ISH 2019

With innumerable solutions, ISH 2019 generated a plethora of fresh and future-oriented impulses with a proportion of international visitors climbing to a record level.

ISH, the world’s leading trade fair for HVAC and water, has once again given an impressive demonstration of its importance for German and international visitors and exhibitors. Achieving the climate target is only possible by interconnecting systems and trades. With innumerable solutions, the global meeting place generated a plethora of fresh and future-oriented impulses.

From March 11-15, around 190,000 visitors (2017: 198,810) from 161 countries (2017: 153) made their way to Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre to discover the latest innovations and trends 

at ISH 2019. For five days, 

2,532 exhibitors (868 from Germany, 1,664 from abroad) from 57 countries presented their new products for the first time in Frankfurt am Main. At the same time, a significantly higher level of internationality meant that ISH became even more relevant: 

66 per cent of exhibitors (2017: 

64 per cent) and almost 48 per cent of visitors (2017: around 40 per cent) came from outside Germany.

“ISH has once again demonstrated that it connects all international players from the sector. Only together is it possible to achieve the climate targets – naturally in a personal dialogue here at ISH. The change in the sequence of days to Monday to Friday has also contributed to this,” said Wolfgang Marzin, President and CEO, Messe Frankfurt.

The biggest visitor nations were China, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Belgium, Austria and the Czech Republic. The largest visitor target groups were the industry and installation trade. Moreover, the results of the market research confirmed a high level of visitor satisfaction with the fair’s offer at 97 per cent.

Both exhibitors and visitors rated the economic outlook in positive terms. On the exhibitor side, 92 per cent said it was satisfactory to good. In the case of German exhibitors, this value was even higher, at 93 per cent. On the visitor side, the overall level of satisfaction was 92 per cent, while in the case of German trade visitors, it was at 94 per cent.

Intersec forum: Safety and security on the up and up Held concurrently to ISH, the fourth conference for connected security technology ended after two intensive days on March 13. 

320 German and international specialists from the fields of planning, installation and the operation of connected building-services systems took part in the conference (2017: 180 participants).

The next ISH will be held in Frankfurt am Main from March 22-26, 2021.