22 Spanish companies will participate in Hannover 2004

"The big winners are the automation of processes and the production sectors" said Sepp D. Heckmann, Member of the Board of Deutschee Messe AG, responsible for the trade fair in Hanover. For his part, Martin Büllesbach, communication director for the Consortium ABB AG Mannheim, who comes from years ago to Factory Automation, is convinced of the success of the event: 'the integration of the Interkama as a new sign key at the Hannover Fair'the largest and most comprehensive industrial presentation of the world, consider it as a very important and successful step. "That Hanover and Düsseldorf have decided to make this common way, suits of full participants and customers thinking".

Presents trends, technologies and newest solutions, electrotécnicas and electronic, for example of technologies for control, measurement and regulation, sensors, industrial communication, or construction of machinery (robotics, Assembly and handling or processing of images between other sectors). The next Edition integrates three forums to analyse part interdisciplinary themes of automation in the industry. The "Forum Factory Automation", in cooperation with the industrial magazine "MM-Das industriemagazie", presents trends and solutions oriented applications for the various sectors of automation technologies. Other forums are engaged in the sector "Industrial communication" and "metric technology, sensor systems".

"In the framework of Research & Technology is celebrated for the first time the International Congress Bionik 2004 - International Conference", at the Convention Center (CC). Foreign and German specialists will try to present this sector approaches to the future-oriented. This Act will be integrated into the collective stand Bionik, organized already for the fourth time in the sample market Research & Technology.

As another supply more, an international platform has been established tech-transfer, which exhibitors and visitors have access throughout the year. Numerous entities of research and institutes in situ present their current work that can be turned into promising products in the coming years. The Fraunhofer - Gesellscahft entity also bet the next year among others, by the sector of the simulation. Here will be treated first and foremost the virtual manufacturing and production processes.

For several years the companies opt for your computer and optimize the design and development of their products prior to production, a way of saving costs and time. The challenges include also, according to Franz Miller, spokesman for the press of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Munich entity, simulation of constructive parts of new side. There is great demand for products of magnesium and new lightweight materials.

With approximately 1,600 exhibitors from about 50 countries, this international subcontracting fair will reflect, in halls 2 and 4 all the values of the industry chain. Pavilion 3 exclusively show solutions such as the "theme park for the construction of vehicles", Congress "Intelligent systems for building light", "The center of innovation engineering materials" or the "Presentación special magnesium". Special engineering technologies will present the Group of exhibitors framed in "world of solutions".

According to data from the Federal Ministry for the environment, only in 2001 moved into Germany 8.2 billion euros in the renewable energy sector. The largest share belongs to wind energy with 3,300 million euros (40 percent), followed by the biomass with 2,450 million euros (29.7 per cent), and hydro-electric power with 1.2 billion euro (14.5 per cent). Solar energy is couple with a nearly identical share of EUR 1,150 million (13.9 percent).

For the first time, is celebrated the "Energy" of Hanover in collaboration with the carny company Messe Husum. There will be a section of its own for "HUSUMwind" in Hall 13, a collective stand with integral offers in the Energy and the "forum for export with lectures and discussions concerning energy wind complemented the programme of the theme park." In the future, the exhibition "husumwind" will cooperate with Energy in two-year cycle, in odd-numbered years will continue to be held in the town of Husum independently so far. Both companies also organized "husumwind" within the framework of "Energy Asia" in November 2004 in Shanghai.

A highlight of "energy" is the international meeting for companies "green ventures" in 2004 already celebrates its seventh edition. This event traditionally organized by the Chamber of industry and Commerce of Potsdam, was earlier held in that city and also in the 2002 Asia Energy. As of 2004, "green ventures" will take place in context of the key world fair of technology, innovation and automation. During the fair of Hannover a thematic evening presentation on 19 is planned and a bag of cooperation, 20.

Within the framework of the fair is scheduled the holding of the Congress (I) specialized European of all surface treatment technologies. "The power of Surfaces" will take place on 22 and 23 April 2004 and will address all aspects of the treatment technologies to applications. The Congress includes more than 40 papers and discussion forums, is aimed especially at users of paintings of different industrial sectors. Two parallel parts of the Congress will be devoted to the needs of European industry of coatings, covering the entire range of surface treatment technologies.

The agenda for talks covers from pretreatment to tips to get and equipment and modern application equipment.

The Organization of the Congress is provided by Vincentz Network of Hannover, in collaboration with the European Confederation of associations of manufacturers of paints, inks print and colours for artists (ECE), the German society of treatment research (DFO and V.) surfacesas well as the European society of painting technology (EGL e.V.).

New data from the delegation in Spain:

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