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As one of the world's leading exhibitions and business barometer for the sheet metalworking industry, the show offers its audience a comprehensive insight into the prevailing technological trends and economic situation. Currently the economic outlook for the industry sector is cautiously positive. Despite some uncertainty due to the global economic situation and the currency crisis in the Eurozone, the sheet metalworking industry presents itself as stabilised and confident.

A total of 1,516 exhibitors from 38 countries have already booked a net exhibition space of 85,000m² at EuroBLECH 2012. Compared to the previous event in 2010, this is an increase of 4% in exhibitor numbers and of 8% in exhibition space. A total of 61.500 trade visitors from all over the world attended the previous show.

Featuring a wealth of live machine demonstrations, EuroBLECH is the ideal event for sheet metalworking professionals to find smart solutions and the right equipment for their companies. With this year's theme ‘For a sustainable future', EuroBLECH places a special focus on energy efficient technology, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes and intelligent use of material.

“Major developments in sheet metalworking relate to lightweight construction and processing of hybrid structures,” explained exhibition director, Nicola Hamann on behalf of the organiser, Mack Brooks Exhibitions. “To reflect this development, the processing of sheetmetal/plastic hybrid structures has now been included in the EuroBLECH exhibition profile that covers the complete sheet metalworking technology chain.”

Increasing global business in the industry means that the percentage of international participation at the show has gone up again: 49% of this year's exhibitors come from outside Germany and Asia and the Americas have now become an inherent part of the exhibition. Italy, China, Turkey, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, France, Taiwan, the UK and the US are the largest exhibitor countries after Germany.

EuroBLECH 2012 covers eight halls of the Hannover exhibition grounds. Clearly structured, the exhibition's layout shows the entire sheet metal working technology chain from sheetmetal, semi-finished and finished products and handling technology, through to forming technology, tube/section working, machine elements and components and tooling.

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