The trade visitors: professionals from all over the world

The trade visitors: professionals from all over the world

With 19,886 trade visitors from 87 countries (2003: 85), the European Coatings Show 2005 registered a suspected record of 23 per cent more visitors and congress participants than two years ago (2003: 16,229). The international share rose by five percentage points over the previous event to reach 56 per cent.

A glance at the structure of the visitors shows that both the quality and the quantity were right: Most of the visitors[2] came from the production industry,especially from the production of paints and coatings (42 per cent), raw materials (18 per cent), adhesives (11 per cent), construction chemicals (10 per cent) and printing inks (8 per cent).

The European Coatings Show was also attractive for processors of coatings and paints (10 per cent), adhesives (5 per cent) and construction chemicals (4 per cent). Over 40 per cent of the trade visitors at the European Coatings Show work in the research, development or design department of their company and there were also many members of management (20 per cent) and employees from manufacturing and production (13 per cent), quality control (10 per cent) and purchasing (11 per cent). Nine out of ten trade visitors at the European Coatings Show 2005 are involved in purchasing and procurement decisions in their company and almost one-third decisively influence these decisions. Three-quarters of the visitors felt that their visit to the exhibition would inspire them to use the new products and services shown here in their daily work.

Ninety-eight per cent of the trade visitors were satisfied with the products,information possibilities, organization and service at the European Coatings Show 2005, and more than half of them do not even visit any other trade fair on these themes. “I'm here because the European Coatings Show is the world's best event for the coatings industry. Now is the best time for new co-operations. I am staying here for three days to look for new contacts and products”, says Jim Devine, Director Devine Chemicals Ltd, Great Britain,representing many opinions at the European Coatings Show 2005.

The next European Coatings Show plus Adhesives, Sealants, Construction Chemicals takes place as usual in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 8-10 May 2007 (congresses from 7 May 2007).

Note

The figures for exhibitors and visitors are checked and certified by the Society for Voluntary and Independent Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics(FKM), Berlin.

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