LIFTjournal 3/2020

MIT SICHERHEIT ZUVERLÄSSIG! VERTIKALE KABINENTÜR VKT 2019 VERTICAL CAR DOOR VKT 2019 Siepe GmbH & Co. KG Landwehr 10-12 D-59969 Hallenberg Tel.: +49 (0) 29 84 929 92-810 Fax: +49 (0) 29 84 929 92-9 tueren @ siepe.de www.siepe.de Sicher: - Nachträglicher Kabinenabschluss Optimal: - Minimale Einbaumaße Weit: - Zugangsbreite bleibt erhalten Einfach: - Schnelle, unkomplizierte Montage Problemlos: - Integration in die Steuerung Leicht: - Türflügel aus Aluminium (optional) Mustergültig: - Mustergeprüft vom TÜV Süd Despite the Corona crisis: 112 companies have already registered for interlift 2021 just eight weeks after the invitations were despatched. L ockdown!” – Just a few short weeks ago, only a very few people would have under- stood this term. That’s all very different now,” according to the trade fair company AFAG – the organizer of the interlift – in a press release. The Corona crisis had hit the world economy like a bolt from the blue and paralysed not just the economy but everyday life to a considerable ex- tent as well. “And it has robbed the economy of what is essential for entrepreneurial activity: the certainty of being able to plan. However: even if this may still be true for the next few weeks, companies are expecting the situation to improve significantly in 2021, not only in Germany.” This is borne out too by the 112 or so regis- trations for interlift 2021 that reached our pro- ject management team within just eight weeks of attendance documentation being sent out to prospective exhibitors. “The lift industry is counting on its leading international trade fair, which might become more important than ever in these times,” the AFAG stated. SUCCESSFUL INTERLIFT 2019 The interlift 2019 was the most successful interlift since its première in 1991, the AFAG revealed. With an occupied area of 46,500 m², 577 exhibitors from 44 countries and 21,260 trade visitors from 109 countries, it set several new records. As determined by the Gelszus trade fair mar- ket research firm, around 55 percent of guests ca- me from abroad. The proportion of decision- ma- kers among them was again exceptionally high: 88 percent of visitors were involved in investment decisions, 38 percent even pivotally. Their assess- ment of the interlift was correspondingly high: 92 percent of trade visitors were pleased with a very good to satisfactory business result. The survey of exhibitors also revealed an ex- tremely positive picture: 57 percent of companies gave the business outcome of their participation in the fair the marks 1 and 2, 31 percent the mark 3, and “excellent” to “satisfactory” post-fair busi- ness was expected by 92 percent of companies. LAYOUT PLANNING IN AUGUST 2020 At the end of February, exhibitor attendance do- cumentation for the interlift 2021 was sent out. It is also available for download at www.interlift. de/en. Important for all interested exhibitors: the layout planning of the exhibition halls by the pro- ject management teamwill be carried out as early as August 2020. This means that by this time at the latest, the project management should have recei- ved the registration forms to enable them to take into account position requests as far as possible. INTERLIFT TEAM AS CONTACTS Over the last couple of years, project manager Joa- chim Kalsdorf from the organiser AFAG, together with representatives from the technical sponsor, VFA-Interlift e.V., were travelling around the world to present the interlift at all the relevant lift fairs. This was a good opportunity for interested companies to make initial contact with regard to attending an interlift. “Currently, this isn’t of course possible (yet),” according to the interlift press release. But the three interlift representatives – Hanan Wang (China), Angela Vinci (Southern Europe) and Bülent Yilmaz (Turkey, Middle East) – would be available as contacts –just like the proven interlift team of Joachim Kalsdorf, Sandra Geissler and Winfried Forster. “As your reliable partner, we’ll be pleased to answer your queries at any time.”  ⇤ interlift.de/en Die interlift 2019 war die erfolgreichste Messe seit der Premiere im Jahr 1991. / The interlift 2019 was the most successful trade fair since its première in 1991. 51 MESSEN UND VERANSTALTUNGEN  FAIRS AND EVENTS