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The valve industry is looking back on a challenging year ahead of the VALVE WORLD EXPO 2024. As a driving force for innovations and trending topics, the trade fair can set the course for future growth.

AchemAsia is back: from 14 to 16 October 2025, the trade show in Shanghai will once again present itself as the leading platform for the Chinese process industry as well as the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.

The BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues are set to return on November 28, 2024, with a focus on “Urban Water Resilience”. International experts and key decision-makers from research, industry, and policy will converge online to explore pioneering approaches for resilient urban water systems as climate change demands a comprehensive rethinking of grey, blue, and green infrastructure.

The circular economy initiative Circular Valley invited renowned participants from business and politics to a summit on the topic of water at the Wilopark. The Wilo Group provided the appropriate setting for the discussions by hosting the water and sustainability experts at the new market partner meeting centre, the Networking Cube.

The new trade fair for intelligent building technology, FESI – Fiera dell’Edificio Sostenibile e Integrato (Trade Fair for Sustainable and Integrated Construction) – will be held on the exhibition grounds in Bologna between 14 and 16 October 2025. The event will give a comprehensive overview of innovations – from building automation, IoT integration, climate and heating systems, energy management solutions, building security, electrical and lighting systems all the way to smart and vertical mobility.

The 44th edition of Mostra Convegno Expocomfort, to be held from 24 to 27 March 2026, will focus on energy, a key aspect of future innovation and sustainability. The event is introducing a new slogan and logo: Energy is evolving.

EBARA invited Rick Siger, Secretary of the Pennsylvania, USA Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED), and four others to visit and exchange opinions at its Haneda, Japan headquarters on October 10, 2024.

How can construction processes be as climate-neutral as possible in the future? bauma 2025 provides answers to this question in one of its key topics. The world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment will be held in Munich from April 7 to 13, 2025.

Northumbrian Water chief executive Heidi Mottram has told delegates to the UKWIR Annual Conference 2024 that research and innovation will improve outcomes for the water industry in the long-term.

Powerful dynamic forces characterise the markets in which the sanitation, heating and ventilation industry operates. Responsible for this are not only the broad spectrum of subject areas but also the results of political decision making. Now, the world’s leading trade fair for HVAC + Water is reacting to these developments with a new concept, and focusing more than ever before on visitors.