Within the coming thirty years, the population in Africa is predicted to double to around 2.5 billion people. The continent’s environmental problems thus will further increase. Adequate waste treatment and disposal are a top priority: according to a World Bank report released in September, waste generation in sub-Saharan Africa will triple by 2050.
Messe München expands its network of environmental technology shows in China: starting next year, it will be represented with a third IFAT event in the Middle Kingdom. As solution platform for the western region of China, IE expo Chengdu will be held for the first time from June 27 to 29, 2019 at the Western China International Expo City in the 15-million city of Chengdu.
Relieving landfills, winning drinking water, making greater use of waste water—from October 15 to 17, at IFAT India 2018 in Mumbai, the environmental technology industry devoted itself to the challenges of the Indian subcontinent. The focus was on water, sewage, solid waste and recycling. The record attendance of 7,441 visitors (2017: 6,765) proves: the demand for environmental solutions in India is increasing.
From October 15 to 17, 2018, IFAT India will open its doors for the sixth time already. The environmental sector will use the around 12,000 square meters of exhibition space of the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai to maintain and establish contacts to the Indian market.
India currently experiences the worst water crisis in its history. And the demand for the vital resource will continue to rise. With a share of 79 percent, farming still is India’s largest consumer of water. However, the industry catches up: while the industrial sector accounted for five percent of the total of 634 billion cubic meters of water, the demand will quadruple by 2030 according to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).
The right contacts and a good network are essential in the world of business. To help exhibitors and visitors establish precisely matching business contacts, IFAT India 2018 for the first time offers the Buyer Seller Forum to have meetings arranged prior to the event.
To overcome the water crisis in South Africa, IFAT Africa and the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) will launch a cooperation venture as of June 24, 2018. The aim of the cooperation is to forge ahead with drinking water production, water supply and wastewater treatment in the drought-plagued country by means of professional know-how and appropriate technologies.
Filtering of microplastics, more effective recycling of plastics and the digital transformation of the entire industry: for five days, the world’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies IFAT revolved around the issues of the management of water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. The industry’s products are in rising demand all over the world.
Innovation and growth – these are fields in which Turkey, the host country of IFAT Eurasia 2019, is making its mark. Date and location of the trade fair’s third edition have now been determined: Eurasia’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies will take place March 28 through 30, 2019, once again at the Istanbul Expo Centre (IFM).
More than 3,100 exhibitors and over 135,000 visitors are expected to attend IFAT from May 14 to 18, 2018. But the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Waste and Raw Materials Management held at Munich’s exhibition center offers much more than great figures: its extensive supporting program that comprises panel discussions, specialist presentations and live demonstrations will examine future topics of the environmental technology sector at expert level.
