NEW START-UP ZONE AT A+A 2019

   A special highlight at A+A 2019, International Trade Fair with Congress for Safety, Security and Health at Work, will be the new international START-UP ZONE in Hall 10 promoting young, creative, future-oriented companies. “From health Apps, VR goggles to high-tech textiles – there are no limits to the potential themes at this zone. As trade fair organisers it is important to us to enrich the A+A ranges with new ideas; this is why we promote the exchange between international newcomers to this industry and business, research and political experts,”  explained Birgit Horn, Director of A+A. The trade fair will be held from November 5 – 8, 2019 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. 

   The START-UP ZONE admits international companies that have been on the market for less than five years, generate less than EUR 5 million annual turnover or balance sheet total and employ a staff of less than 20. It includes many services such as marketing activities for the START-UP ZONE, the flat-rate media contribution, exhibitor passes and ticket vouchers.  For more information visit www.aplusa-online.com or contact Ms Anja Theiss-Wirth (Tel. +49 211 4560-592;  TheissA@messe-duesseldorf.de)

   As the world’s leading trade fair for safety, security and health at work, A+A 2019 will offer a complete overview of the latest trends and products and provide important impulses for employees and employers allowing people to work safer, healthier and more efficiently in the future. Serving as the key thread for all presentations at A+A 2019 will be the Highlight Route with concepts and solutions for the future of work. Practical products such as digital assistant technologies or innovative workplace models will be showcased. More than 1,900 exhibitors from some 60 countries and over 67,000 trade visitors from all continents are again expected to attend in 2019.

2019 will see the German Ministry for Economy and Energy (BMWi) again getting involved in the trade fair. The listing allows young German companies to have up to 60% of their exhibition expenses reimbursed as part of an aid scheme. The prerequisite for this government aid is that the start ups present new ideas in the core segments of the trade fair or improvements to existing solutions, that they have not been on the market for more than ten years, that they employ below 50 members of staff and maintain company headquarters and business operations in Germany.  Their annual turnover must not exceed EUR 10 million. Within the BMWi Pavilion start-ups will have the opportunity to introduce their ideas to a high-calibre expert audience, make contacts and find relevant investors. Messe Düsseldorf organises the BMWi Pavilion and acts as a contact for interested companies. For more information: BMWI

  For further information on visiting or exhibiting at  A+A 2019, contact Messe Düsseldorf North America; Telephone: (312) 781-5180; E-mail: info@mdna.com; Visit www.mdna.com; Follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/AplusATradeFair; www.facebook.com/AplusAOnline

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