The provision of affordable drinking water in top quality is one of the most important tasks of the water sector. To be able to do that, the industry needs continuous innovations in order to maintain the high standards for the future.
With the amended Commercial Waste Ordinance (Gewerbeabfallverordnung) and the law on packaging (Verpackungsgesetz), German industry is facing new challenges. Companies in the waste-disposal and recycling sector are now asking what impetus can be expected in the market and in technology as a result of this new framework.
2017 was the fifth anniversary of IFAT India, and this year the show was more successful than ever before: 6,765 visitors took part in India´s leading trade fair for environmental technology between September 26 and 28. The core issue at the three-day fair was how technology can help master the high volumes of waste and the impact of extreme weather on the subcontinent. On show in Mumbai were tailored solutions for the Indian market.
For the first time as a stand-alone event, IFAT Africa became the hub for environmental technology in Southern Africa. Over 1,800 visitors gathered over three days at the Johannesburg Expo Centre from September 12 to 14, 2017.
IFAT, the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management is further expanding its international network. From 2018, it will be a strategic partner to Fenasan in São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest trade fair for water technologies, which takes place every autumn in the Expo Center Norte.
IFAT India 2017 is gearing up for the start. Three weeks before the event opens, it is clear that India’s leading environmental technology trade fair has grown considerably in terms of the number of exhibitors and space.
From September 12 to 14, 2017, the Johannesburg Expo Centre will once again be the meeting point for the African environmental industry. IFAT Africa, the Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Refuse and Recycling, being held for the second time, has gained more international appeal: Around 65 percent of the exhibitors are from abroad.
In September 2017, the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai will once again be the venue for environmental technologies and solutions tailored specifically to the needs of the Indian market.
Setting an example for climate change – that is the goal of the reforestation project of the environmental technology trade fair IFAT Eurasia. A total of 4,000 trees have been planted in the Balıkesir province, in western Turkey, since February 2017. The IFAT Eurasia Memorial Forest covers an area of 4.5 hectares.
The environmental industry will get together from September 26 to 28, 2017 at IFAT India. At the fifth edition of the trade fair, products and solutions to the subcontinent s most pressing environmental problems will be presented once again in the Bombay Exhibition Centre in the Indian city of Mumbai.
