Introduction of New Tagging Procedure at ZOW
Trade fair organiser Clarion Survey and the Loehne-based company Abaco Informationssysteme are going to set the stage for RFID for the furniture industry at ZOW 2012 in Bad Salzuflen. From 6-9 February, the future-oriented wireless technology will be displayed in hall 23.2, allowing the identification of supplier products across the entire supply chain. The brand-new feature will be a tagging procedure with which RFID chips no longer have to be glued, but can be integrated into the products. Read more
Cost-Optimisation through Cleanliness
The quality and reliability of components during actual use after the production process depend just as decisively on workpiece cleanliness as the results of downstream processes do. parts2clean informs visitors about various methods of efficiently controlling the cleanliness of cleaned parts and surfaces, as well as the performance of cleaning baths, in a requirements oriented manner. The leading international trade fair for industrial parts and surface cleaning will take place at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre from the 25th through the 27th of October, 2011. Read more
4. Asia-Pacific Sourcing in Cologne
From 9th to 11th March 2011 more than 550 suppliers from the Asia-Pacific region will present their products and services from the following segments: tools, locks and fittings, fastening technology, garden machinery/ equipment and builders’ and home-improvement supplies. Read more
Aluminium Industry in Full Swing
Countdown for ALUMINIUM 2010, which is being held from 14-16 September in Essen. Compared with the first six months of the previous year, overall German primary aluminium smelters and semis plants experienced a marked recovery in production in the first half of 2010. Ahead of the ALUMINIUM 2010 trade fair, GDA – Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e.V. (Association of Aluminium Industry) – Düsseldorf, has announced that German aluminium companies remain optimistic that they will be able to maintain this good level during the second half of 2010. Read more
France as Partner Country at Hannover Messe 2011
France will be the official Partner Country at Hannover Messe 2011. Reflecting the keynote theme “Innovation for sustainable growth”, the French exhibits will put the focus on the energy sector, sustainable mobility and energy efficiency. Read more
Free Tickets for Hannover Messe 2010
Hannover Messe is taking place from 19 to 23 April 2010. For the readers of All about Sourcing the tickets for the industrial trade fair are free of charge . Read more
LogiMAT Winners Lanfer, Gebhardt and gaxsys

Alfred Lanfer, Managing Director Lanfer Cargo Technik
A system for the Internet of Things, a hoisting aid for order pickers and a software package for the online trade – the winners of the ‘Best Product’ competition at LogiMAT. The winning companies are: Lanfer CARGO-TECHNIK, Gebhardt Transport- und Lagersysteme and gaxsys. Read more
CeBIT: Free Tickets for our Readers
CeBIT is taking place in Hannover from 2 to 6 March 2010. The hightech association Bitkom will again present quite a few large telecommunications companies at the show. Read more
Intralogistics Fair CeMAT 2011 in Brazil
Deutsche Messe is organizing for 2011 an intralogistics fair, for the first time in South America. It is scheduled to debut 4-7 April 2011 at Centro de Exposições Imigrantes in São Paulo, Brazil. Read more
Green Logistics at transport logistic China
Messe München International is organizing in June, together with mit Supply Chain Asia, a Green Logistics Workshop at the transport logistic China 2010. To supplement this, international transport and logistics companies present their sustainable solutions for the world market at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). Read more
HKTDC integrates Access to iPhone
Users of the iPhone now have access to the online platform of hktdc.com. At the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2009, the organiser Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) introducted the two applications HKTDC Mobile and HKTDC Fairs for the Apple iPhone. Thus the website of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council is one of the first industrial online market places to be accessed through the iPhone. Read more
New Trade Fair for Solar Industry in Duesseldorf
Messe Duesseldorf is in the process of developing a trade fair for the solar energy industry. In collaboration with the world’s leading trade fair for the glass sector, glasstec, solarpeq is to be held for the first time 2010 in Duesseldorf. The event will show state-of-the-art production equipment and technology for thin-film and crystalline photovoltaic applications. Read more
IVAM Product Market at Compamed
Compamed, the international leading trade fair for the supplier market of medical manufacturing, opens its doors in the scope of Medica from November 18 to 20, 2009 in Düsseldorf, Germany, again. Experts of the medical technology industry show new developments, ranging from plastic and ceramic components to surfaces and material analysis, as well as sensor technology and implants at the IVAM Product Market “High-tech for Medical Devices”. Read more
Symposium under the Motto “New Opportunities”
The BME Purchasing and Logistics Symposium expects 2,000 participants for the “44th BME Symposium Purchasing and Logistics” at the InterConti Hotel, Berlin. Read more
200 Exhibitors at aluexpo
aluexpo is the first international trade fair of the aluminium industry in Turkey. It will be organized from 15 through 18 October 2009 in Istanbul. Read more
Countdown for Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles
Asia’s most popular home textile trade fair, Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles, will open on 25 – 27 August 2009 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Read more
MicroNanoTec at Hannover Messe 2010
From 2010 Hannover Messe will bundle all topics relating to microsystem engineering and nanotechnology in a leading trade fair called MicroNanoTec. Read more
AMI Now Held Every Two Years
The Leipzig fairs Auto Mobil International (AMI) and AMITEC will in future be held every two years in spring. This ties in with the repositioning of AMI as the most important motor show in even-numbered years. Read more
Press the Button: All Systems Go
Chemistry and chemical engineering are focusing confidently on the future: this sums up Achema 2009, which ended on Friday in Frankfurt. On five days over 173,000 visitors from all over the world visited the 3,767 exhibitors in the exhibition halls in order to catch up on the latest products and technologies from chemical engineering, biotechnology, environmental protection and adjacent sectors. Read more
Italy is new Partner Country of Hannover Messe
Approximately 210,000 visitors – one out of four of them from abroad – came to Hannover Messe from 20-24 April, featuring 6,150 exhibitors. Read more



