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Organisers
Messe Essen GmbH
Messeplatz 1
45131
Essen
Germany
Fon: +49 201 7244-0
Fax: +49 201 7244-248
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Sector focus
Metalworking, Welding Technology (industry 57)
Main offerings
Welding Technology
Materials
CAD/CAM
Factory Automation
Industrial Robots
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Trade visitors
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Sponsors
DVS, Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e.V.
Statistics
Key figures
9/2023
Present journalists
94, of which from abroad 24
FKM certificate

Exhibitors
834
Domestic
278
Abroad
556
Other represented firms
0
Visitors (number of admissions)
32.248
Domestic
15.834
Abroad
16.414
Space (gross)
81.100
Space (net)
45.141
Special show space
943
Exhibitor stand space
44.198
Hall space
43.858
Domestic
19.748
Abroad
24.110
Open air
340
Domestic
80
Abroad
260
Origin of exhibitors 2023 from 38 countries
Australia1
Austria11
Belgium1
Brazil3
Bulgaria1
Canada5
China, People's Republic157
Croatia4
Czechia9
Denmark8
Estonia1
Finland4
France36
Germany278
Greece4
Hungary1
India33
Israel2
Italy92
Japan5
Korea, Republic16
Lithuania2
Mexico1
Netherlands26
New Zealand1
Pakistan3
Poland7
Portugal3
Slovenia7
Spain16
Sweden3
Switzerland10
Taiwan14
Türkiye31
Ukraine1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland17
United States of America19
Vietnam1
FKM trade visitor structure
9/2023
Visitors (number of admissions)
32248
Proportion of trade visitors
99%
Total Germany (%)
49
Bremen
0
Hamburg
0
Lower Saxony
10
Schleswig-Holstein
2
North Rhine-Westphalia
43
Hesse
11
Rhineland-Palatinate
4
Saarland
1
Baden-Württemberg
7
Bavaria
7
Berlin
2
Brandenburg
1
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
2
Saxony-Anhalt
3
Saxony
5
Thuringia
2
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
19
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
12
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
12
Department head, group head, team leader
21
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
22
Lecturer, teacher
2
Trainee
3
Other position
4
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
2
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
18
Research and development, design/construction
15
Manufacturing, production, quality control
28
Buying/procurement
4
Finance/accounting, controlling
0
Information and communication technology
2
Personnel administration, administration
1
Sales
14
Marketing, advertising, PR
2
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
1
Maintenance/repairs
6
Other area
5
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
2
Economic sectors (%)
Energy industry, water supplies, mining
6
Chemical industry, oil processing
4
Steel, mechanical and automotive engineering
40
Iron and non-ferrous metal products
9
Electrical engineering/precision engineering/optics
5
Building trade
2
Retail trade
3
Wholesale trade
11
Research
5
Service
8
Student
3
other non-professionals
2
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
8
more than 50 km up to 100 km
9
more than 100 km up to 300 km
21
over 300 km
62
Foreign origin total (%)
51
EU
61
Other european countries
14
Africa
3
North America
1
South and Central America
5
Middle East
3
South-, East-, Central Asia
12
Australia/Oceania
1
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
Netherlands
9
France
8
Italy
7
Austria
4
Spain
4
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
11
5 - 9
8
10 - 49
22
50 - 199
19
200 - 499
11
500 - 999
6
1 000 and more
18
Student
3
Other not employed
2
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
30
collectively
31
in an advisory capacity/organization
22
no
12
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
2
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
26
Earlier events
25
First visit
59
1.8
Survey conducted by:
Gelszus Messe- Marktforschung GmbH
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