IFAT to be postponed - new date in September 2020
Due to the increasing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe and based on the recommendation of the German Federal Ministry of Health and the Bavarian State Government, the world's leading trade fair in Munich is forced to postpone IFAT 2020.
"Under the given circumstances, it is not reasonable for our customers to start IFAT at the beginning of May - for health as well as economic reasons," says Stefan Rummel, Managing Director of Messe München and responsible for IFAT. "Now we are looking ahead with confidence to organize a successful IFAT 2020 in September together with the industry."
The decision to postpone the event was made by Messe München in close consultation with the Executive Board of the Exhibitor Advisory Board, with the conceptual sponsors and in consideration of numerous exhibitor feedbacks. The Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board, its Executive Boards and Managing Partner of the Kirchhoff Group, Dr. Johannes F. Kirchhoff, explains:
"The conceptual sponsors of IFAT support the postponement of IFAT 2020. Based on the current situation, we estimate that the willingness of exhibitors and visitors to participate is increasingly declining. Many companies have massively tightened travel conditions for their employees, and this is compounded by the personal uncertainty of individuals and the unpredictability of future developments.
This fundamentally jeopardizes the success of the trade show in May. At the same time, the importance of IFAT for the entire industry is so great that we don't want to take this risk."
IFAT 2020 will now take place from September 7-11, 2020. For more information, please visit:
