The world's most comprehensive and most inspiring event for the chemical process industries, ACHEMA , will be opening its doors again in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from June 15 to19 to become the focal point of the global industry.
As the global process industry is looking forward with high expectations to the upcoming event, on a roughly 132,000 m² of exhibition , nearly 3,800 exhibitors will be showcasing their products, technologies and expertise targeted at chemical production and the pharmaceutical and food processing industries with 170,000 attendees from more than 100 countries.
The undisputed flagship trade show, organized triennially, is all at once the world forum for chemical engineering and the process industry; innovations' platform and technology summit; trend-setting meeting point; take-off for investment decisions and international network of experts and executives.
The event provides a unique opportunity to discover the latest innovations in business, materials, advanced materials, composites, biotechnology, chemistry, environmental protection, laboratory, measurement, instrumentation and quality assurance at this critical forum.
Says Dr. Thomas Scheuring, CEO of DECHEMA Exhibitions,“since its launch in 1920, ACHEMA has become the undisputed flagship event for the chemical process industry. In today’s highly competitive trade show market , this is an enormously valuable asset. It’s a privilege and at the same time, it’s also an obligation for us as the event’s organizers."
"We don’t consider ACHEMA being just a trade show. We consider it as the central communication hub for our target groups, and a great platform to connect the who-is-who in chemical engineering and biotechnology from all over the world.
Central aim of this platform is to stimulate personal encounters and to inspire technological progress in our discipline."
For the first time ACHEMA is training the spotlight on three major themes: Process Analytical Technology (PAT), industrial water engineering and biobased production. Other areas, from laboratory and analytical techniques to packaging machinery, from pumps, valves and fittings to the complete range of process engineering through to plant engineering and construction, will also come into their own.
In 2015 for the first time, exhibitors from abroad are expected to be in the majority at ACHEMA. The list of top trends at the show includes system and process modularization and automation, energy and resource efficiency and integrated process development. All of this requires networking between different industries and technologies. The ACHEMA App and ACHEMA Partnering platforms provide an ideal networking environment.
In selecting three focal topics, ACHEMA has identified some main threads which will run through all of the exhibitor groups. Innovative process analytical technology, industrial water management and the BiobasedWorld platform for the bio-based industry and biotechnology are themes which will appear at various points in the exhibition and congress. The special publications, markings and ACHEMA App provided by the organizers contain background information and act as orientation aids to assist visitors who have a special interest in these topics.
System and process modularization and automation will be a major theme common to all exhibitor groups, from lab technology to packaging.
Energy and resource efficiency including industrial water management is another key topic which remains on the agenda and leads further down the road to process integration. Heat and raw material recovery and closed-loop processing create the need for holistic analysis and design of energy, material and heat flows right from the start.
Current registrations reflect the increasingly international character of the event. For the first time, more than 50 per cent of exhibitors will come from outside the country. The largest foreign contingents are from China and Italy which are competing for second place (behind Germany) in the exhibitor number rankings. The US, the UK, India, Switzerland and France are next on the list. There is also a big increase in the number of exhibitors from Taiwan, Turkey and Spain. Exhibitors from 55 countries in total will take part in the world process industry forum.
The biggest increase is in the pharmaceutical, packaging and storage technology exhibitor group which has literally outgrown Hall 3 and has now spread to the Forum and the Agora Pavilion. Pumps, compressors, valves and fittings is still definitely the largest exhibitor group, highlighting ACHEMA’s role as the world’s biggest show for this sector. The instrumentation, automation and control technology group is also bigger this time around, which is hardly surprising given the increasing importance of automation.
Around 800 talks will be given at the ACHEMA Congress, providing a window on future innovation again in 2015. The list of major topics will include materials, biorefineries and “conventional” process technology.
DECHEMA in partnership with the high-tech start-up fund, Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain and other sponsors and supporters have launched a special initiative targeted at the exhibitors of tomorrow. The ACHEMA Start-Up Award will be presented for the first time, giving budding entrepreneurs and start-up companies in the fields of instrumentation/analytical technology, energy and industrial biotechnology the opportunity to project their profile to the international trade public. Nine ideas have been chosen and will be on display for the whole week at the Start-Up Award booth in Hall 9.2. The winners in the three categories will be announced at the opening session at 11 A.M. on June 15.
Representation at ACHEMA reflects the general economic trends in its core industries, such as mechanical and plant engineering and the chemical industry, which despite the turbulent international environment are maintaining a steady presence.
These industries have a particularly international base and continue to be hard-wired for growth, with the shale gas boom in the US and the continuing industrial rise of India and China reflected in national exhibitor contingents. But many exhibitors from European countries, such as Spain and the UK, are also taking the opportunity to be represented in the international market.
The organizers are also committed to promoting the sharing of information and ideas between users and providers using new formats. In 2015 the show will be supplemented for the first time by PRAXISforums.
The PRAXISforums are a new format which places some of the themes closer to “their” exhibition halls, giving exhibitors and visitors the opportunity to initiate a dialogue and providing a first-hand look at the items on display at the stands.
The PRAXISforums tackle subjects such as single-use technologies, pharmaceutical production, components and equipment, mixing and separation systems, safety and plant monitoring. New developments from working practice are showcased here in brief presentations in close proximity to the relevant exhibition halls.