HANNOVER MESSE postponed

Statement from Deutsche Messe AG on the postponement of HANNOVER MESSE:

The next HANNOVER MESSE will be held from May 30 to June 2. With this decision, Deutsche Messe AG is responding to the current pandemic situation and providing planning certainty for exhibitors and visitors.

HANNOVER MESSE will take place from May 30 to June 2, 2022, rather than in April as previously planned. The decision to reschedule the event to early June 2022 was made in close consultation with the HANNOVER MESSE Exhibitor Advisory Board and the partner associations VDMA (German Engineering Federation) and ZVEI (German Electrical and Digital Industries Association).

"Due to the continuing high incidence in Germany and many neighboring countries, we have decided together with our exhibitors to postpone HANNOVER MESSE to early summer this year. Last year, we realized that the summer months are best suited for major events during the pandemic. Since we cannot currently assume that the corona situation will have eased sufficiently by April, we are offering our customers the greatest possible planning security with the early postponement to present their innovations at the world's most important industrial trade fair," says Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Messe AG.

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HANNOVER MESSE

HANNOVER MESSE - The world's leading trade fair for industry

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HANNOVER MESSE - the first major industrial trade fair

HANNOVER MESSE will be the world’s first major industrial trade fair in June and, with a focus on digitalization and sustainability, will provide clear impetus for innovative, efficient production and climate protection. Due to the high utilization of the Hannover exhibition grounds with numerous events in early summer, the world’s leading industrial trade fair must be shortened to four days this year. In 2023, HANNOVER MESSE will once again take place over five days in April, as usual.

“It is the right decision to postpone the HANNOVER MESSE to a later date. This will allow the vaccination rate to increase further, which is in the best interest of both exhibitors and visitors to the trade show. In addition, a later event date means a higher likelihood of attracting a larger national and international audience—which benefits everyone involved. The machinery and plant engineering industry will present itself in Hannover as a technological enabler of climate protection and digitalization, and will highlight its role as a provider and user of cutting-edge technology for networked and smart production,” said VDMA Chief Executive Thilo Brodtmann.

"As the world's most important industrial trade fair, HANNOVER MESSE is the showcase to the world for our companies. The postponement is therefore the right decision under the current circumstances. We are convinced that we will be able to reach a larger audience in the summer for topics related to Industry 4.0 and its contribution to sustainability. With our innovations in the areas of digitalization, electrification, energy efficiency and automation, the electrical and digital industry is shaping the industrial transformation towards a climate-neutral circular economy. We want to demonstrate what this path can look like to as wide an audience as possible. After all, we can only master this challenge by working together. HANNOVER MESSE offers the perfect setting for this," says Wolfgang Weber, Chairman of the ZVEI Executive Board.

Partner country is Portugal

HANNOVER MESSE is the world’s leading industrial trade fair. Its central theme, “Industrial Transformation,” brings together the exhibition areas Automation, Motion & Drives, Digital Ecosystems, Energy Solutions, Logistics, Engineered Parts & Solutions, Global Business & Markets, and Future Hub. Top topics include digital platforms, Industry 4.0, IT security, carbon-neutral production, AI, lightweight construction, and Logistics 4.0. Conferences and forums round out the program. The next edition will take place in Hannover from May 30 to June 2, 2022. The partner country is Portugal.