After seeing record-breaking numbers in 2011, the parts2clean Event was looking for another big turnout this year, and they got it, according to a report from the event.
The 10th anniversary show, held in Stuttgard, hosted 4,388 people from 39 different countries, bringing concrete tasks along with them and providing 230 exhibitors with leads, qualified project RFQs, and contract conclusions.
Held for the first time in both English and German, the expert forum had a record 1,765 visitors attend.
The number of visitors actually decreased from a year ago by 8%, but many of the exhibitors expressed that it did not hinder their networking experience.
“parts2clean 2012 was even better than the event in 2011,” says Hannelore Bloss, sales Arcotest GmbH, in the report. “We were able to pick up lots of new customers from a wide variety of industry sectors, for example optics, medical engineering, plastics processing, metalworking, and the automotive industry. And we’re maintaining good business relations with customers we gained at the trade fair in previous years.”
Despite an overall fall in attendance this year, the report from the show says that nearly 65% of the visitors came for the first time, and 21% came from outside Germany, leading many exhibitors to make new contacts.
“parts2clean isn’t just a trade fair, it’s a network. You have the opportunity of meeting here with numerous partners, exchanging ideas and supporting each other mutually,” says Nathalie Etienne, director of marketing and communication at Weber Ultrasonics GmbH.
As a result of discussions with visitors, trends in industrial cleaning technology also became apparent. For example, more and more emphasis is being placed on the issues of residual contamination and the evaluation of targeted cleanliness. In addition to controlling particulate cleanliness, the monitoring of film-like residual contamination is also becoming more and more significant in this respect. User requirements are headed towards automated cleanliness inspection in this area.
“We presented a solution for inline cleanliness inspection in accordance with VDA 19 at parts2clean, which met with great interest”, says Gaudenz Groén from marketing at Dürr Ecoclean GmbH. A further trend towards increasing interest in cleaning with solvents is becoming apparent as well. “A solvent renaissance appears to be taking place in many applications which demand high quality, precision cleaning”, concludes Steffen Säcker, business manager at Safechem Europe GmbH.