PaintExpo closes with record-breaking results for seventh time in a row
With 537 exhibitors from 29 countries PaintExpo set a new record for exhibitor numbers. Visitor numbers increased by roughly 12% for a total of 11,790. Visitors journeyed to Karlsruhe (Germany) from 88 countries.
537 exhibitors (an increase of 7.2% as opposed to 2016) participated at this year’s world’s leading trade fair for industrial coating technology from the 17th through 20th of April. They came from 29 countries, and the proportion of companies from outside of Germany, namely 36.3%, was roughly 5% greater than in 2016. The seventh PaintExpo also experienced a sharp rise in net exhibition floor space amounting to 16.6% for a total of 15,674 square metres (168,700 square feet). As a result, the industry meet was evenly distributed over three well-occupied halls for the first time ever at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre.
Increase of foreign visitors
Visitor numbers increased by 12% to a total of 11,790. 35.4% of the visitors (plus 7.4%) travelled to Karlsruhe from outside of Germany. After Germany, the most well-represented visitor countries were Switzerland, Italy, France, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Turkey. Expert visitors came to PaintExpo from a total of 88 countries (74 in 2016) around the globe.
Further outlook
“The high level of internationalism and the distinctly positive atmosphere in the exhibition halls, as well as the satisfied faces at the trade fair booths are clear-cut indicators of the success of PaintExpo 2018 as the world’s leading trade fair”, comments Jürgen Haußmann, Managing Director of FairFair GmbH and promoter of PaintExpo. The next PaintExpo will take place at the Karlsruhe Exhibition Centre from the 21st through 24th of April, 2020.
