1. ProMat, Chicago
Location: Chicago, USA
Overview: ProMat, Chicago, USA is a well-known exhibition event for material handling, supply chain and logistics solutions in North America. It is the largest exhibition held for North American manufacturing and supply chain professionals.
Scale of exhibitors: 1,000 (60 exhibitors from China)
Number of visitors: 50,000 professional visitors from 145 countries
2. LOGIS-TECH TOKYO
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Overview: LOGIS-TECH TOKYO is held every two years. It is the largest professional logistics exhibition in Asia and the only logistics exhibition in Japan. During the exhibition, many of the latest products and services such as forklifts, storage systems, pallets, conveyors, trolleys, casters, containers, third-party logistics rationalization management, and software gathered together. Japan has a huge market for logistics equipment consumption, with a total consumption of 440 billion yen.
Exhibitor size: 479 (2,435 booths)
Overseas exhibitors: 29 (37 booths), from 6 countries and regions, of which 80% are Chinese exhibitors
Visitor size: 74,000
Overseas visitors: 2,743, from 37 countries and regions
Size (estimated): 48,000 square meters, 8 exhibition halls
3. CeMAT
Location: Hannover, Germany
Overview of the exhibition: CeMAT is the world’s largest and most influential exhibition in the field of logistics, and has been successfully held for 9 sessions so far. The exhibition brings together the world’s top logistics technology and equipment companies as well as cutting-edge technology, innovative ideas and service concepts in the field of logistics today. In order to adapt to the growing international logistics industry and meet the needs of enterprises to participate in and visit the exhibition, since 2014, the organizer, Hannover Exhibition Company, has changed the exhibition from every three years to every two years. The Hannover International Logistics Exhibition in Germany has become the focus of the international logistics market, providing exhibitors, professional visitors and buyers from all over the world with an international platform to understand the forefront of the industry, learn the latest technologies, and establish exchanges with a large number of industry experts and top planners.
The last exhibition had an area of 72,000 square meters, attracting more than 600 exhibitors from 44 countries and regions, of which 39% were from overseas countries, and the number of visitors reached 53,000. There were 132 Chinese exhibitors in the last exhibition, and the number of exhibitors and area increased significantly compared with previous exhibitions.