• IFAT ENTSORGA covers 215,000 square meters of exhibition space
• The show takes up all the exhibition halls for the first time

A good five months before IFAT ENTSORGA opens, the world’s premier trade show for innovations and services in water, sewage, waste and raw materials management is already fully booked. Waiting lists have been started in almost all product categories. IFAT ENTSORGA 2012, which takes place from May 7 to 11 in Munich, will be covering a total of 215,000 square meters of exhibition space (180,000 m2 indoors and 35,000 m2 outdoors), and that will set a new record for the show. In terms of exhibitors, the number will exceed the 2,730 that took part in the last IFAT ENTSORGA.
 
"We are particularly pleased in this context with the response from exhibitors from abroad. A total of 27 international joint stands are registered, from 17 countries (2010: 18 international pavilions from 13 countries). Canada, Japan, Norway, Russia and Spain are taking joint stands for the first time," said Eugen Egetenmeir, Managing Director of Messe München. "These strong participation figures, resulting in fully booked halls, show clearly that the companies – in Germany and around the world – regard IFAT ENTSORGA as the leading trade fair for their sector."
 
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IFAT ENTSORGA
IFAT ENTSORGA 2012, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management, takes place from 7 to 11 May 2012 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. The last time the world’s most important trade fair for innovations, new developments and services in the fields of water, sewage, waste and raw materials management was held, it attracted 2,730 exhibitors from 49 countries and 109,589 visitors from 186 countries. The statistics for the fair are independently audited by Ernst & Young AG 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
Messe München International is one of the world’s leading trade-fair companies. In Munich alone it organises around 40 trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, and key high-tech industries. Each year more than 30,000 exhibitors and over two million visitors take part in the events held in the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, the ICM – International Congress Centre Munich, and in the M,O,C, Events and Order Centre. In addition, Messe München International organises trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and South America. With six subsidiaries in Europe and Asia and more than 60 foreign representatives actively serving over 90 countries, Messe München International has a worldwide business network. The Group also takes a pioneering role as regards sustainability: It is the first trade-fair company to be awarded energy-efficiency certification from the technical inspection authorities TÜV SÜD.
 
Press contact:
Sabine Wagner
Trade Fair PR Manager, Central Division Marketing & Communication
Tel.: +49 89 / 9 49-21478, Fax: +49 89 / 9 49-21489
e-mail: sabine.wagner@messe-muenchen.de
 
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