62nd IAA Commercial Vehicles 2008
25 September - 02 October 2008 in Hanover,
Press Days on 23./24. September
The world's largest commercial vehicle exhibition, covering 275,000 sqm (gross):
The International Motor Show (IAA) is the world's most comprehensive show for the whole industry, which makes it the international platform for all those who develop, manufacture or use commercial vehicles. The IAA presents both light and heavy trucks, vans and buses, trailers and bodies for the most varied transport purposes, suppliers of equipment for workshops and garages, and parts and accessories. A special feature of the International Motor Show (IAA) is the large presence of makers of parts and accessories: 1.218 exhibitors from the supply industry will be presenting their products. Then there are also the logistics suppliers, publishers and service providers, authorities and associations.
While most other trade fairs have had to cope with falling num - bers of visitors, the International Motor Show (IAA) Commercial Vehicles can boast the exact opposite: In the year 2008 the number of visitors went up once again by 12 % to 298,200. The proportion of professional visitors again rose up to 90 %. The greatest rise was seen in the proportion of foreign professional visitors, which again showed a marked increase. 24 % in four came from abroad on working days. This shows that the International Motor Show (IAA) Commercial Vehicles is justified in including the word "international" in its name. It is especially welcome that 79% of the professional visitors have decision-making powers within their companies. In the year 2008 2,289 journalists from 54 countries reported directly from the IAA.
The IAA in figures (data from 2008):
- 2,084 exhibitors, 57 % of which came from abroad, from 48 countries
- 1.218 manufacturers of parts and accessories,
- 214,200 (net) sqm of exhibition space.
- 2,289 journalists from 54 countries.
- 298,200 visitors
- 90 % of which are professional visitors.
- 34 % of the professional visitors were from the automotive industry,
- 79 % of the professional visitors had decision-making powers
- 92 % of the professional visitor from abroad had decision-making powers.
- 94 % of professional visitors will probably be again to Hanover in 2010.
Further information can be obtained from the organizer of the IAA:
German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA),
PO Box 17 05 63 / D-60079 Frankfurt/M.
Westendstrasse 61 / D-60325 Frankfurt/M.,
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 975 07-0, Fax: -305
E-Mail: info@iaa.de, Internet: www.iaa.de
