3 March 2010, Essen - The fifth edition of Composites Europe
is to return to Essen, Germany in 2010 where it will be held parallel to the Aluminium
World Fair from 14 to 16 September. 70% of exhibition space has already been
sold and with more than 1000 exhibitors, jointly the events will provide the
largest sales platform for lightweight construction in Europe.
Organiser Reed Exhibitions says that after four successful
events, Composites Europe is proving to be the impulse giver for the composites
industry in Europe. Having attracted 6120 trade visitors last year in
Stuttgart, the trade fair has steadily grown since the first event in 2006.
Almost every second visitor came from the automotive sector, followed by the
aerospace, building and construction, ship and boat building, and wind power
plant construction sectors, the organisers say.
According to Reed, six months before the trade fair opens,
70 percent of the exhibition area has already been booked. A large number of
key players are said to have registered their participation, among them BASF,
3B Fibreglass from the Netherlands, US producer of resins AOC, German
engineering company MAG and Italian engineering company Breton. For the first
time, Europe’s largest supplier of carbon fibres Toho Tenax will present itself
at the show.
Around 350 international exhibitors are expected in Essen to
showcase their technologies and products around the entire value creation chain
of fibre reinforced plastics. Once again, the AVK - Industrievereinigung
Verstärkte Kunststoffe e.V. - International Conference will mark the beginning
of this year’s trade fair.
Composites Europe is being organised by trade fair organiser
Reed Exhibitions (who are also organising Aluminium, in cooperation with the
European industry association EuCIA and the international specialist journal
Reinforced Plastics.
www.composites-europe.com
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