The percentage of guests travelling to Düsseldorf from abroad remains unrivalled in the industry. 1,280 exhibitors from 50 countries showcased their product highlights in nine halls. Exhibitors unanimously reported promising new contacts and concluding good to very good business deals. The favourable situation in the industry was also reflected by the positive atmosphere in the halls.
“Glasstec remains the leading international platform for global launches in the glass industry, that the whole glass cosmos follows. The industry works in sync with the two-year cycle of Glasstec and gears its innovations to precisely this moment in time. No other trade event can present such a plethora of forward-looking solutions, products and applications. This is also appreciated by the constantly rising proportion of international visitors,” commented Wolfram N. Diener, operative Managing Director at Messe Düsseldorf.
The VDMA member companies are also highly satisfied with the fair as a whole. “Many high-level specialist discussions that look likely to lead to orders were held with visitors to the fair. Machine manufacturers were clearly focused on the issues of digitisation and networked production. Digitisation has reached the glass industry,” he said. “Many exhibitors are working intensively at developing future-proof products. And they showcased their solutions at their stands”, confirms Egbert Wenninger, Chairman of the Board of VDMA’s Glass Technology Forum and Chairman of the glasstec Advisory Board.
More than 70 % of trade visitors travelled to Düsseldorf from abroad – this means the percentage of international guests continues to be very high. The high proportion of executives from top management (more than 70 % of visitors come from this decision-making level) underlines the excellent quality of the trade fair. The wide and varied range of products and services is also reflected in the varied conference programme and the special shows. glasstec offers an ideal platform for knowledge transfer and shows all target groups, from craftsmen to architects, from glass processors to manufacturers and from upstream suppliers to the industry to technology providers, all the innovations and visions of tomorrow.“
The special show glass technology live once again proved the central point of contact for all glasstec visitors presenting itself in a fresh new look for the anniversary event. By extending the team of conceptual partners to include not one but four Technical Universities (Darmstadt, Dresden, Delft and Dortmund) the organisers placed a stronger focus on scientific glass research that put exciting glass products and applications on display. The focal themes staged by glass technology live included interactive façades and display glass, energy and performance, structural glass (solid glass, thin glass and hollow glass) as well as new technologies.
For the first time, the glasstec conference pooled the various conferences at one location under a common umbrella brand. This brought theory closer to what was happening in the halls, at the same time deepening the background knowledge of the experts on the trend topics of the industry and skilfully linking up with the exhibits on display.
The next glasstec will be held in line with the regular cycle in two years from 20 to 23 October 2020 in Düsseldorf. For further information please visit: www.glasstec-online.com