EuroMold attendance up nearly 5%EuroMold attendance up nearly 5%

EuroMold 2011 closed on Dec. 2 with a 4.8% increase in attendance, drawing 57,955 visitors from 97 countries. That latter figure was a big part of the show's growth in 2011 during its 18^th year. Compared to the last EuroMold, the number of different countries represented grew by 12.8%. Fully 36.4% of the visitors to Frankfurt hailed from outside Germany.

Non-Germany attendance included show goers from Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey and Korea, in addition to visitors from Belgium, Britain, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Russian, and Sweden. In addition, the event drew delegations from Korea, Japan, Russia, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The 18th World Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application Development,was held at the Exhibition Center Frankfurt, and included 1324 exhibitors from 38 countries. The 2012 event is already scheduled to take place from Nov. 27-30.