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Messe Essen GmbH
Essen · Germany
Dates & Figures
MESSE ESSEN is one of the most highly frequented fair companies in Germany. With an exhibition area of 110,000 m², Essen is Germany's ninth largest fair venue. The Essen fair programme contains 11 international leading fairs. With around one dozen leisure fairs, Essen is the leader in this sector. And the foreign fair programme is being increasingly expanded.
Operating figures 2011
Fairs
36 different fairs and exhibitions –therefrom 7 satelliteexhibitions in foreign countries
Visitors
1,5 Mio visitors from 140 nations
Exhibitors
14,000 exhibitors from 80 nations. 29% of the exhibitors come from foreign countries
Occupied exhibition area
1,0 Mio qm
Fairdays
112
More key figures
- 50 fairs in the programme, of which 11 satellite events abroad
- 12 international leading fairs
- About 20 guest events
- 110,000 m² of exhibition area
- 20,000 m² of outdoor area
- 18 fair halls plus Galeria
- Around 12,000 parking spaces
- 27 congress rooms for up to 1,000 people
- Grugahalle for up to 10,000 people
- Over 6,000 accredited journalists per year
- Foreign representatives and project partners in 48 countries