More than 1000 companies will exhibit at Analytica 2008, at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, 1-4 April 2008, an increase of almost 20% over the 2006 exhibition
Analytica 2008 surpassed its target four weeks before the beginning of the exhibition: Munich International Trade Fairs is expecting 950 exhibitors - and more than 1000 companies from 34 countries are currently registered.
That corresponds to a nearly 20 percent increase compared to Analytica 2006, which had 847 exhibitors from 32 countries.
If you break down the numbers according to German and international exhibitors, then the number of exhibitors from abroad is some 15 percent higher than the number of German companies, which increased 12 percent compared to the 2006 fair.
Italy, France and Switzerland are the exhibitor nations with the largest increases.
Besides the international companies with their own exhibitors, there will also be several joint exhibits at Analytica 2008 including stands for companies from Great Britain, Spain, the State of Pennsylvania, the Czech Republic and the USA.
For the first time ever, there will also be a China Pavilion.
Analysing the increases according to exhibition segments, the sector for laboratory technology leads with an increase of 31 percent.
This increase reflects growing demand for efficient automation solutions in laboratories.
The sector for biotechnology and the life sciences is up by nine percent, primarily due to the rapidly growing sectors for biosensors, microfluidics and microsystem technology.
There was a 3% increase in the sector for instrumental analysis.
"I am very pleased that Analytica 2008 is so highly regarded among industry representatives.
"It shows that Analytica is living up to its reputation as a leading international exhibition and, as such, is a must for decision-makers and users in laboratories and their customers," said Hans-Joachim Heusler, managing director at Munich International Trade Fairs.
According to Heusler, who is in charge of Analytica, "That is due in part to the related-events programme, which was expanded to include several new elements in 2008.
"For the first time ever, there will be two information forums - the Innovations and Technology Forum and the Business and Markets Forum - where visitors can attend practice-oriented lectures and panel discussions.
"Besides the traditional Job Day on the last day of the fair, 4 April, for the first time ever there will also be a Finance Day, which brings new companies that are searching for capital together with investors so that they can gather information about collaboration and promotion opportunities.
"The fair also features a new training programme that includes about a dozen seminars and workshops: they will cover the latest regulations and guidelines such as Reach and the EU's new Health Claim Regulation on the one hand, and address management aspects such as laboratory performance indicators and lean-lab strategies on the other.
"Another highlight that is very popular among visitors is the Analytica Conference, for which prominent scientists and researchers from around the world travel to Munich.
"They will hold more than 100 lectures that will give visitors a look at the latest basic scientific research and address topics such as nano-analysis and biosensors."
