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PRESS RELEASE

FromSylke Becker

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TheVDW offers a comprehensive service package themed around the EMO Hannover 2017

London, 09 May 2017. – The EMO Hannover 2017, the world’s premier trade fair for the metalworking sector, will be held from 18 to 23 September. It is being organised by the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on behalf of the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries (CECIMO)from Brussels, Belgium, and in conjunction with the trade fair hosting company DeutscheMesse AG, Hanover, Germany. The VDW speaks for the German machine tool industry, and is one of the few sectoral organisations that holds international trade fairs on its own account for the segment it represents. It can draw upon long years of relevant experience in this field.The seal of quality symbolised by “A VDW trade fair” has evolved into a trademark for successful events. These include not only the EMO Hannover, but also the METAV in Düsseldorf, the internationalexhibition for metalworking technologies(next dates: 20 to 24 February 2018).

Together with the Machine Tools and Production Systems Association of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA),the VDW has around 300members, who have signed up voluntarily. They account for about 90 per cent of the sector’s total turnover in Germany. The VDW represents the interests of its members in both a national and international context.

As the organiser of the EMO Hannover 2017, the VDW, in conjunction with Deutsche Messe AG,offers visitors and exhibitors a comprehensive spectrum of services: online registration for visitors and exhibitors, contact persons via the representative offices abroad of DeutscheMesse AG in the national language concerned, support in visa-related questions, attractive offers for travelling to the EMO by air or by train, online information in nine different languages, individualised support for foreign delegations, themed tours, and much more. You will find detailed information on the internet under

For journalists, the very latest media information themed around the EMO Hannover 2017 is alwaysavailable under in the press section, in English and German. Important press releases are additionally provided in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. Besides facts and figures on the event, journalists can research details of the exhibitors and their products. All press releases and numerous photos are available for downloading. Increasingly, too, the information concerned is supplemented by moving pictures. In addition, journalists can sign up for an EMO newsletter, which will automatically inform them in English or German about all the news of the fair from theVDW and the exhibitors. We also provide tips on how to get there and on where to stay in Hanover, plus lots more.

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