The supervisory board of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH headed by its chairman Lord Mayor Thomas Geisel appointed Wolfram Diener (54) the new operative managing director in its meeting on 15 May 2018.

In its meeting of 15 May 2018 the supervisory board of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH headed by its chairman Lord Mayor Thomas Geisel, extended the contract of Werner M. Dornscheidt (64) as President & CEO until 30 June 2020.

Now that exhibitor registrations for MEDICA 2018 have opened in Düsseldorf, the program planning for the accompanying conferences and forums of the world’s biggest medical trade fair (12 - 15 November) has also been started immediately.

The global economy is flourishing, and with it also leading trade fairs in the wire, cable and tube industries – wire and Tube Düsseldorf. From 16 to 20 April 2018 the two industry heavyweights will open their gates at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre while also celebrating an anniversary.

MEDICAL FAIR INDIA, India's No. 1 Trade Fair for Hospitals, Health Centres and Clinics, impressively continues its rate of growth and keeps pace with the positive trend in the industry.

From Friday German athletes will be competing for Olympic medals at the 23rd Winter Games in the South Korean city of PyeongChang.

The positive feedback received lately from the Russian market and, in particular, from the plastics, rubber and packaging industry as well as the process industries associated with it has now been confirmed very emphatically at the two trade fairs interplastica (the 21st International Plastics and Rubber Trade Fair), and upakovka – Processing and Packaging.

In 2017 the Messe Düsseldorf Group maintained its robust position as one of the most profitable European trade fair companies with its own premises.