(openPR) - Globalisation is setting the pace at transport logistic 2007. For this 11th International Trade Fair for Logistics, Telematics and Transport, the organiser Messe München is expecting over 1,500 exhibitors from around 60 countries. By comparison, in 2005 the event attracted 1,333 exhibitors. That represents a rise of around 15 percent. Approximately 40 percent of these companies come from outside Germany.

Equally international in scope is the trade audience – Messe München estimates that over 40,000 trade visitors from over 100 countries will be attending the event. This expansion is also being felt in the space taken up by the fair. transport logistic 2007 will take up 86,000 square metres of exhibition space, an increase of 15 percent over last time.

This positive trend reflects the new opportunities and potential emerging as a result of globalisation. Without logistics there can be no globalisation. This year exhibitors from almost 60 nations (2005: 51 countries) will be putting on a display at transport logistic 2007, which takes place from 12 to 15 June 2007 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. “transport logistic expects further growth in international participation at the fair. The proportion of exhibitors from outside Germany is around 40 percent,” said Eugen Egetenmeir, a member of the Management Board of Messe München.

The world´s markets are growing closer and closer together. Goods have to be delivered on a just-in-time basis, no matter how far-flung the destination. This challenge is prompting more and more countries to look for international partners and forge new links. Algeria and Jordan, for example, will be putting on a presentation at transport logistic 2007 for the first time. Especially interesting for these countries is the transport of goods by air and sea. Jordan´s only access to the sea, for example, is at Aqaba, on the Red Sea. Run by the Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC), this port gives access to the eastern Mediterranean, Syria, Egypt and destinations in Asia. “transport logistic is the world´s biggest trade fair for the sector in terms of the number of international exhibitors and visitors. It offers us the best opportunity to present our multimodal transport and logistics solutions,” says Imad Najeeb Fakhoury, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Aqaba Development Corporation.

Also premiering their potential at the world´s leading trade fair for logistics and transport are companies from new, fast-growing markets spanning from northern Europe through to beyond the Urals – including countries like Azerbaijan, Estonia and Georgia. More and more countries, regions and locations are actively seeking synergies and coordinating their expertise and exhibiting at a joint stand at the fair – this year for the first time there will be joint stands from Hungary, Romania, Russia and the US. A range of other countries, among them Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia, are also organising national pavilions.

The international orientation of the fair is continued in the accompanying programme of events. In a series of country specials, high-ranking experts from industry, the transport sector and politics will be giving insights into the exciting markets of Russia, India, the hubs in the Baltic and the new EU member states of Bulgaria and Romania.

For further information, go to: www.transportlogistic.de

About transport logistic
The 11th international trade fair for logistics, telematics and transport (12 to 15 June 2007 in Munich) presents the whole spectrum of the transport and logistics industry – telematics, in-company transport and material flow, logistics and freight transport. The fair aims to be a practical forum for information gathering and exchange in the diversely structured field of transporting freight – by road, rail, water and air. The visitor target groups of the fair are service-providers and decision-makers from the transport business, from industry, trade associations and freight logistics. In 2005 transport logistic attracted 1,333 exhibitors and around 40,000 visitors from a total of 103 countries. The statistics for the fair are independently audited on behalf of the Gesellschaft zur Freiwilligen Kontrolle von Messe- und Ausstellungszahlen (FKM), a society for the voluntary control of fair and exhibition statistics.

Messe München International (MMI) is one of the world´s leading trade-fair organisations. It organises around 40 trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, and new technology. Over 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, and over two million visitors from more than 200 countries take part each year in the trade fairs in Munich. In addition, MMI organises trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and in South America. With four subsidiaries in Europe and Asia and 66 foreign representatives covering 89 countries, MMI has a truly global network.

Petra Gagel
Tel.: +49 89 / 9 49-20244, Fax: +49 89 / 9 49-20249
E-mail: petra.gagel@messe-muenchen.de
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