“HANNOVER MESSE is the world’s biggest industrial technology fair. It has a strong focus on the key global themes of urban development and tomorrow’s cities. That’s why it was so important for us to present our research activities at this year’s Metropolitan Solutions show. Future-oriented approaches to building is something we need to confront today if we’re to be in a position to deal with the problems of the future. Our target group is industrial decision makers who want to chart the right course going forward. Metropolitan Solutions gave us the opportunity to meet this target group, to address its specific concerns and to engage in concrete discussions.”

“Our expertise in developing and operating large transport networks makes us a trusted partner for public-sector infrastructure customers. For us, the Metropolitan Solutions fair at HANNOVER MESSE is the platform of choice when it comes to developing new and expanding existing business relationships.”

I presented a paper here in 2011, but this year is the first time we’ve mounted a full-blown exhibition stand at Metropolitan Solutions. Our initial skepticism soon gave way to delight at the response to our showcase. Metropolitan Solution is a big magnet for key decision makers from politics and a great place to win new customers. It gave us ample opportunities to meet our target group – planners from local authorities who operate water treatment plants. We certainly plan to be back in 2013.

“We at SEW-EURODRIVE were delighted with this year’s HANNOVER MESSE. We fielded more customer enquiries than ever before, including many in-depth queries about our technology offering. The more transparent structure of the fair and its focus on the mega trends of ‘greentelligence’ and ‘urbanization’ certainly helped to further boost the level of visitor interest. Overall, we were pleased with the Metropolitan Solutions showcase. Having a stand there gave us the opportunity to engage in numerous high-quality, indepth discussions with interested visitors. The visitor response at the Metropolitan Solutions presentation could have been even better if there had been a greater focus on market-ready solutions by all the exhibitors there. After all, German industry already has the capability to implement this technology and these new mobility options.”

“Our exhibition stand at Metropolitan Solutions was a total success. We fielded a large number of concrete enquiries from the show’s high-quality audience of trade visitors. Having a specialized fair like this is great, given the rising and increasingly urgent demand for cutting-edge solutions for the world’s megacities. Metropolitan Solutions is the ideal presentation venue for our offering of solutions, including in the fields of transport infrastructure, water and waste water.”

“Metropolitan Solutions offers good opportunities to establish contact with exhibitors and trade visitors from all over the world, as well as to meet business friends. Some of these new contacts are unplanned and very spontaneous. The focus, of course, is on dialogue and exchange. This is something we are constantly reminded of at our joint presentation, which is staged by ten German metropolitan areas. Our activities are strategically targeted and our objectives are flexible and extendable – for example, in 2013 we intend to attach a lot more significance to the keynote of electric mobility.”

“HANNOVER MESSE is an international arena which allows us to show our future-oriented concepts to experts from Germany and abroad. This year, the exhibition area at Metropolitan Solutions offered us the opportunity to present our development projects and ideas for China, as well as sustainable development concepts for Russian cities. This was the first time we had participated in Metropolitan Solutions, and we were extremely satisfied with the results.”

“HANNOVER MESSE is a suitable international platform where we can present our concept of Luisal City. Metropolitan Solutions provides an excellent basis for reaching our target groups. Our stand is located opposite the Metropolitan Solutions forum and it seems to have met with the approval of trade visitors. We are pleased that this stand offers us a chance to exchange ideas with other professionals. The quality of the talks is excellent. We will definitely be here again next year.”