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ACHEMA 2012 provides global technology summit

The 30th world forum of the process industry set for June 18 to 22 at Messe Frankfurt, Germany will showcase pharmaceutical, chemical, and automation systems.

Bosch machine
Bosch machine

What has 4,000 exhibitors from 50 countries, 180,000 participants from 100 countries, more than 1.5 million sq’ of net exhibition space, and a congress with 900 lectures? This story’s headline reveals the answer: ACHEMA 2012, June 18 to 22 at the Exhibition grounds of Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany.

The 30th edition of the event, which takes place every three years, is touted as a “trend-setting technology summit for chemical engineering, environmental protection, and biotechnology.” Exhibition halls will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day during the show.

ACHEMA 2012’s congress program includes more than 900 diverse, up-to-date lectures reflecting a wide variety of technologies in process industries.

Two months before the start of the flagship event for chemical engineering and biotechnology, show organizers expected slight attendance growth compared to the last event in 2009, which counted 3,767 exhibitors and more than 173,000 participants.

The fastest-growing exhibition groups are measurement, control, and automation, and pharmaceutical, packaging, and storage techniques. China and India show strong growth rates, as do Turkey, South Korea, and some Eastern European countries.

The growth of ACHEMA is driven by the positive development of industries such as chemical, automation, laboratory, and analytical technology, and plant engineering. A second driver for innovation is the gradual shift from fossil to renewable resources. The virtual platform, "BiobasedWorld at ACHEMA" offers a global forum where new scientific findings will be discussed as well as the development of appropriate processing technologies where biotechnology plays a special role. Here is a look at some of the packaging machinery and systems suppliers that will exhibit at the event:

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