Messe Düsseldorf

Messe Düsseldorf during drupa 2008

Düsseldorf Messe is a trade fair ground and organizer, based in Düsseldorf, Germany. With a workforce of 1,459 employees worldwide (2006) and a total exhibition space of 285,000 sqm in Düsseldorf, the company is one of the largest in the industry. More than 40 annual fairs are staged at the premises in Düsseldorf, including 23 leading events in their respective sectors.

History

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH

Type	GmbH
Genre	congress and trade fair organizer
Founded	1947
Headquarters	Düsseldorf, Germany
Key people	Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, President and CEO
Employees	1,459
Website	http://www.messe-duesseldorf.com

Based on Düsseldorf's long history of trade fairs, the Trade Fair Organisation (Messe) was founded in 1947 as Nordwestdeutsche Ausstellungsgesellschaft mbH (NOWEA), and is now Messe Düsseldorf GmbH (German form of Ltd.). In 1971, the company moved to the newly built exhibition centre in Stockum, next to the Düsseldorf International Airport. In 1993, it hosted the finals of the Davis Cup in one its halls.

Subsidiaries

name	location
Messe Düsseldorf ASIA Pte. Ltd.	Singapore,  Singapore
Messe Düsseldorf North America Inc.	Chicago,  United States
Messe Düsseldorf Moskau	Moscow,  Russia
Messe Düsseldorf India Pvt. Ltd.	New Delhi,  India
Messe Düsseldorf Japan Ltd.	Tokyo,  Japan
Messe Düsseldorf China Ltd.	Hong Kong / Shanghai,  Hong Kong
Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.	Shanghai,  People's Republic of China
SNIEC - Shanghai New International Expo Center Co. Ltd.	Shanghai,  People's Republic of China
Igedo Company GmbH & Co. KG	Düsseldorf,  Germany
Düsseldorf Congress Veranstaltungsgesellschaft mbH	Düsseldorf,  Germany
Messeturm Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH	Düsseldorf,  Germany
FIXXUS Grundstücks-Vermietungsgesellschaft mbH Co. & Objekt Rheinhalle KG	Düsseldorf,  Germany
Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus GmbH	Düsseldorf,  Germany
Veletrhy Brno a.s.	Brno,  Czech Republic
GEC - German Exposition Corporation International GmbH	Berlin,  Germany

Areas of activity

• Machinery, plant and equipment
• Retail and trade, skilled trades and services
• Medicine and health
• Fashion and lifestyle
• Leisure

Figures (2006)

• Total Exhibitors: 26,222 of which 53% came from abroad
• Total Visitors: 1,297,026 of which 25% came from abroad
• Sales: EUR 303.753 million consolidated sales in 2006, of which EUR 212.258 million generated in Germany^[1]

Trade fairs organised by Messe Düsseldorf

Rheinhallen of Messe Düsseldorf

Hall 6

• boot Düsseldorf – International Boat Show
• Caravan Salon International Trade Fair for Caravaning
• drupa – International Trade Fair Printing & Media
• EuroShop – International Trade Fair for the Retail Industry
• GDS & GLS– International Shoe Trade Fair & Leather Goods Fair
• glasstec – International Trade Fair for the Glass Industry
• hogatec – International Trade Fair for the Hotel Trade, Gastronomy and Institutional Catering
• interpack – International Trade Fair for the Packaging & Confectionary Industry
• K – International Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber
• MEDICA – International Trade Fair & Congress for Medicine
• METAV - International Fair for Manufacturing Technology and Automation
• METEC – International Trade Fair for the Metalworking Sector
• ProWein – International Trade Fair for Wines & Spirits
• TourNaturInternational Trade Fair for Hiking and Trekking
• Tube & Wire – International Trade Fair for the Tube & Wire Industry
• Valve World Expo International Trade Fair for Industrial Valves

Art fairs organized by Messe Düsseldorf

• cpd – International Fashion Trade Fair
• PSI Dusseldorf – International Promotional Products Trade Fair
• Von hier aus – Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf

References

1. ^ English website of Messe Düsseldorf

External links

• website of Messe Düsseldorf (German) (English)
• website of Düsseldorf Inside, Messe Düsseldorf guide for business travellers (German) (English)

Preceded by Tarrant County Convention Center Fort Worth

Davis Cup Final Venue 1993

Succeeded by Olympic Stadium Moscow

Coordinates: 51°15′36″N 6°44′27″E / 51.26°N 6.74083°E / 51.26; 6.74083