International Water & Irrigation

47 IFAT 2018 IFAT 2018 with new future platform “experience. science.future” age, elty: under 18 the h, hought e ideas and rowing easing gether the Bianca Gruber PR Manager Tel. +49 89 949-21502 bianca.gruber@ messe-muenchen.de • Innovation park in the heart of IFAT • Promotion of young professionals and ideas • Online job market from February 2018 Next year’s IFAT - the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management - will come up with a novelty: under the banner of “experience.science.future”, from May 14 to 18, 2018 the Munich exhibition center will be a platform for science & research, education & training, jobs & career and start-ups - in short, f or thought lead ers and junior staff in the environmental sector. For IFAT’s Exhibition Director Silvia Fritscher it is essential to promote ideas and young professionals, especially in theenvironmental industry: “Thegrowing discussion about environmental and climate protection entails an increasing demand for qualified specialists and pioneering innovations. experience. science.future. is our response to this demand, bringing together the sector’s smart and emerging minds.” Amidst the IFAT events and activities, experience.science.future. will complement the exhibition and its supporting program in Hall B4, where it will pool universities, start-ups, associations and NGOs on more than 1,000 square meters, offering space for the most innovative technologies, strategies and research projects in the environmental field. In a networking lounge, pupils and students will have the opportunity to catch up on “green” occupations and get in touch with prospective employers. And also exhibitors can get involved: with specialist articles or on the new job portal Job and Career@IFAT, which will be available online from February 2018 already. Start-ups and universities are invited to apply to join experience. science.future. until February 1, 2018. Further information on the new future platform is available at www.ifat.de/ esf-exhibitors. Read more on IFAT at https://www.ifat.de/index-2.html. IFAT IFAT is the world’s leading trade event for environmental technology. A total of 3,097 exhibitors from 59 countries, and 136,885 visitors from168 countries took part in the last event. IFAT is held every two years; the next edition takes place from May 14 to 18, 2018 in Munich.  wire 2018 and Tube 2018 - bigger and more international than ever The global economy is flourishing, and with it also leading trade fairs in the wire, cable and tube industries - wire and Tube Düsseldorf. From 16 to 20 April 2018 the two industry heavyweights will open their gates at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre while also celebrating an anniversary. Featuring 1,419 exhibitors from 51 countries and a space of over 65,000 sqm (net), wire has grown by around 6,000 sqm (nearly 10%) and has almost 100 more exhibitors than in 2016. www.wire.de an d www.Tube.de. Your press contact for 2018: Petra Hartmann-Bresgen, M.A. Ulrike Osahon Tel. +49 (0)211 4560 541 992 Fax. +49 (0)211 4560 87 541 HartmannP@messe-duesseldorf.de Exhbition Review Trade fairs are breaking all records: wire 2018 and Tube 2018 – bigger and more international than ever T e global economy is flourishing, and with it also leading trade fairs in the wire, cable and tube industries – wire and Tube Düsseldorf. From 16 to 20 April 2018 the two industry heavyweights will open their gates at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre while also celebrating an anniversary. For 30 years the two trade fairs have been impacting developments in their indu tries, both nationally and internationally. Both are held jointly every two years at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre, and their product areas – wire, cables and tubes – have now led to worldwide satellites in Russia, Brazil, China, Southeast Asia, the United States and India, as well as a joint venture in Iran. Moreover, the two leading Düsseldorf trade fairs have an ounced record figures – just in time for their 30th anniversary. Occupying a total exhibition space of 118,000 sqm, around 2,600 companies will be presenting everything that these industries have to offer in terms of technology and service. Featuring 1,419 exhibitors from 51 countries and a space of over 65,000 sqm (net), wire has grown by around 6,000 sqm (nearly 10%) and has almost 100 more exhibitors than in 2016. The logistics and engineering departments are being challenged in Hall 13, in particular by the big mesh welding machines, as they require the installation and connection of thick cables in the service ducts. This is because the machines