WETEC

International Trade Fair for Signmaking, Digital Printing, Light Advertising & Digital Signage

Venue

Messe StuttgartStuttgartGermany

Dates

30/01/-01/02/202030/03/-01/04/202313/02/-15/02/2025Interval: every two yearsfounded in: 2012

Co-located events

TV TecStyle VisionsGiveADays

Organiser

Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH Messepiazza 170629 StuttgartGermanyFon: +49 711 18560-0Fax: +49 711 18560-2440info@messe-stuttgart.dehttp://www.messe-stuttgart.de

Project teamFon: +49 711 18560-2518Fax: +49 711 18560-2657nadine.dingert@messe-stuttgart.dehttp://www.wetec-messe.de

The current key figures are FKM-certified.

Statistics

figures	2/2016	2/2018	1/2020₁₎
FKM certification
Space (m²)
space (gross)	10.000	9.000	9.300
space (net)	4.080	4.067	3.432
Special show space	406	362	822
Exhibitor stand space	3.674	3.705	2.610
hall space	3.674	3.705	2.610
domestic	3.251	3.101	2.245
foreign	423	604	365
open air	0	0	0
Exhibitor figures
Exhibitors	164	152	93
domestic	138	128	75
foreign	26	24	18
other represented firms			0
Visitor figures
Visitors (number of admissions)	7.633*	9.791*	7.911*
domestic	6.862*	8.714*	6.803*
foreign	771*	1.077*	1.108*
* = determined by a representative survey

₁₎To evaluate the key figures: Exhibition was held during the Corona Pandemic, which started in January 2020.

Exhibitors profile

Origin of exhibitors 2020 from 11 countries
Austria: 1; Belgium: 2; Czechia: 1; Denmark: 1; France: 1; Germany: 75; Italy: 3; Netherlands: 5; Poland: 2; Spain: 1; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 1

FKM Trade visitors profile 2014

Visitors total (number of entries)8.136Proportion of trade visitors99 %

Open all information

Origin according to federal states

Total Germany (%)90

of which

Nielsen 14

Bremen0
Hamburg0
Lower Saxony2
Schleswig-Holstein1

Nielsen 26

North Rhine-Westphalia6

Nielsen 3a9

Hesse3
Rhineland-Palatinate5
Saarland0

Nielsen 3b51

Baden-Württemberg51

Nielsen 420

Bavaria20

Nielsen 5+64

Berlin1
Brandenburg2
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania0
Saxony-Anhalt1

Nielsen 76

Saxony3
Thuringia3

Economic sector

Economic sector (%)

Trade22
Manufacturer/Industry31
Service58
University, polytechnic, vocational school2
Other7

Professional position

Professional position (%)

Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer48
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.10
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office5
Department head, group head, team leader11
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker17
Lecturer, teacher2
Trainee5
Other position1
Student1
Other not gainfully employed0

Area of responsibility

Area of responsibility (%)

Management44
Research/development/design2
Manufacturing, production, quality control25
Buying/procurement3
Finance/accounting, controlling1
Information and communication technology0
Personnel administration, administration1
Sales6
Marketing, advertising, PR12
Logistics: material management, storage, transport0
Maintenance/repairs0
Other area3
Student1
Other not gainfully employed0

Origin by km

Distance to home (%)

up to 50 km22
more than 50 km up to 100 km12
more than 100 km up to 300 km35
over 300 km31

Origin by continents

Foreign origin total (%)10

of which

EU52
Other european countries43
Other countries5

Origin by countries

Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)

Switzerland43
Austria27

Size of company/organization

Size of company/organization (%)

1 - 444
5 - 920
10 - 4922
50 - 1997
200 - 4993
500 - 9991
1 000 and more2
Student1
Other not employed0

Purchasing/ Procurement powers

Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)

decisively48
collectively29
in an advisory capacity/organization14
no8
Student1
Other not gainfully employed0

Frequency of trade fair visits

Frequency of trade fair visits (%)

Previous event39
First visit61

Length of stay

Average length of stay (days)

1.1

Survey conducted by: Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH

Industry sectorAdvertising, Marketing, Franchising (industry 94), Paper and Printing Industry, Media Production (industry 67), Lighting, Lighting Technology (industry 11)

Main product groupOutdoor-Advertising, Exterior Lighting, digital print, Display, LED (light-emitting diode), Services, Machinery, Software, Accessories

AccessTrade visitors

Exhibitor data baseon-line available / access via home page of the trade fair

Direct sale (retail sale to visitors permitted?)Yes