Achema will be taking place in Frankfurt through 2024
Achema, the world forum and leading show for the process industries, will be staying in Frankfurt. The organiser, Dechema Ausstellungs-GmbH, and Messe Frankfurt have agreed to continue their successful collaboration for at least the next three events. The contract has been extended until 2024. “We are very pleased with this development and are proud to be continuing our collaboration with Dechema. Achema is one of the biggest flagship events in the portfolio of technology trade fairs taking place in Frankfurt and is a key success factor for our Frankfurt base,” says Uwe Behm, Member of the Executive Board of Messe Frankfurt. Over the past decades, a very close partnership has developed with Dechema, one that is characterised by trust and respect. “It has been about eighty years since Achema found a home in Frankfurt, and even in today's globalised world, we still have our roots here at the heart of Europe. Our international customers value Frankfurt's outstanding transportation connections with the rest of the world and its excellent infrastructure, both on the exhibition grounds and in the surrounding region. With Messe Frankfurt, we also have an extremely reliable partner,” adds Dr.-Ing. Thomas Scheuring, Executive Director of Dechema Ausstellungs-GmbH.Achema has been taking place on Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds since 1937, one of the international guest events in Frankfurt with a rich tradition. The trade fair is held once every three years. At last year's event, some 3,800 exhibitors from around the world presented their products, processes and services. 166,444 participants from around the globe visited Achema in 2015. The next Achema will take place from 11 to 15 June 2018.
Background information on Messe Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt is one of the world’s leading trade fair organisers, generating around €645* million in sales and employing 2,297* people. The Messe Frankfurt Group has a global network with 29 subsidiaries and 57 international sales partners, allowing it to serve its customers on location in more than 160 countries. Messe Frankfurt events take place at more than 40 locations around the globe. In 2015, Messe Frankfurt organised 132* trade fairs, of which more than half took place outside Germany. Comprising an area of 592,127 square metres, Messe Frankfurt’s exhibition grounds are home to ten exhibition halls. The company also operates two congress centres. The historic Festhalle, one of the most popular venues in Germany, plays host to events of all kinds. Messe Frankfurt is publicly owned, with the City of Frankfurt holding 60 percent and the State of Hesse 40 percent. For more information, please visit our website at:www.messefrankfurt.com.
Background information on ACHEMA
ACHEMA is the world forum for chemical engineering, process engineering and biotechnology. Every three years the world’s major fair for the process industry attracts around 4,000 exhibitors from over 50 different countries to present new products, processes and services to 170,000 professionals from all over the world. The spectrum ranges from laboratory equipment, pumps and analytical devices to packaging machinery, boilers and stirrers through to safety technology, materials and software, thus covering the entire needs of the chemical, pharmaceutical and food production industries. The accompanying congress, featuring 800 scientific lectures and numerous guest and partner events, complements the wide range of themes of the exhibition. The next ACHEMA will take place from 11-15 June 2018 in Frankfurt am Main.
More at http://www.achema.de
