Trade fair director Robert Schneider draws a satisfactory balance: “With 250 exhibitors, this year’s trade fair was significantly smaller and more compact than in the pre-Corona period. The main reason was the uncertainty due to the Covid restrictions. Trade fairs were officially closed until mid-February. We were able to “We can’t tell the exhibitors when, if and under what conditions the energy saving trade fair can take place. Large companies need six months’ lead time for their trade fair appearances, and international corporations have generally canceled. The uncertainty was simply too great for them!”
But that was just one point. The construction sector currently has full order books, few raw materials and materials and often too few workers. Most companies no longer know how they can still work off their order books in the current year and have therefore deliberately decided not to visit the trade fair.
The start last Friday was already terrific. The number of visitors was only slightly below the level of 2020. “We were also able to look forward to many interested visitors on Saturday. We were around 90 percent of the previous years. That is far above expectations for us!”
No other picture on Sunday. “We were able to continue seamlessly from the previous days. This trade fair is very much in vogue, and we will not run out of topics in the years to come. The boom will not let up,” says trade fair director Schneider happily.
Above all, the exhibitors of renewable energy, wood heating and photovoltaics were “overwhelmed”. “Away from heating oil and Russian gas. The Austrians want to switch as soon as possible. There were a lot of good discussions, the boiler industry is largely based in Upper Austria, so there were almost no failures,” says Robert Schneider.
The sanitation area at this year’s energy saving trade fair was significantly smaller, as the large international suppliers were largely absent. There were no difficulties with the Corona rules either. Messe Wels has decided to implement the 3G rule. The visitors were therefore allowed to move in the halls without masks. “That was the most sensible solution for us. Who wants to stroll through the halls and have their masks on for hours,” says Robert Schneider.
It was also gratifying that the visitors not only obtained information. There were also trade fair visitors who wanted to “get their act together” and were willing to buy.
Source: Nachrichten
