This year's SPS IPC Drives was not quite able to match the visitor numbers of the record year 2015. However, compared to 2014 - also an Electronica and Vision year - the trade fair did very well again this year.

523 companies from 44 countries were represented at SPS IPC Drives 2016 alongside Germany. According to Mesago, this confirmed the "strong international position of SPS IPC Drives". A total of 1601 exhibitors (2015: 1668) showcased their electrical automation products on 122,200^m2. The figures for SPS IPC Drives 2016 compared to the previous year's trade fairs:

First exhibitor comments on SPS IPC Drives 2016:

Peter Früauf from VDMA Electrical Automation: "SPS IPC Drives 2016 was a great success for the companies represented in the VDMA, as desired and hoped for. You meet the right people here, the people who are at the machine, the people who are responsible for production on the shop floor."

Gunther Koschnick from ZVEI was particularly struck by the fact that cooperation between the "store floor" and "office floor" could be seen on many stands. "The vision of Industry 4.0 was demonstrated here in concrete, marketable solutions with direct benefit transfer."

Dr. Steffen Haack from Bosch Rexroth is very satisfied with the response at the trade fair: "SPS once again confirms its appeal and internationality. Industry 4.0 is very tangible here, very practicable and leads to concrete customer projects for us."

Andrey Nikishin from Kaspersky Lab was at SPS IPC Drives for the first time. "We are very impressed by the size of this trade fair and its highly qualified audience. We met people from all over the world - from Korea to Mexico, from India to Brazil. We can reach most regions of the world from one place."