A New Start
In September, the W3+ FAIR Rhine Valley attracted many exhibitors and visitors after the pandemic break – live, on site and in direct contact. An optimistic outlook for the next W3+ FAIR Wetzlar in March 2022.
There was great joy among all those involved when the networking fair for high-tech innovations opened its doors at the Dornbirn exhibition center on September 22. For W3+ FAIR Rhine Valley, it was like a new start after the premiere in fall 2019. Finally, networking on site again, in direct contact – this promise attracted many interested trade visitors from the Rhine Valley to the exhibition center, where they were able to discuss the latest technological developments with the approximately 120 exhibitors, partners, sponsors and speakers. Big players like Swarotec, Bruker, Swiss Optic, Materion Balzers Optics and OptoTech but also many SMEs used the interdisciplinary forum to position themselves for the future with new contacts and partners. In total, companies and networks from 7 countries were represented at the event.
Top-class expert speakers and latest trends in technology
More than 35 top-class expert speakers, including speakers from thyssenkrupp Presta, Fraunhofer, CSEM, S.I.E Solutions, EOS, Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions, Fisba, ACM Coatings and FH Ost, shared their knowledge at the accompanying conference N-Tec Talks as well as at the EPIC TechWatch. The special area “Additive Manufacturing/ 3D Printing” also met with great interest, where AM Pioneers presented a world first with Wizard 480+, the industrial 3D printing system from aps.techsolutions. The trade association Swissphotonics hosted the “Network-Apéro”, the exhibitor evening W3+ and Friends was very popular after the Corona break. The photonics networks Photonics Austria, Swissphotonics as well as EPIC supported the W3+ FAIR Rheintal as Gold Partners.
An important step towards normality – also with respect to the next trade fair
After two lively trade show days, the conclusion of the organizers, exhibitors and visitors was consistently positive. “Certainly we are not yet back to the old size with the Corona-related general conditions, but an important step towards normality has been taken,” Jörg Brück, Project Director of Fleet Events, was pleased to say. After the winter months, things should also get back to normal in Wetzlar, when the W3+ FAIR / CONVENTION will take place in the Rittal Arena on March 16 + 17, 2022 – live, on site and in its old size. There will also be a kind of new start there, which many exhibitors and visitors are already looking forward to, reports Jörg Brück: “If you want to maintain an existing network, this may well succeed via interactive online formats. For initiating new contacts or business relationships, face-to-face encounters are irreplaceable.” This is exactly what the W3+ FAIR networking trade fair is all about. And exhibitors and visitors, experts and decision-makers, newcomers and established industry giants benefit from this in equal measure.
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Next Venues
W3+ FAIR / CONVENTION Wetzlar 2022
16. + 17.03.2022
Rittal Arena Wetzlar
W3+ FAIR / CONVENTION Rheintal 2022
30.11. + 01.12.2022
Messequartier Dornbirn