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• CERAMITEC to take place again in spring in 2012
• Sections on 'Technical Ceramics' and 'Advanced Ceramics' to be expanded
  

The new dates for CERAMITEC 2012 have been fixed: The 12th International Trade Fair for Machinery, Equipment, Plants, Processes and Raw Materials for CERAMICS and POWDER METALLURGY takes place from 22 to 25 May 2012 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. These spring dates tie in again with CERAMITEC 2006.
 
"CERAMITEC is an innovations platform for the entire spectrum of the ceramics industry. This concept has convinced the sector and encouraged an increasing number of firms to take part in the fair, even in the recession year of 2009. As such CERAMITEC has further underlined its leading role," said Eugen Egetenmeir, a member of the Management Board of Messe München GmbH.
 
Despite the economic crisis CERAMITEC 2009 succeeded in attracting a total of 656 companies from 35 countries, which represents an increase over the previous time the fair was held (2006: 612 exhibitors). In 2009 the fair also drew around 15,000 trade visitors from 84 countries. The international proportion was almost 60 percent. After Germany, the country from which the largest contingent of participants (exhibitors and visitors) came was Italy.
 
Alongside coverage of the traditional ceramic areas, the sections on 'Technical Ceramics' and 'Advanced Ceramics' will be further expanded for CERAMITEC 2012, in order to present to exhibitors and visitors an even broader product portfolio.
 
Further information on CERAMITEC 2012: www.ceramitec.de
 
CERAMITEC
CERAMITEC, the 12th International Trade Fair for Machinery, Equipment, Plant, Processes and Raw Materials for CERAMICS and POWDER METALLURGY, will take place at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre from 22 to 25 May 2012. Since its premiere in 1979 CERAMITEC has developed into the world’s leading trade fair for the ceramic industry. CERAMITEC 2009 attracted 656 exhibitors from 35 countries and approx. 15,000 visitors from 84 countries. Statistics for CERAMITEC are checked by the independent auditors Ernst & Young AG contracted by the Gesellschaft zur Freiwilligen Kontrolle von Messe- und Ausstellungszahlen (Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics).
 
Messe München International (MMI)
Messe München International (MMI) is one of the world’s leading trade-fair companies. It organises around 40 trade fairs for capital and consumer goods, and key high-tech industries. Each year over 30,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, and over two million visitors from more than 200 countries take part in the events in Munich. In addition, MMI organises trade fairs in Asia, Russia, the Middle East and South America. With six subsidiaries abroad – in Europe and in Asia – and with 64 foreign representatives actively serving over 90 countries, MMI has a truly global network. Environmental protection and sustainability are key priorities in all MMI´s operations, at home and abroad.
 
 
Press contacts:
Sabine Wagner, CERAMITEC 2012 Press Officer
Marketing & Communication, Capital Goods
Tel.: (+49 89) 949-20246, Fax: (+49 89) 949-20249
e-mail: sabine.wagner@messe-muenchen.de
 
Bettina Schenk, CERAMITEC 2012 Press Officer
Marketing & Communication, Capital Goods
Tel.: +49 89 / 9 49-20243, Fax: +49 89 / 9 49-20249
e-mail: bettina.schenk@messe-muenchen.de
 
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