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On March 30, 2019, the third edition of IFAT Eurasia held at the Istanbul Expo Centre (IFM) in Turkey ended. The environmental technology fair convinced with its strong internationality: the 10,467 trade visitors came from 84 countries (2017: 68 countries) to find out about trends in the water, sewage, waste and recycling sectors. Compared to the previous edition, the international participation has increased by 60 percent when compared with the last edition and reached to 16 percent in the total visitors.

In just a few days, bauma, the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment, will open its gates for the 32nd time. From April 8 to 14, 2019, around 3,700 exhibitors will present their latest products and innovations, as well as their biggest and heaviest machines in Munich.

On 9 April 2019, the international water community comes together at Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften for the BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues 2019 titled Inspired by Nature: Combining Natural and Engineered Systems in Water Management. The conference is hosted in cooperation with the Horizon 2020 project AquaNES.

Ebara Corporation held Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Fund Pump Technology Seminar over two days on February 21 and 22, 2019 at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. More than twenty of such seminars have been held in Cambodia so far.

ISH, the world’s leading trade fair for HVAC + Water, once again gave an impressive demonstration of its importance for German and international visitors and exhibitors. Achieving the climate targets is only possible by interconnecting systems and trades. With innumerable solutions, the global meeting place generated a plethora of fresh and future-oriented impulses.

What does sustainable waste and water management for Eurasia look like? What is the role of energy recovery in a circular economy? How can we prevent plastic waste to be released into the eco-systems? Experts will discuss these and a number of other issues on the occasion of IFAT Eurasia 2019 held at Istanbul Expo Centre (IFM) from March 28 to March 30.

A new logic of HVAC systems design is underway, as a comprehensive framework in which products, solutions, and systems integrate themselves in terms of energy efficiency, saving and respect for the environment. The change will be at the very heart of the new floor plan for MCE – Mostra Convegno Expocomfort 2020, scheduled for 17 – 20 March 2020 at Fiera Milano.

AchemAsia 2019 is setting new standards. Three months before the opening of the event on 21 May 2019 in Shanghai, the booked exhibition space already exceeds the final count of the 2016 event.

H.E. Julius Georg Luy, German Ambassador to Egypt and Eng. Mamdouh Raslan, Chairman of the Egyptian Holding Company for Water and Wastewater welcomed over 160 participants to the 1st Egyptian-German Water Partnership Day in Cairo on the 5th of February 2019.

The recent Chem Show Business Outlook Survey distributed to professionals across the Chemical Process Industry (CPI), including chemical and processing manufacturers, equipment suppliers, engineers and plant managers, indicates growth in business prospects and sales throughout 2019.