Achema

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The Achema (proper spelling ACHEMA for A usstellungstagung for chem Steam A pparatewesen ) is the world's largest trade fair of the process industry for chemical engineering , process engineering and biotechnology with around 170,000 visitors and several thousand international exhibitors. It is organized every three years on the grounds of the Frankfurt trade fair by the DECHEMA association and the “Dechema exhibition GmbH”.

The first Achema took place in Hanover in 1920 . Since 1989 "AchemAsia" has also been held in Beijing every three years . "AchemAmerica" ​​was held in Mexico City in 2002 and 2005 .

Key figures (selection)

1952

The 10th Achema, which was submitted by 575 exhibitors from Germany and abroad, took place from May 18 to 25, 1952 in Frankfurt am Main . University institutes were represented as exhibitors for the first time .

1976

According to the organizer, the 18th Achema took place from June 20 to 26, 1976 with a total of 2,278 exhibitors. 717 exhibitors came from abroad, most of them from Switzerland (132 exhibitors), Great Britain (122) and France (97).

The exhibition was structured according to the following subject areas and aspects:

2006

According to the organizer, the 28th Achema took place from May 15th to 19th, 2006 with a total of 3,880 exhibitors. The share of foreign exhibitors was 44.4%, most of them from Italy , Great Britain , Switzerland , the USA , France and the Netherlands .

The following specialist areas were represented:

2009

The 29th fair took place from May 11th to 15th, 2009 with 3,767 exhibitors (46.6% of them from abroad) and approx. 173,000 visitors.

2012

The 30th Achema from June 18 to 22, 2012 with 3,773 exhibitors recorded around 166,447 visitors.

Exhibition groups were

A special show dealt with energy sources and energy storage . In addition, around 900 specialist lectures were given.

2015

Achema 2015 took place from June 15 to 19, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main with the main topics industrial water technology, process analysis and bio-based production. With 3813 exhibitors, more than 166,000 trade visitors were reached. 54 percent of the exhibitors came from abroad.

2018

Achema 2018 took place from June 11 to 15, 2018 in Frankfurt am Main. With 3737 exhibitors, a slightly lower number of around 145,000 trade visitors was achieved compared to the previous event. The foreign share of exhibitors increased again slightly to 56%.

Research institutions

In addition to the industrial fair, there are areas for scientific exhibitors from universities and research institutions .

price

The Dechema awards a prize for science journalism at the fair .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Achema 2012: Rush of trade visitors and young people , Thüringische Landeszeitung , June 21, 2012
  2. Heckmann, W .: Von der Achema X. In: Z. VDI Vol. 95, No. 9 of March 21, 1953. pp. 274-276
  3. 18th Exhibition and Conference for Chemical Apparatus. In: Dust - cleanliness. Air . 36, No. 12, 1976, ISSN  0949-8036 , pp. 475-481.
  4. a b c Final report of ACHEMA 2012 ( memento of July 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Achema, accessed on March 3, 2014
  5. Preview ACHEMA 2015 ( Memento from May 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. Over 166,000 visitors to Achema 2015. chemietechnik.de, June 20, 2015, accessed on May 13, 2016 .
  7. Review ACHEMA 2015. VDMA , June 25, 2015, accessed on May 13, 2016 .
  8. Final report ACHEMA 2018. (No longer available online.) Dechema.de, July 11, 2018, archived from the original on October 5, 2018 ; accessed on October 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.achema.de