A Unique Tradeshow for Environmental Technologies
by Suman Gupta
Mumbai, September 26, 2017: IFAT India 2017 held at Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, Goregaon from 26th to 28th September 2017 witnessed excellent response from visitors .
IFAT India is India’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, refuse and recycling. Due to its high population density and its expansive economic policy, India has immense potential for environmental technologies and waste management. Scarce water resources, rapid industrialization, extensive agriculture and enormous waste volumes pose a great challenge to the country.
IFAT India 2017 is a three- day trade show with over 180 exhibitors from 18 countries. Among them aremarket leaders like L&T, Thermax, Ion Exchange, Ramky, Aqseptance Group, Endress+Hauser, Excel, Kirloskar Brothers, Kishor Pumps, Tata Projects, Wilo, Siemens, Lanxess, Astral Poly, Xylem, CRI Pumps, LG Chem, Wipro Water and many more. The 2017 edition also features country pavilions from China, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
The trade show provides an opportunity to industry experts, policy makers and business leaders to discuss regional strategies on numerous environmental challenges and seek solutions through formal interactions.
Shri Vijay Shivtare, Water Minister of Maharashtra said “India continues to face multiple challenges, in the areas of the environment, water and waste management etc. Mumbai and Pune together, generate over 12,000 tonnes of waste, which could be a great opportunity for the Industry to get into a BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) kind of an arrangement to recycle and/or transform waste to energy. India, being a largely agricultural economy, would also look at innovative solutions, which would also need to be sustainable and affordable. IFAT India 2017, would provide the perfect platform for the various stakeholders from the Industry and the Government to congregate and discuss possibilities”.
The trade fair witnesses technical presentations, panel discussions and tutorials, where industry experts – both from India and overseas –share their knowledge with the audience at theInnovation Exchange. There is also a dedicated area for training, live demonstrations, product presentations and skills contests, running parallel to the show.
On the inaugural of IFAT India 2017, Mr. Bhupinder Singh, CEO of Messe Muenchen India, said, “IFAT India offers a perfect platform to showcase and introduce various latest technologies and products especially for the Indian market. We have seen IFAT India grow exponentially in terms of the quantity and quality of people attending this trade fair and are overwhelmed by this year’s participation, national and international. IFAT India also provides a platform where innovative technologies tackling Indian environmental issues are showcased and solutions to issues related to environment, waste, and sewage recycling were discussed with industry experts and key players.”
The Active Learning Center, a new platform showcasing products in action, which was successfully introduced to the participants of IFAT India 2016is continued in 2017. This interactive element of the event offers innovative approach to network with both visitors and other experts of the environmental technologies sector.
The Products in Practice sessions provide exhibitors with a unique insight how the products are used in reality. , as the innovations are presented in a realistic working situation and visitors can ask individual questions while having an eye-catching experience.
Along with the trade exhibition IFAT INDIA with its partners concurrently organized multiple interactive sessions in the supporting program:, to name a few – Air Quality Management Workshop by SDG (Sustainable Development Goals Foundation); Workshop on entrepreneurship in waste management by ISWA (International Solid Waste Association); Biogas Panel by GIZ, German Biogas Association and Indian Biogas Association..
For the first time IFAT INDIA hosts an 1,5 day Environmental Technologies Conference in association with TERI, which focuses on issues related to Air Pollution, Solid Waste Management and Urban Water Management in the context of Sustainable Development. IFAT India 2017 also witnesses a new initiative, called Business to Government Session that will provide states an ideal platform to announce new projects, to find matching solutions from the exhibitors for new tenders and to inform participants about the latest policies in the environmental sector.
About IFAT India : IFAT India is India’s leading environmental trade fair for technology and services in the water, sewage, refuse and recycling segments. The last event, covering approximately 6,100 square meters of exhibition space, attracted 143 exhibitors from 16 countries and 5,187 trade visitors from 44 countries. The trade fair takes place annually at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai—the dates for the next event are September 26 to 28, 2017.
IFAT worldwide : Messe Muenchen´s competence in organizing environmental-technology events is demonstrated not only in the world´s leading trade fair for the sector, IFAT, but also in a range of other international trade exhibitions around the world. The spectrum encompasses IFAT Africa in Johannesburg, IFAT Eurasia in Istanbul, IFAT India in Mumbai, and IE expo in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Messe Muenchen : Messe Muenchen is one of the leading exhibition organizers worldwide with more than 50 of its own trade shows for capital goods, consumer goods and new technologies. Every year, a total of over 50,000 exhibitors and around three million visitors take part in more than 200 events at the exhibition center in Munich, at the ICM – Internationales Congress CenterMuenchen and the MOC Veranstaltungs center Muenchen as well as abroad. Together with its subsidiary companies, Messe Muenchen organizes trade shows in China, India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, South Africa, Nigeria, Vietnam and Iran. With a network of associated companies in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America as well as around 70 representations abroad for over 100 countries, Messe Muenchen has a global presence.
Messe Muenchen India : As part of its international strategy, Messe Muenchen founded its own affiliated company in India with a registered office in Mumbai, in September 2007. Messe Muenchen India has been founded to provide Messe Muenchen with timely and competent organizational support for its increasing involvement in India. The trade fairs organized by Messe Muenchen India areanalyticaAnacon India, electronica India, productronica India, drink technology India, LASER World of PHOTONICS India, Intersolar India, India Lab Expo, IFAT India and Indian Ceramics. In the coming years Messe Muenchen India will include more verticals keeping in mind its international expansion strategy.
