International. On March 11 to 15, a new edition of ISH, one of the most important HVAC + Water trade fairs, was held, which registered record levels in proportion of international visitors.
Around 190,000 visitors (2017: 198,810*) from 161 countries (2017: 153) headed to the Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre to discover the latest innovations and trends at ISH 2019. Over five days, 2,532 exhibitors (868 from Germany, 1,664 from abroad) from 57 countries presented their new products for the first time in Frankfurt am Main. At the same time, a significantly higher level of internationality meant that ISH became even more relevant: 66 percent of exhibitors (2017: 64 percent) and almost 48 percent of visitors (2017: about 40 percent) came from outside Germany.
"ISH has once again shown that it connects all international players in the sector. Together it is possible to achieve climate goals, naturally in a personal dialogue here at ISH," said Wolfgang Marzin, President and CEO of Messe Frankfurt.
The nations that contributed the most visitors were China, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Belgium, Austria and the Czech Republic. The largest target groups of visitors were the installation industry and trade. In addition, the results of the market research confirmed the high level of visitor satisfaction with the fair by 97 percent.
Both exhibitors and visitors rated the economic outlook in positive terms. On the exhibitor side, 92 percent said it was satisfactory to good. In the case of German exhibitors, this value was even higher, at 93 percent. On the visitors side, the overall level of satisfaction was 92 percent; in the case of German commercial visitors, 94 per cent.
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Attending ISH, the fourth conference for connected security technology ended after two intensive days. 320 German and international specialists from the fields of planning, installation and operation of connected building service systems participated in the conference (2017: 180 participants).
The next ISH will be held in Frankfurt am Main from 22 to 26 March 2021.
Source: ISH.
