The country associated with the contest this year is Japan

Everything is already ready to welcome visitors from around the world who want to reach the German town of Hannover to know everything about the latest developments, issues and trends in the industry. The key issues for the classroom this year are the automation, technologies of energy, industrial subcontracting and services as well as trends for the future.

One of the most important events of the industry at a global level will take place in Hannover from 21 to 25 April. During those days, several fairs (fair international of process automation 'interkama +'); International Industrial Automation Fair 'factory automation'; International monographic exhibition of networked systems for automation of buildings and production 'Industrial building automation'; International trade fair for integrated processes and solutions of TT.II. 'Digital factory'; Fair international on the industry of outsourcing 'subcontrating'; Fair international for the production of renewable and conventional energy, supply, transport and distribution of the 'Energy' energy; International fair of technologies and systems for Pipelines 'pipeline technology' industry; Fair international planning, construction, operation and maintenance of power plants 'power plant technology'; (International fair of Microsystems technology applied and nanotechnologies 'MicroTechnology', as well as market innovations and development 'Research & Technology') will share space in the fair of the German city to make known the most significant developments in the field of industrial automationenergy techniques, industrial subcontracting and services.

External appearance of the premises of the fair in Hanover.

The Hannover Fair is the joint roof of all these international exhibitions that reflect almost the entire range of industrial creation.

In the presentation of this event, carried out the past January 23 in Barcelona, the Director of the Hannover Fair, Wolfgang Pech, commented that with this wide range of possibilities the Hall aims to "help the industrial sector to open up new markets".

Wolfgang Pech presented to the media the contents of the fair of Hannover 2008.

To the representative of the German Hall, the Hannover trade fair is a meeting point to establish business worldwide because it promotes exports and goes in search of new markets. Not in vain, much of the event attendees are decision makers who 'used' the fair to learn and make decisions in the future. Also, they allow that the fair becomes a thermometer and initiator of the juncture because open new perspectives and are given specific impulses in the industrial sectors.

Pech expressed its desire to retain the same level of visitors of the last year totalled 240,000 (95 per cent of which were professional), of which 30 percent were international visitors from countries like IndiaTurkey, United Kingdom, Italy, France, among others.

The Spanish participation in Hannover 2008

The Spanish Association of manufacturers exporters of electric and electronic equipment (Amec Amelec) is coordinating for the twenty-eighth consecutive Edition grouped participation of Spanish companies the eléctrico-electrónica sector in the trade fair in Hanover.

Circutor, S.A.; Cirprotec, S.L.; City Electric, S.A.; Disibeint Electronic, S.L.; Electricfor, S.A.; Euro SMC; HES Hazemeyer, S.A.; Iberian Aparellajes, s.l.; I. electrical Division, S.A., industries Electrical Systems, S.A.; International Capacitors, S.A.; Polylux, S.L.; Pronutec, S.A.; Releco, S.A.; Relequick, S.A.; Resistance butt, S.A.; RTR energy, S.L.; SACI-S.A. of industrial buildings; Sofamel, S.A.; Uriarte Elektro, S.A. are some of the Spanish companies that have already confirmed their participation in the Hall of Hannover 2008 and that can display to the world their products, machinery and services.

AMEC Amelec is part of the multisectoral partnership of companies (Amec), private entity of national character that promotes more than 38 years Spanish exports of industrial goods for different economic sectors. AMEC associated with more than 400 companies.

During his presentation to the media, Wolfgang Pech flailed the different sections of the fair with particular emphasis on the most novel aspects like space 'tectoyou' (program of activities and intended for the public information younger and that it was opened in the last edition.) (Aims to enthuse young people by the technology and capture this way professional replacement for trades and technical subjects); the Salon 'Power Plant Technology' (international fair of planning, construction, exploitation and maintenance of electric power stations) and the presentation of the 'Mobile Robots and autonomous systems' section.

Associated country: Japan

Japan is the partner country of the Hanover fair of this year. As an innovative country sharply focused on technologies for the future, Japan has chosen the fair 'Research & Technology' in the 2 Pavilion as a central location for your presentation as a country associated to the event. Other central areas, as well as research and development, are robotic factory automation, energy technologies, environmental technology, fuel cells as well as micro and nanotechnology.

A highlight of Hanover 2008 is the Summit of business Germano-Nipona with high level representatives from politics and economy of both countries.

Before Japan, partner countries were Turkey (2007), India (2006) and Russia (2005).