IFAT reschedules to September

IFAT reschedules to September
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Messe has postponed IFAT 2020 from early May to Sept. 7-11 in light of the increasing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe. The company says it has made the decision based on the recommendations of the German Ministry of Health and the Bavarian State Government and in consultation with the executive board of the exhibitors’ advisory board.

“Under the given circumstances, opening IFAT in May would not be justifiable towards our customers, in particular from a medical and economic perspective,” says Stefan Rummel, managing director of Messe München who is responsible for IFAT. “Now, we are looking forward to host a successful IFAT 2020 in September jointly with the industry.”

The company says in deciding to postpone the event, it took into account many exhibitors’ responses. Johannes F. Kirchhoff, chairman of the exhibitors’ advisory board, its executive board and managing partner of the Kirchhoff Group, says: “The conceptual partners of IFAT support the postponement of IFAT 2020. Based on the current situation, we estimate that the willingness of exhibitors and visitors to take part in the event is increasingly declining. Many companies have massively tightened the travel conditions for their employees, in addition to the personal insecurity of the individual and the unpredictability of further developments, jeopardizing the success of the trade fair in May. At the same time, the importance of IFAT for the entire industry is so great that we do not want to take this risk.”

IFAT’s partners are the Federal Association of the German Waste, Water and Raw Materials Management Industry; the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water; the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste; the German Municipal Vehicles and Equipment Industry Association; the German Engineering Federation; and the German Association of Local Utilities.

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Source: Recycling Today
IFAT reschedules to September
<![CDATA[Messe has postponed IFAT 2020 from early May to Sept. 7-11 in light of the increasing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe. The company says it has made the decision based on the recommendations of the German Ministry of Health and the Bavarian State Government and in consultation with the executive board of the exhibitors’ advisory board.“Under the given circumstances, opening IFAT in May would not be justifiable towards our customers, in particular from a medical and economic perspective,” says Stefan Rummel, managing director of Messe München who is responsible for IFAT. “Now, we are looking forward to host a successful IFAT 2020 in September jointly with the industry.”The company says in deciding to postpone the event, it took into account many exhibitors’ responses. Johannes F. Kirchhoff, chairman of the exhibitors’ advisory board, its executive board and managing partner of the Kirchhoff Group, says: “The conceptual partners of IFAT support the postponement of IFAT 2020. Based on the current situation, we estimate that the willingness of exhibitors and visitors to take part in the event is increasingly declining. Many companies have massively tightened the travel conditions for their employees, in addition to the personal insecurity of the individual and the…