Control 2018 - Business platform with growth push
The 32nd edition of Control, the leading international trade fair for quality assurance, will be bigger than before. The exhibition area will extend to six halls for the first time in 2018.
Metrology, materials testing, analysis equipment, optoelectronics, QA systems and service - with this portfolio of products and services geared to industrial practice, the past Control - International Trade Fair for Quality Assurance was able to successfully stage itself for the 31st time in spring 2017. 52,500 m² gross exhibition space, more than 900 exhibitors from 31 countries, almost 30,000 trade visitors from 106 countries and an increase of around 10% in all areas were the successful trade fair results. The organisers from the Schall group of companies are taking this as an incentive for the next Control, which will take place at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre from the 24th through the 27th of April, 2018.
Control 2018 will continue to grow
The signs for another significant growth are good, as can be seen from the remarks of the long-standing project manager of Control, Gitta Schlaak: "A good five months before the start of the trade fair, we can report a booking level of more than 90%, based on the exhibitor numbers and exhibition areas of the 2017 session. This makes us confident that we will be able to top the 2017 figures. Especially as we are adding Hall 8 for Control 2018, which means that the world's leading trade fair for quality assurance will have more than 60,000 m² of hall space at its disposal. Planning is already in full swing, because we will find new and significantly improved conditions for both exhibitors and trade visitors at Landesmesse Stuttgart for the 2018 session."
New infrastructure brings relief
Indeed, the new exhibition hall 10, which will be available from January 2018, the associated new construction of the WEST entrance area and accompanying infrastructure measures such as access roads, parking spaces, seminar rooms, utility rooms and restaurant, will result in a new layout, which will not least bring with it a better distribution of the morning visitor flows. In the future, the two entrance areas EAST and WEST are to be weighted equally, so that the streams of visitors are distributed more evenly, which provides relief in the entrance zones and allows exhibitors to plan capacity with regard to stand and support personnel. In addition, the hall layout for Control is now even more visitor-friendly, as Halls 3, 5 and 7 (strand with odd numbering) and 4, 6 and 8 (strand with even numbering) are now laid out in a "block-like" arrangement. This results in short distances between the individual areas, which in turn allows for targeted visitor planning with time-optimised access.
Proven cooperation partners
The information and communication offerings at Control 2018 will be rounded out by the renewed commitment of the proven cooperation partners Fraunhofer Vision Alliance and Fraunhofer IPA. On the other hand, by the popular exhibitor forum which features top-class presentations, and finally by the awarding of the Competence Prize for Innovation and Quality Baden-Württemberg 2018, which will already be taking place for the 11th time, initiated and carried out by the private trade fair company P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG and the TQU-GROUP. The patron is the Steinbeis Foundation for Economic Development.
Control - International Trade Fair for Quality Assurance will take place from 24 to 27 April 2018 at the Landesmesse Stuttgart. For further information: www.control-messe.de
