CERAMITEC 2006; resume

CERAMITEC 2006 classified as international leader by the sector
• Results of survey very good
• Decision-makers from the sector assess market situation as positive


The results of the survey for CERAMITEC 2006 confirm its leading international role among events for the sector. According to the survey by TNS Infratest, 85 per cent of the exhibitors assessed the outcome of the fair as “good to excellent”. Eighty-six per cent of exhibitors gave the same top mark for the level of internationality of the visitors, and 89 per cent classified the calibre of trade visitors as very high. “Now as ever, we regard CERAMITEC as the leading ceramics fair where there is a great concentration of decision-makers”, says Detlef Brands, Sales Manager at Schunk Ingenieurkeramik. In keeping with the positive mood in the halls was the assessment regarding the current state of the sector: 72 per cent of exhibitors evaluated the market situation as “good to excellent”.

Of CERAMITEC’s trade visitors, 91 per cent have decision-making authority in their companies according to TNS Infratest. Seventy per cent of visitors stated that they wish to visit the next CERAMITEC again in the year 2009. Eighty-six per cent gave the trade fair top marks with regard to “presence of the market leaders”.

For this the 10th International Trade Fair for Machinery, Equipment, Plant, Processes and Raw Materials for CERAMICS and POWDER METALLURGY, around 22,000 trade visitors came to Munich from 106 countries – almost as many visitors as at
CERAMITEC 2003, although the current CERAMITEC had been shortened by one day. More than 50 per cent of the trade visitors came from abroad. Apart from Germany, the most trade visitors came from Italy followed by France, Turkey, Austria, Spain, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, Poland, Iran and Russia.

At CERAMITEC 2006, 612 exhibitors from 42 countries presented their products and services ranging from coarse and fine ceramics, technical ceramics and raw materials production right down to the refractory industry and powder metallurgy. After Germany, Italy was the biggest exhibiting country internationally.

Further information, current press releases and press photos are available at www.ceramitec.de .

About CERAMITEC

CERAMITEC, 11th International Trade Fair for Machinery, Equipment, Plant, Processes and Raw Materials for CERAMICS and POWDER METALLURGY, takes place in the year 2009 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. Since its premiere in 1974, CERAMITEC has developed into the world’s leading trade fair of the ceramics industry. The extensive accompanying programme provides an overview of current trends and innovations in the ceramics market. CERAMITEC 2006 had 612 exhibitors from 42 countries and around 22,000 visitors from 106 lands. The statistics for CERAMITEC are examined by an independent chartered accountant on behalf of the FKM Gesellschaft zur Freiwilligen Kontrolle von Messe- und Ausstellungszahlen (Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics).

About Messe München International (MMI) Messe München International (MMI, Munich Trade Fairs International Group) is one of the world’s leading trade-fair companies. It organises around 40 trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, and key high-tech industries. Each year over 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, and over two million visitors from more than 200 countries take part in the events in Munich. In addition, MMI organises trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and South America. With four subsidiaries abroad and 62 foreign representatives, looking after 86 countries, MMI has a truly global network.

Petra Gagel, Press Officer
Marketing & Communications, Capital Goods
Phone: +49 89 / 9 49-20244
Fax: +49 89 / 9 49-20249
E-mail: petra.gagel@messe-muenchen.de

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