EMO Hannover wants to open itself up to debate

Machine tool trade fair

dpa | Andrea Gillhuber, 21.09.2021, 07:30

EMO Hannover wants to open itself up to debate

The Emo trade fair is an important meeting for the mechanical engineering industry, which is a core sector in Germany. It will be a while before the next edition in Hanover - but the organizers want to use the coronavirus experience and climate debate to introduce some innovations now.

EMO Hannover Relaunch Conference (from left): Dr. Jochen Köckler (Deutsche Messe), Carmen Hentschel, Dr. Wilfried Schäfer (VDW), Carl Martin Welcker (Schütte).

The organizers of EMO Hannover want to open up the leading trade fair for machine tools in Hanover to broader discussions about energy efficiency, CO2 savings and changes in the world of work. "Up to now, the focus has mainly been on customer requirements such as the reliability and quality of the machines," said association representative and EMO General Commissioner Carl Martin Welcker. "These topics are now being supplemented by a socio-political section: how do we as an industry contribute to sustainability, how do we have a say in the future of work and digitalization in production?"

The EMO is held every two years in the capital of Lower Saxony, with the next edition planned for mid-September 2023. A revised concept provides for an extensive online presence before and after the in-person show. The trade fair industry is currently taking a similar approach at a number of other exhibitions, especially after the many cancellations of traditional trade fairs during the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, for example, the world's largest industrial show, the Hannover Messe, was canceled due to the pandemic.

Welcker explained that the general public needed to be more involved - this was also the aim of the IAA Mobility trade fair, which has just ended in Munich. The energy balance of various production technologies plays a key role in the debate in all branches of industry today. "We are obliged to find answers to these issues." The same applies to debates about how work is changing due to machine networking in 'Industry 4.0'. For this reason, representatives of social groups will be more involved in the EMO in future, in addition to trade visitors.

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