Harting celebrates record visitor numbers at the Hannover Messe trade fair

Harting has said it is extremely pleased with the course of this year’s Hannover Messe trade fair and with the results achieved.

“Hannover was a tremendously successful event for us,” remarked Dietmar Harting, President/Partner of the technology group.

A new record was set for the number of visitors to the main stand, which was expanded by around 50% to over 1600 m². The number of foreign visitors was extremely high, standing at over 30% and including many Russian delegations and interested parties from China. Russia was the partner country of this year’s trade fair, held in the state capital of Lower Saxony. The trade fair was opened by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The main attraction at the two-storey Harting stand was an Auto ID demo-system which was operated live. The system simulated an intelligent production system of the future in which the products provide the information on their further processing and downstream handling. The scenario covered the entire value-creation chain including order intake, production and delivery to the customer. Harting is a full-range supplier of these individual solutions and a trailblazer in integrated industry in which physical products and information technology converge.

Federal Minister of Economics Philipp Rösler, who was received by Dietmar and Margrit Harting on the second day of the trade fair, showed a strong interest in the demonstration. Other very welcome guests included Bernd Strauch, the mayor of Hannover, Christian Dürr, the president of the FDP faction in Lower Saxony’s state parliament, Dr Wolfram von Fritsch, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Messe, Dr Jochen Köckler, Executive Board member of Deutsche Messe and Oliver Frese, Divisional Director at Deutsche Messe.

Official representatives from the Mühlenkreis district were also present in Hannover, as they are every year, to find out about future-oriented technologies and Harting’s importance to future industry from the district’s largest employer. Dr Ralf Niermann, head of the district authority, and Heinrich Vieker and Bernd Hachmann, the mayors of Espelkamp and Rahden, gained an insight on-location into the latest technological trends and developments at the local company.

In addition to its main stand, Harting also presented its innovations at the Mobil Tec and Wind Energy exhibitions and maintained an over 200 m² stand at the TectoYou initiative for young people. Around 500 school pupils and students accepted Harting’s invitation to Hannover enabling them to discover the fascinating world of technology and the career opportunities and prospects it holds in store.

Harting is one of the very few companies to regularly attend the trade fair in Hannover since its inception in 1947. In fact, Dietmar Harting attended the very first trade fair as a child with his father Wilhelm Harting, the founder of the Harting Technology Group, and has not missed a single event since. This year, Dietmar Harting and Philip Harting, Senior Vice President Connectivity & Networks, participated in a panel debate at the event highlighting the importance and significant value of family-run, medium-sized companies for the German economy.