Expansion of the key exhibit categories "Energy" and "Automation"

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Preparations for Hannover Messe 2008 are already in full swing. Following this year's extremely successful show, the expectations for the world's most important technology event of 2008 are correspondingly high. This was certainly the message coming from the representatives of exhibiting companies at committee meetings following this year's show. Already, seven months before the opening of Hannover Messe, over 60 percent of exhibitors who presented displays in the "Energy" and "Automation" sections of the show have confirmed that they will be exhibiting again next year.

The headline themes of Hannover Messe 2008 are industrial automation, energy technologies and climate protection, subcontracting and services and technologies for the future. In all these display categories the range of exhibits is being extended and adapted to current market needs, so that the upcoming show next April will again feature all the latest developments, themes and trends. As the world's most important showcase for advanced technology, Hannover Messe is also targeting school-leavers and students with its special youth-oriented presentation "TectoYou".

In recent years Hannover Messe has established itself as the principal hub and showcase for international energy technologies. One unique aspect of Hannover Messe is its focus on the entire energy mix of the future, including both regenerative and conventional forms of energy. The displays will feature more efficient technologies for the transmission, distribution, conversion and storage of energy. The technological advances that make climate protection and energy-efficient industrial plant possible have also shaped the agenda for Hannover Messe 2008.

Joining the pairing of "Energy" and "Pipeline Technology" is a third international trade fair with an energy-related theme, "Power Plant Technology". This event will present innovative technologies and concepts along with the extensive subcontracting sector involved in the construction of new power stations. The show covers both large-scale power station construction and smaller decentralized generating facilities for industry, typically in the form of combined heat-and-power plants or cogeneration plants.

And once again forming the centerpiece of the whole energy debate in Hannover will be the 2008 round of the WORLD ENERGY DIALOGUE, chaired by renowned climate protection expert Professor Dr. Klaus Töpfer and the Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Energy Agency (dena), Stephan Kohler.

With three major trade fairs making up the Industrial Automation section of the show - INTERKAMA+ (process automation for the process industry), Factory Automation (production automation) and Industrial Building Automation - HANNOVER MESSE is the largest exhibition of industrial automation anywhere in the world. Next year two new groups of exhibits - "Mobile Robots" and "Autonomous Systems" - are being added to the lineup. Mobile robots have applications in many different areas, and are increasingly playing a role in industrial production.

Driverless transport systems are evolving into intelligent subsystems, which not only direct the flow of materials before and after production, but in future will increasingly be integrated into the production process itself. Visitors to this year's show responded enthusiastically to the special themed presentations "Hygienic Design", "Process Automation live", "Application Park" and the "Robotics Academy", all of which feature on the program again in 2008. The coverage of process automation is being extended by the inclusion of a manufacturers' conference on "Asset Management".

The focus of the action in technology transfer at Hannover Messe is the trade fair Research & Technology. In Hall 2 visitors can see cutting-edge research and technologies for innovative industrial production processes and products destined for the markets of tomorrow. More state-of-the-art technology and pioneering innovations can be seen at the companion trade fair MicroTechnology, which offers a wealth of systems solutions for miniaturization in all its forms. An essential adjunct to the value-adding chain in all branches of technology is the subcontracting sector, supplying vital components and services.

In 2008, Hannover Messe brings together 10 international flagship trade fairs under one roof. The resulting opportunity to study industrial processes and new technologies in an interdisciplinary, cross-industry context, and to forge quality contacts between suppliers and users from all over the world, is something that no other event can offer.

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