Home of Flooring & Interior Finishing: DOMOTEX expands its portfolio

From 2026, DOMOTEX will expand its product range to include paints, wallpapers, acoustic elements, tiles, outdoor floor coverings as well as privacy shields and shading elements, making it an international trade fair for interior finishing. The 'Carpets & Rugs Edition', originally scheduled for next January, will be conveyed into the biennial cycle. In January 2026, carpets and floor coverings will be presented together with interior finishing products.

With momentum into the second half of 2024

With momentum into the second half of 2024With the start of the IAA Transportation on September 16, Deutsche Messe AG is ringing in the second half of the year at the exhibition grounds in Hanover.

“It was time for a remake"

"Ursula von der Leyen," Johanna Meyer replies without hesitation when asked who has particularly inspired her as the organizer of the Femworx Congress. "We had countless impressive women attending our congress," she continues. But the encounter with von der Leyen had a profound impact on her. "The President of the European Commission took a lot of time to discuss the promotion of women’s careers," Johanna says.

Gamevasion powered by DreamHack debuts in Hannover in December

The new gaming festival will replace DreamHack Hannover

"You really meet him everywhere."

"You really meet him everywhere," remarks Construction Minister Klara Geywitz with a smile, as she runs into trade fair manager Hartwig von Saß on the sidelines of an event for the real estate industry.

Back on track

Deutsche Messe AG is back on track. After a record year in 2023, with sales of 354 million euros and earnings of 46 million euros, the group’s financial figures are also back on track for the current year.

The countdown to the surface technology industry's leading event is on

In just a few days, SurfaceTechnology GERMANY will be inviting the surface technology industry to Stuttgart. Over three days, around 240 exhibitors will be demonstrating how they are resolutely dealing with the current challenges facing the industry.

Deutsche Messe with brand revamp for its exhibition center

Right on time for its appearance at IMEX in Frankfurt, Deutsche Messe presents its new product brand "Messegelände Hannover" for the marketing of its exhibition center in Hannover. The revamp is designed to place even greater emphasis on the customer-related needs of guest organizers and spotlight what the exhibition center has to offer.

HANNOVER MESSE 2024: “Powerhouse for promising upswing”

More than 130,000 visitors from 150 countries, 4,000 exhibiting companies, 300 startups and over 300 economic and political delegations from all over the world, HANNOVER MESSE impressively demonstrated its ability to internationally synthesize the best of technology innovations, business trade fair and economic and political agenda-setting. In other words, a veritable “powerhouse for the promising upswing” in Germany and Europe, as termed by German Economics Minister Robert Habeck.

DOMOTEX Middle East 2024 Concludes with Resounding Success

DOMOTEX Middle East 2024 concluded its spectacular three-day exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Centre on a high note, celebrating numerous achievements and breakthroughs in the flooring industry.

FEMWORX - From Hidden Figures to Visible Leaders

The FEMWORX career congress is primarily aimed at young women, career starters and female founders in STEM professions.

Clear signals for a new start

Machines controlled by the use of artificial intelligence. Robots capable of independent learning. Systems for the recycling of electric batteries. Software which can measure the C02 emissions of entire factories. Systems for the efficient production of hydrogen. And a secure data space for European industry.

FEMWORX a career congress for women reinvents itself

The WomenPower career congress has been taking place alongside HANNOVER MESSE for 20 years. Now in its 21st year, it was time for a comprehensive rebranding: WomenPower has become FEMWORX.

Kuehne+Nagel sets new standards for sustainable logistics

As part of its commitment to environmental protection and sustainability, the long-standing logistics partner of Deutsche Messe AG "Kühne+Nagel" is converting its entire forklift truck fleet at its German exhibition centers in Hamburg, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Munich and Nuremberg.

Annika Klar to head the "New & Global Business Development" division

Annika Klar (42) will become Senior Vice President of the freshly established "New & Global Business Development" division at Deutsche Messe on 1 April 2024.

Deutsche Messe and aovo Touristik offer new travel services

Under the name "get2fairs", Deutsche Messe AG is launching a new travel booking service for its visitors and exhibiting companies via its service provider, aovo Touristik AG.

With Fair2Future into a sustainable trade show future

Fair2Future is Deutsche Messe's company-wide sustainability project, integrating all relevant measures with the goal of making the Hannover Exhibition Center carbon neutral by 2035. Fair2Future defines success in the dimensions of ecological and social responsibility.

AI and trade fairs? There's a lot to explore!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has great potential for the trade fair industry. It can improve trade fair management, enhance the visitor experience, and facilitate year-round communication of trade fair content.

"A trade fair is more than a five-day event."

First AI conference of HANNOVER MESSE inspires the community and shows how we are rethinking trade fair communication.

DOMOTEX 2024: Internationality, Sustainability and Networking

DOMOTEX 2024, the world's leading trade fair for carpets and floor coverings, ends today after four impressive days full of innovation, inspiration and networking. From 11 to 14 January 2024, around 1,000 exhibitors from 60 countries came to Hannover to kick off a promising business year and showcase their innovations to visitors.

"An entirely successful year"

Deutsche Messe can look back on an extremely positive fiscal 2023, with revenues of 350 million euros and a profit figure just short of 30 million euros clearly exceeding the company's original projections.

LIGNA with new event dates from 2027 onwards

From 2027, LIGNA will be setting a new strategic course in terms of dates. It will leave the usual event period over Ascension Day and from 2027 onwards will continue to be held in the odd-numbered years – but detached from the public holiday – in spring in Hanover, Germany.

Agritechnica with record attendance

Agritechnica, the world's leading trade fair for agricultural technology, which took place from November 12 to 18, 2023, closed with a record number of over 470,000 visitors from 149 countries.

”FutureAg Expo 2024 – Powered by Agritechnica”

Hannover Fairs Australia (HFA), the Australian subsidiary of Deutsche Messe AG, and the DLG (German Agricultural Society), a non-profit society that organizes agricultural exhibitions for knowledge-sharing, including Agritechnica, the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery, today announced that they have entered a strategic partnership to jointly organise a new Australia-based event, “FutureAg Expo 2024 – Powered by Agritechnica”, an agricultural machinery exhibition reaching farm

Dr. Jochen Köckler elected to the UFI Board of Directors

Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Messe AG, has been elected to the Board of UFI, the World Association of the Exhibition Industry. The UFI is the global trade association of the world's trade show organizers and exhibition center operators as well as the most important national and international trade show companies.