fair of superlatives

“With Intelligence in Production, EMO Hannover shows trade professionals from around the globe how they can best meet the manufacturing challenges of today and tomorrow,” said Dr. Wilfried Sch?fer, Executive Director from EMO organizer VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) in Hannover, Germany, at the EMO inaugural press conference on 10 September 2013 in Hannover. “EMO is the world’s showcase. Everyone who has anything to do with machine tools meets here: investment decision-makers from various industries, global market leaders in manufacturing technology, scientists and political officials. International suppliers present their leading innovations to their customers. EMO Hannover has a decisive impact on manufacturing in the coming years,” continued Sch?fer.

More than 2,100 exhibitors have registered for the EMO Hannover. They will be occupying over 180,000 m2 of net exhibition space. So the result of the previous successful event in 2011 has already been topped. Around 60 per cent of the exhibitors come from outside Germany, from 43 different countries all over the planet. About a fifth of them, more than 440 firms, are travelling from Asia alone. In line with its technology leader status among international machine tool manufacturing locations, however, Europe is the heavyweight of the regions participating, with around 1,600 exhibitors. “For every machine tool manufacturer who wants to do business on the international stage, participation in the EMO Hannover is an absolute must”, says a confident Sch?fer. Users of machine tools will also find in Hannover the right production technology and the most knowledgeable people to talk to. This applies both for manufacturers of small series and for firms making mass-produced items.

In 2011, 140,000 trade professionals from more than 100 countries came to view the offer at EMO Hannover. The ratio of visitors from abroad was 36 percent. About two thirds of the visitors came from Europe.

EMO Hannover – the international summit for manufacturing technology

EMO Hannover is an event of superlatives. This makes it attractive to international trade professionals and exhibitors alike.

Its size ensures every visitor a comprehensive overview of intelligent manufacturing technology in the fields of cutting and forming machine tools, manufacturing systems, precision tools, measuring technology, automated material flows, CAx technologies, control and drive engineering and accessories. The trade show’s careful organization by key product area also makes it easy for visitors to find their way quickly to what they most want to see.

EMO Hannover’s size and standing as the most important international metalworking event incites exhibitors to display machines in sizes and numbers seen nowhere else. Visitors can see, touch and learn right from the product, what it can do and what advantages it offers. For EMO Hannover 2011, 47,000 metric tons of machines and exhibits were transported to the exhibition center.

EMO Hannover is a firm date on the calendar for customers from across the metalworking value creation chain. They hail in particular from the automotive and aerospace industries, mechanical and plant engineering, electrical engineering, precision engineering and optics, the metal processing industry, medical technology, and much more.

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