1. Hannover Messe
Overview of the exhibition: The exhibition is the world’s largest, most influential and representative industrial exhibition, and is the world’s top professional trade exhibition. The exhibition is held annually and was founded in 1947, with a history of 72 years. The Hannover Messe brings together technologies from various industrial fields, leads the innovation and development of the world’s industry, and is the “barometer of world industrial development”. German Chancellor Merkel attaches great importance to this exhibition and attends the opening ceremony with the heads of state of partner countries every year, which greatly increases the political participation of the exhibition. In 2019, the exhibition attracted 6,500 exhibitors from 75 countries, with an exhibition area of 220,000 square meters, of which Chinese companies had an exhibition area of 22,000 square meters and 1,400 exhibitors, once again setting a record for the highest number of international exhibitors. Among the 215,000 visitors to the exhibition, 40% came from abroad.
2. Thailand International Machinery Manufacturing Exhibition
Overview of the exhibition: The exhibition is held annually in Bangkok, Thailand. It has been successfully held for 27 sessions so far. It is the most influential industrial manufacturing exhibition in Thailand, and its exhibition scale is also second to none in Southeast Asia. The exhibition covers six major topics: plastic machinery, mold manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, assembly and automation, surface treatment and spraying, and industrial electronics. The exhibition is highly professional and the technical level is representative, reflecting the level of development of Asian machinery manufacturing and mechanical equipment. In 2019, the exhibition had 96,000 merchants from 109 countries to visit and negotiate, and 270 business delegations from 13 countries visited the exhibition; there were 2,200 exhibitors from 25 countries and regions participating in the exhibition, with an exhibition area of 56,000 square meters. Among them, the Chinese exhibition group has an exhibition area of more than 3,000 square meters, with more than 280 exhibitors. Internationally renowned companies such as KAWASAKI, NACHI, HITACHI, MITSUBISHI, KUKA, SCHNELDER, ABB, HIWIN, OMRON, IAI, EPSON, PNEUMAX, and BECKHOFF all participated in the exhibition.
In addition, in recent years, industrial exhibitions in the “Belt and Road” region have also attracted many Chinese companies to participate, including: Vietnam (Hanoi) International Industrial Exhibition, Turkey International Industrial Exhibition, Indonesia International Machinery Manufacturing Exhibition, Iran International Industrial Fair, India International Industrial Automation Exhibition, Pakistan International Industrial Exhibition, Russia (Yekaterinburg) International Industrial Exhibition.